Effective Project Management in Easy Steps

by Carroll, John

• ISBN13: 9781840784466
• ISBN10: 1840784466
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-20
• Publisher: PUBLISHERS GROUP WEST

Summary

Why choose this book?

Author Biography

John Carroll is a successful project management consultant with many years experience of managing projects and training managers, in both large and small Organizations.

Table of Contents

The Basics	p. 7
Introduction	p. 8
What is a Project?	p. 9
Project Management	p. 10
Managing a Project	p. 12
4 Steps to Success	p. 14
Responsibility & Authority	p. 15
Good Project Managers	p. 16
Project Management Style	p. 18
Summary	p. 20
Getting Started	p. 21
Starting a Project	p. 22
Assembling the Team	p. 24
The Project Organization	p. 26
Why Projects Go Wrong	p. 28
Getting it Right	p. 30
Terms of Reference	p. 32
Creating the Terms of Reference	p. 34
Project Planning	p. 36
Summary	p. 38
The Business Case	p. 39
Feasibility	p. 40
The Business Case	p. 42
Example Business Case	p. 43
Developing the Costs	p. 44
Investment Appraisal	p. 46
Cash Flow Model	p. 48
Reviewing the Business Case	p. 50
Summary	p. 52
Planning	p. 53
Objectives	p. 54
Constraints	p. 56
Starting the Plan	p. 58
Structuring the Plan	p. 60
Work Breakdown Structure	p. 62
Estimating	p. 64
Task Size	p. 66
Summary	p. 68
Scheduling	p. 69
Work Effort & Duration	p. 70
Contingency	p. 72
Applying Contingency	p. 74
Scheduling	p. 76
Project Schedule	p. 78
Gantt Charts	p. 80
Scheduling Tools	p. 82
Critical Path	p. 84
Developing the Schedule	p. 85
Agile Projects	p. 86
Summary	p. 88
Risk Management	p. 89
Types of Risk	p. 90
Managing Risk	p. 92
Risk Identification	p. 94
Risk Estimation	p. 96
Risk Evolution	p. 98
Countermeasures	p. 100
Risk Log	p. 102
Risk Management	p. 104
Summary	p. 106
Organizing	p. 107
Getting Organized	p. 108
Resources	p. 110
The Stage Plan	p. 112
Organizing Activities	p. 114
Activity Schedules	p. 116
Software Development	p. 118
Documentation	p. 119
Summary	p. 120
Leading	p. 121
Stakeholders	p. 122
The Change Process	p. 124
Teamwork	p. 126
Team Building	p. 128
End Users	p. 130
The Leadership Role	p. 132
Effective Communications	p. 134
Communications Plan	p. 136
Difficult People	p. 138
Summary	p. 140
Control	p. 141
Keeping Control	p. 142
Project Meetings	p. 144
Measuring Progress	p. 146
Project Reports	p. 148
Change Control	p. 150
Dealing with Change	p. 152
Stage Boundaries	p. 154
Summary	p. 156
Project Stages	p. 157
Project Life Cycle	p. 158
Project Road Map	p. 159
Why Five Stages?	p. 160
The Early Stages	p. 162
Initiation Stage	p. 164
Project Initiation Document	p. 166
Strategy Stage	p. 168
Analysis Stage	p. 170
Design & Build Stage	p. 172
The Build Process	p. 174
Implementation Stage	p. 176
Summary	p. 178
Project Closure	p. 179
Closing the Project	p. 180
Project Closure	p. 182
and finally	p. 184
Summary	p. 186
Index	p. 187
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