Richard Newton

Project Management Book, The

How to Manage Your Projects To Deliver Outstanding Results

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: FT Publishing International
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780273785866
• ISBN-10: 0273785869
• Artikelnr.: 38039849

Autorenporträt

 Richard Newton is a consultant, author and company director. His specialist expertise is helping companies improve their capabilities in project and change management. For the last 8 years he has run his own specialist consultancy, working with a range of blue chip clients, with whom he works worldwide. He has worked in the public sector, telecoms and media, mining, oil and gas, and financial services. Richard regularly speaks at conferences and public events and posts articles in a variety of journals and online sites.  

Inhaltsangabe

 
 
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