Kim Heldman

Project Management JumpStart (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Prepare for a Project Management Career--Fast! Project Management JumpStart gives you the solidgrounding you need to approach a career in project management withconfidence. * The basic skills of a successful project manager * Creating project schedules and determining project budgets * Winning the support of department managers * Monitoring project progress, resources, and budgets * Communication and negotiation skills * Tips for motivating people who don't work for you * Effective documentation skills for essential project managementdocuments

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780782151800
• Artikelnr.: 37350676

Autorenporträt

Kim Heldman, PMP, has over ten years of project management experience, with a recent emphasis on IT. She is the Applications Development Manager for the Department of Revenue, State of Colorado, and is a 2001 PMI Colorado state chapter delegate.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 Building the Foundation 1

The Project Management Journey 2

Is It a Project? 3

Where Are We Going? 4

A Bird's-Eye View 5

Know the Structure of Your Organization 8

Benefiting from Project Management Practices 14

Tools of the Trade 16

Understanding Project Processes 18

Twenty-first Century Project Management 23

What's Old Is New Again 24

Constraints 24

Where Do You Go from Here? 27

Becoming PMP(r) Certified 28

Certifying with CompTIA(r)'s Project+ 29

Formal Education Programs 29

Terms to Know 30

Review Questions 31

Chapter 2 Developing Project Management Skills 33

A Little Bit of Everything 34

Communication Is the Key 35

Organizing Techniques 35

General Management Skills 42

People Management Skills 43

Communicating Your Style 44

Exchanging Information 45

Active Listening 49

How Many Connections Are There? 51

Ten Tips for Communicating Effectively 52

Terms to Know 53

Review Questions 54

Chapter 3 Initiating the Project 55

Selecting Projects for Success 56

How Projects Come About 57

Project Generators--Needs and Demands 58

Project Requests 59

Business Case 62

Selecting and Prioritizing Projects 64

Feasibility Study 70

Meeting the Stakeholders 71

Working with the Project Sponsor 71

Documenting Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities 73

Competing Needs of Stakeholders 75

Creating the Project Charter 76

Purposes for the Charter 76

Essential Elements of a Project Charter 78

Holding the Project Kickoff Meeting 81

Creating the Agenda 82

Terms to Know 83

Review Questions 84

Chapter 4 Defining the Project Goals 85

Agreeing on the Deliverables 86

Goals and Objectives 86

Deliverables 89

Discovering Requirements 90

The Role of the Business Analyst 91

Requirements-Gathering Process 92

Critical Success Factors 94

Identifying Assumptions and Constraints 96

Defining Assumptions 97

Defining Constraints 98

Creating the Project Scope Statement 99

Contents of the Project Scope Statement 100

Obtaining Sign-off 102

Creating the Project Scope Management Plan 103

Creating the Communications Plan 103

Terms to Know 105

Review Questions 106

Chapter 5 Breaking Down the Project Activities 107

Constructing the Work Breakdown Structure 108

Organizing the WBS Levels 109

Work Packages 111

Identification Codes 112

Outline View 113

Defining Tasks and Activities 114

Managing the Work 114

Activity Sequencing 116

Determining Milestones 117

Constructing the Responsibility Assignment Matrix 118

Estimating Activity Durations 120

Expert Judgment 120

Parametric Estimating 120

Establishing Dependencies 121

Constructing a Network Diagram 122

Precedence Diagramming 123

Activity on Node 124

Diagramming Method of Choice 124

Terms to Know 124

Review Questions 125

Chapter 6 Planning and Acquiring Resources 127

Planning the Project Team 128

Skills Assessment 129

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