Project Management for Small Business Made Easy

by Kemp, Sid

• ISBN13: 9781932531770
• ISBN10: 1932531777
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-07
• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press

Summary

Take charge of your business--every step of the wayAre you so busy putting out fires in your business that you don't have time to build your dreams? Put down the fire extinguisher for as long as it takes to read this book, and you'll emerge with a feeling of control you haven't experienced since you started your business. Project management helps you plan for and react to every challenge, opportunity and problem facing your business--tasks as diverse as opening a new location, developing an ad campaign, hiring new staff and more. Project-management strategies will: Allow you to seize opportunities and solve problems Teach you to prioritize projects for the best results Reduce errors and improve your bottom lineImplementing these project-management strategies will help you get the small hassles undercontrol, leaving you free to focus on building the business of your dreams.

Author Biography

Sid Kemp, P.M.P. , former director of the Alamo chapter of the Project Management Institute, is the author of Ultimate Guide to Project Management for Small Business. He is a project management teacher and consultant to Fortune 500 and federal government clients.

Table of Contents

Get it done right!	p. 1
Small business projects	p. 12
Prepare, do, follow through	p. 26
Dreams and opportunities	p. 36
Problems and solutions	p. 44
What are we making?	p. 53
Planning time and money	p. 62
Making it good	p. 69
Making sure the job gets done	p. 76
Teamwork and communications	p. 85
Getting what you need	p. 94
Pulling the plan together	p. 105
Keeping everything on track	p. 116
Prevent scope creep	p. 124
Stay on time and on budget	p. 132
Quality : eliminate error	p. 141
Risk : manage uncertainty	p. 151
Managing expectations	p. 159
Follow through	p. 168
Deliver delight	p. 183
Storefront success : know what you want, plan, and go for it	p. 194
Case study : planning a year of projects	p. 207
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