FRONT COVER
“An excellent guide that will appeal to anyone involved in delivering projects - insightful, interesting, relevant and very useful”
Stephen Upton, Managing Partner, Farncombe
THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOOK
BUILDING A PLAN ESTIMATING RESOURCES LEADING A HIGH PERFORMING TEAM
UNDERSTANDING RISK KEEPING PROJECTS ON TIME AND TO BUDGET
MANAGING CHALLENGING PROJECTS DELIVERING RESULTS
RICHARD NEWTON
Author of the award-winning The Management Book
BACK COVER
PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN ACTION
The Project Management Book is an essential companion for anyone involved in managing projects. Taking an issues-focused approach, it covers the fundamental tools you need and the real-life situations you’re likely to face along the way. There is a fast solution to every challenge, broken into user-friendly advice on:
The key objectives for managers
How to sidestep common problems
What to do to achieve success
‘Speed read’ action points to remember
100% practical, The Project Management Book is a must-have resource for those involved in projects at any level.
“This book has something for everyone involved in managing projects. Checklists, case studies, hints, tips and simple-to-understand figures all add to clear, concise yet comprehensive commentary.”
Dr Bill Egginton, Senior Lecturer, Cranfield University
“It is great to see a Project Management book that discusses the scenarios we are likely to come across and which helps us anticipate and solve these issues, all in an easy-to-use format.”
Christine Ashton, Global IT leader and FBCS
Product Description
The Project Management Book addresses the real-life scenarios and issues that anyone responsible for managing a project is likely to face on a day to day basis. It provides solutions to the everyday issues involved in managing projects, including:
Defining your project
Understanding your role as a project manager
Dealing with external problems
Learning from Lean and Six Sigma
Delivering projects in times of change
It also includes a handy glossay of project management jargon
Backcover
PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN ACTION
The Project Management Book is an essential companion for anyone involved in managing projects. Taking an issues-focused approach, it covers the fundamental tools you need and the real-life situations you’re likely to face along the way. Every challenge is broken down into user-friendly advice, following a clear structure:
The key objectives for managers
How to sidestep common problems
What to do to achieve success
‘Speed read’ action points to remember
100% practical, The Project Management Book is a must-have resource for those involved in projects at any level.
'This book has something for everyone involved in managing projects. Checklists, case studies, hints, tips and simple-to-understand figures all add to clear, concise yet comprehensive commentary.'
Dr Bill Egginton, Senior Lecturer, Cranfield University
'It is great to see a project management book that discusses the scenarios we are likely to come across and which helps us anticipate and solve these issues, all in an easy-to-use format.'
Christine Ashton, Global IT leader and FBCS
Preface
Introduction
PART 1: THE FOUNDATIONS
Projects
Project management
The role of the project manager
Customers, clients and users
PART 2: SETTING UP YOUR PROJECT
Defining your project
Objectives, deliverables and tasks
Building a plan
Estimating and resourcing
PART 3: UTILISING THE TEAM, SPONSOR AND STAKEHOLDERS
The high-performance project team
Global and offshore teams
The effective sponsor
A productive stakeholder community
PART 4: DELIVERING THE PROJECT
Managing progress: perform, deliver, accomplish
What project managers need to know
Understanding project risk
Value-added project reporting
PART 5: PRACTICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Making risk management real
The temptations and costs of multi-tasking
The right and wrong uses of the plan on a page
Audit, assure, control or coach the project?
PART 6: THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENT
Prioritisation
The culture of delivery
The limits to planning and prediction
Dealing with external problems
PART 7: INTEGRATED PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The strengths and limits of project management
Bridging the divide: project and change managers
From delivery to benefits realisation
The lessons from lean and six sigma
PART 8: ALIGNING PROJECTS TO BUSINESS NEEDS
High-speed project management
Delivering in a cost-constrained environment
Optionality in projects
Who has a valid interest in the project?
PART 9: CHALLENGING PROJECTS
Taking over the project no-one is running
Not seeing the wood for the trees
The customers who do not know what they want
Delivering in times of change
PART 10: THE IMPROVING PROJECT MANAGER
Learning from projects
Best practice, continuous improvement and accreditation
Adopting a new project management approach
Building a project delivery capability
GLOSSARY
INDEX
The Project Management Book addresses the real-life scenarios and issues that anyone responsible for managing a project is likely to face on a day to day basis. It provides solutions to the everyday issues involved in managing projects, including:
Defining your project Understanding your role as a project manager Dealing with external problems Learning from Lean and Six Sigma Delivering projects in times of change It also includes a handy glossay of project management jargon
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
“An excellent guide that will appeal to anyone involved in delivering projects - insightful, interesting, relevant and very useful”
Stephen Upton, Managing Partner, Farncombe
THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOOK
BUILDING A PLAN ESTIMATING RESOURCES LEADING A HIGH PERFORMING TEAM
UNDERSTANDING RISK KEEPING PROJECTS ON TIME AND TO BUDGET
MANAGING CHALLENGING PROJECTS DELIVERING RESULTS
RICHARD NEWTON
Author of the award-winning The Management Book
BACK COVER
PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN ACTION
The Project Management Book is an essential companion for anyone involved in managing projects. Taking an issues-focused approach, it covers the fundamental tools you need and the real-life situations you’re likely to face along the way. There is a fast solution to every challenge, broken into user-friendly advice on:
The key objectives for managers
How to sidestep common problems
What to do to achieve success
‘Speed read’ action points to remember
100% practical, The Project Management Book is a must-have resource for those involved in projects at any level.
“This book has something for everyone involved in managing projects. Checklists, case studies, hints, tips and simple-to-understand figures all add to clear, concise yet comprehensive commentary.”
Dr Bill Egginton, Senior Lecturer, Cranfield University
“It is great to see a Project Management book that discusses the scenarios we are likely to come across and which helps us anticipate and solve these issues, all in an easy-to-use format.”
Christine Ashton, Global IT leader and FBCS
Product Description
The Project Management Book addresses the real-life scenarios and issues that anyone responsible for managing a project is likely to face on a day to day basis. It provides solutions to the everyday issues involved in managing projects, including:
Defining your project
Understanding your role as a project manager
Dealing with external problems
Learning from Lean and Six Sigma
Delivering projects in times of change
It also includes a handy glossay of project management jargon
Backcover
PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN ACTION
The Project Management Book is an essential companion for anyone involved in managing projects. Taking an issues-focused approach, it covers the fundamental tools you need and the real-life situations you’re likely to face along the way. Every challenge is broken down into user-friendly advice, following a clear structure:
The key objectives for managers
How to sidestep common problems
What to do to achieve success
‘Speed read’ action points to remember
100% practical, The Project Management Book is a must-have resource for those involved in projects at any level.
'This book has something for everyone involved in managing projects. Checklists, case studies, hints, tips and simple-to-understand figures all add to clear, concise yet comprehensive commentary.'
Dr Bill Egginton, Senior Lecturer, Cranfield University
'It is great to see a project management book that discusses the scenarios we are likely to come across and which helps us anticipate and solve these issues, all in an easy-to-use format.'
Christine Ashton, Global IT leader and FBCS
Preface
Introduction
PART 1: THE FOUNDATIONS
Projects
Project management
The role of the project manager
Customers, clients and users
PART 2: SETTING UP YOUR PROJECT
Defining your project
Objectives, deliverables and tasks
Building a plan
Estimating and resourcing
PART 3: UTILISING THE TEAM, SPONSOR AND STAKEHOLDERS
The high-performance project team
Global and offshore teams
The effective sponsor
A productive stakeholder community
PART 4: DELIVERING THE PROJECT
Managing progress: perform, deliver, accomplish
What project managers need to know
Understanding project risk
Value-added project reporting
PART 5: PRACTICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Making risk management real
The temptations and costs of multi-tasking
The right and wrong uses of the plan on a page
Audit, assure, control or coach the project?
PART 6: THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENT
Prioritisation
The culture of delivery
The limits to planning and prediction
Dealing with external problems
PART 7: INTEGRATED PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The strengths and limits of project management
Bridging the divide: project and change managers
From delivery to benefits realisation
The lessons from lean and six sigma
PART 8: ALIGNING PROJECTS TO BUSINESS NEEDS
High-speed project management
Delivering in a cost-constrained environment
Optionality in projects
Who has a valid interest in the project?
PART 9: CHALLENGING PROJECTS
Taking over the project no-one is running
Not seeing the wood for the trees
The customers who do not know what they want
Delivering in times of change
PART 10: THE IMPROVING PROJECT MANAGER
Learning from projects
Best practice, continuous improvement and accreditation
Adopting a new project management approach
Building a project delivery capability
GLOSSARY
INDEX
The Project Management Book addresses the real-life scenarios and issues that anyone responsible for managing a project is likely to face on a day to day basis. It provides solutions to the everyday issues involved in managing projects, including:
Defining your project Understanding your role as a project manager Dealing with external problems Learning from Lean and Six Sigma Delivering projects in times of change It also includes a handy glossay of project management jargon
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.