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How to manage projects : essential project management skills to deliver on-time, on-budget results / Paul J. Fielding.

Summary:

Are you overwhelmed by project management jargon? Interested in developing a project management career, but bewildered by the plethora of costly courses and qualifications? Then this is the book for you. How to Manage Projects explains the fundamentals of this essential skill in a clear, practical and accessible way, making it the perfect introduction to managing better projects in your current role, or even that first step to developing a professional career as a project manager. Brand new for 2019, the latest addition to Kogan Page's bestselling Creating Success series features practical exercises, useful templates, and top tips, and takes you through successfully and confidently managing a project from conception to completion. Essential reading for anyone who wants to manage their own projects well without all the unnecessary jargon, How to Manage Projects makes this vital skill easily accessible with one handy, easy-to-use book. The Creating Success series of books... Unlock vital skills, power up your performance and get ahead with the bestselling Creating Success series. Written by experts for new and aspiring managers and leaders, this million-selling collection of accessible and empowering guides will get you up to speed in no time. Packed with clever thinking, smart advice and the kind of winning techniques that really gets results, you'll make fast progress, quickly reach your goals and create lasting success in your career.

Record details

ISBN: 9780749488697
ISBN: 0749488697
Physical Description: vii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher: London ; Kogan Page, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: 01. Project success is more than just one thing -- How to use this book -- 02. accidental project manager: What is this going to take? -- What is a project? -- 03. Where does a project manager fit in the organization? The role of the PMO -- If a PMO exists -- What if a PMO does not exist? -- 04. Project governance -- Governance team guidance -- project's governance team: fit and function -- governance team: form -- governance team: operational considerations -- 05. Project scope: Defining it, managing it, changing it and avoiding creep -- Defining the scope -- Buy-in -- Change control -- Involve your friendly organizational lawyer -- 06. project quality plan -- Meet the customer's requirements -- Small mistakes enable big successes (aka prototyping) -- Design for tolerance of variation and interactions -- Regulatory and compliance plan -- 07. Different types of project lifecycle models -- classic waterfall project lifecycle -- V-model -- rapid prototyping lifecycle -- Agile concept -- blended lifecycle -- reality -- 08. Planning the project: Schedule management (time management) -- What is an activity? -- Sequencing the activities -- Estimating the durations of the activities -- Scheduling the activities -- Managing the schedule -- 09. project staffing plan -- Staffing -- Defining the resource need -- skill traceability -- Schedule timing and resource loading -- Resource management -- 10. Design and configuration management -- deadly serious example -- So who is responsible for managing configuration management? -- Formally defining configuration management -- Configuration management and project requirements -- Design traceability matrix -- Capturing the configuration and the supporting system for using it -- 11. Cost planning and cost management -- Tendencies towards managing outcomes and money -- Current data, historical data, and estimates vs contracted prices -- project plan, the components and your organization -- Cost management or driving through the rear-view mirror -- 12. project's supply chain plan -- note on vertical integration -- Take a balanced approach -- How to develop a supply chain plan -- 13. Project execution: Tracking, updating, reporting and acceptance -- best-laid plans -- Monitoring and re-planning -- Tracking frequency -- Types of check-in -- Keeping everyone up to date -- Upward reporting: frequency, purpose, structure and style -- Getting acceptance -- 14. Evaluation, lessons learnt and improving the next project -- Evaluate like an airline -- Where does an evaluation fit?.