Effective Project Management : Identify and Manage Risks - Plan and Budget - Keep Projects under Control

by Roberts, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780749461577
• ISBN10: 0749461578
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-28
• Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd

Summary

whether organising an important event or heading up a large team, running a project can be a daunting process. project management is fraught with perils; unfinished and unsuccessful projects are everywhere. in fact, it's more common than not for projects to fail. effective project managementreveals what the best project managers know, say and do. by condensing thirty years of hands on project management experience, it will show the reader what to do in simple, smart and practical steps. with essential advice that has been tried and tested in real businesses, it covers all the aspects of how to manage a successful project, including how to manage changing targets, how to plan quality, timescales and budgets, how to identify and manage risks and how to deliver your project. with practical, proven and effective measures to mitigate the risk of project failure,effective project managementwill boost confidence and encourage teh reader to develop an instinct to pursue the best solutions for any project.

Author Biography

Paul Roberts has been managing projects for over 20 years and is a founding director of Fifthday Longview Limited, a provider of project management expertise, education and resource. He has worked with some of the world's largest, most influential companies, and many of the smallest, both in public and private, helping them all to embed the principles, techniques and culture of effective project management.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
About the author	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
What sort of a person is the project manager?	p. 2
What is a project?	p. 5
A project's characteristics	p. 5
A successful project's characteristics	p. 9
How can projects deliver benefits?	p. 10
What is a project?	p. 12
What a project is not…	p. 13
What is project management?	p. 15
Business success - delivering projects	p. 16
Conclusion	p. 26
Who's responsible for what?	p. 29
The principles of project organizational design	p. 30
A project's hierarchy of management	p. 33
Applying the principles in practice	p. 45
Some example project organization structures	p. 51
Conclusion	p. 59
How do I know what 'success' looks like?	p. 61
The principles of defining project success	p. 63
Applying the principles in practice	p. 74
An example of project success criteria	p. 77
Conclusion	p. 81
How do I plan… quality?	p. 83
Understanding a product-based approach to planning	p. 84
Using a product-based approach to planning	p. 95
Conclusion	p. 109
How do I plan… timescales and budgets?	p. 111
Building the plan	p. 113
Refining the plan	p. 131
Conclusion	p. 137
How do I identify and manage the risks?	p. 139
The principles of risk management	p. 140
Applying the principles in practice	p. 148
A word about contingency	p. 158
Conclusion	p. 159
How do I initiate the project?	p. 161
The project life cycle	p. 163
Planning and conducting project initiation	p. 183
Conclusion	p. 185
How can I keep the project under control?	p. 187
Management by exception	p. 189
The control cycle: plan	p. 190
The control cycle: delegate	p. 190
The control cycle: monitor, report and control	p. 192
Conclusion	p. 223
What do I do when it's time to deliver?	p. 225
Project closure	p. 227
The post-project period	p. 238
Conclusion	p. 247
What do I do next?	p. 249
Role descriptions	p. 253
Glossary	p. 273
Acronyms	p. 285
Index	p. 287
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