Successful Project Management: Apply Tried and Tested Techniques Develop Effective PM Skills and Plan Implement and EvaluateThe role of project manager requires maintaining a balance between the demands of the customer, project, team and the organization. This provides a real challenge in the fields of time management and prioritization. Successful Project Management will enable any manager to significantly raise the probability of success with their projects and contains practical and well-tested techniques. It covers project conception and start-up, managing project stakeholders, managing risks, project planning, project launch and execution, closure and evaluation. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 What is success? | 5 |
2 The climate for success | 13 |
3 The project process key steps for success | 43 |
4 Project conception and startup | 53 |
5 The definition phase | 81 |
6 Managing the stakeholders | 99 |
7 Managing the risks | 113 |
8 Planning the project | 131 |
9 Launching and executing the project | 159 |
10 Closure and postproject evaluation | 193 |
Further reading | 203 |
Common terms and phrases
acceptable action plans agreed analysis appropriate approval assumptions avoid baseline benefits breakdown structure budget business strategy checklist clearly climate CLOSURE PHASE commitment completion date constraints core team cost cost-benefit analysis create critical path cross-functional team decision defined deliverables derived document durations effective ensure essential expected failure finish focus forecast Gantt chart happen identified impact important influence initial INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK involved issue management key stakeholders KSOs line managers logic diagram matrix measured meeting milestones monitoring notelet optimise owner phase gate post-project evaluation potential problems programme or project progress project definition project management software project objectives statement project process project risk log project schedule project sponsor project team record resolved risk management risk management plan risk score role scope scope creep senior management significant skills slippage specific SPONSOR PROJECT MANAGER stakeholder list tasks team members total float update valid Watchpoint