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9780471135036

Getting Started in Project Management

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  • ISBN13:

    9780471135036

  • ISBN10:

    0471135038

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-10-15
  • Publisher: Wiley

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Summary

Whether working on an international project for a Fortune 500 company or organizing a family reunion, you need effective project management to ensure timely and efficient completion of projects. This helpful guide offers explanations of everything needed to get started in project management including: how to initiate a project and lead the project team, how to structure the project and plan for resources, how to monitor and track the plan, and how to close out the project. Packed with practical advice, this book includes tips to increase success, reveals common pitfalls to avoid, and presents case studies to show and why project management actually works. Paula Martin (Torrington, CT) is the CEO of Martin Tate, a management consulting and training company. She works with project teams to help them improve performance and has been a consultant on issues related to improving organization performance for over ten years. Karen Tate (Cincinnati, OH) is the President of MartinTate and is a Project Management Professional. She has over twenty years of project management experience and teaches project management to teams in organizations around the world.

Author Biography

PAULA MARTIN is the CEO of MartinTate, a management consulting and training company. She is the author or coauthor of six books. She works with project teams to help them improve performance and has been a consultant on issues related to improving organization performance for over ten years. <BR>

Table of Contents

About the Authors vii
Introduction 1(6)
The Basics
7(22)
Initiating a Project
29(20)
Leading the Project Team
49(17)
Kicking Off the Project
66(17)
Planning the Scope
83(15)
Organizing the Project
98(16)
Assessing Risk
114(14)
Developing a Schedule
128(19)
Developing a Budget
147(8)
Assembling the Project Plan
155(15)
Team-Based Tools
170(20)
Executing the Plan
190(17)
Closing Out the Project
207(11)
Summing Up
218(9)
Appendix A Project Leadership Self-Assessment 227(4)
Appendix B Thinking Styles 231(2)
Appendix C Sample Team Contract 233(6)
Appendix D MT Problem Solving Methodology 239(2)
Appendix E Project Management Self-Assessment 241(4)
Glossary 245(10)
Index 255

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