Project Management in easy steps

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By: John Carroll

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Published: 17th February 2009

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Written in clear, jargon-free English, this practical guide walks readers through each step of the process of managing a successful project and introduces the key skills that every project manager needs to develop.

Emphasizing the importance of starting up a project in a controlled manner — an area where many projects go wrong — it explains how to select and build a winning team and ensure that all project stakeholders are involved and on the same page. It then takes the reader through each stage of a typical project, using easy-to-follow examples and helpful lists of applicable tasks and deliverables along with valuable insights on risk management and how to plan, lead, organize, and control a project.

Finally, it covers the right way to end a project and capture the lessons learned from it, thus benefiting both the manager’s next project and the business itself.

About the Author

John Carroll is a project management consultant with many years experience of managing projects both large and small. Based in the UK and Ireland he has also run projects throughout Europe and the United States. His experience covers most types of organisations including government, higher education, manufacturing industries, pharmaceuticals, software development and the emergency services. He has worked on most types of projects and trained project managers in many different organisations.

The Basics	p. 7
Introduction	p. 8
What is a Project?	p. 9
Project Management	p. 10
Managing a Project	p. 12
4 Steps to Success	p. 14
Responsibility & Authority	p. 15
Good Project Managers	p. 16
Project Management Style	p. 18
Summary	p. 20
Getting Started	p. 21
Starting a Project	p. 22
Assembling the Team	p. 24
The Project Organization	p. 26
Why Projects Go Wrong	p. 28
Getting it Right	p. 30
Terms of Reference	p. 32
Creating the Terms of Reference	p. 34
Project Planning	p. 36
Summary	p. 38
The Business Case	p. 39
Feasibility	p. 40
The Business Case	p. 42
Example Business Case	p. 43
Developing the Costs	p. 44
Investment Appraisal	p. 46
Cash Flow Model	p. 48
Reviewing the Business Case	p. 50
Summary	p. 52
Planning	p. 53
Objectives	p. 54
Constraints	p. 56
Starting the Plan	p. 58
Structuring the Plan	p. 60
Work Breakdown Structure	p. 62
Estimating	p. 64
Task Size	p. 66
Summary	p. 68
Scheduling	p. 69
Work Effort & Duration	p. 70
Contingency	p. 72
Applying Contingency	p. 74
Scheduling	p. 76
Project Schedule	p. 78
Network Diagrams	p. 80
Gantt Charts	p. 82
Scheduling Tools	p. 84
Critical Path	p. 86
Developing the Schedule	p. 87
Summary	p. 88
Risk Management	p. 89
Types of Risk	p. 90
Managing Risk	p. 92
Risk Identification	p. 94
Risk Estimation	p. 96
Risk Evaluation	p. 98
Countermeasures	p. 100
Risk Log	p. 102
Risk Management	p. 104
Summary	p. 106
Organizing	p. 107
Getting Organized	p. 108
Resources	p. 110
The Stage Plan	p. 112
Organizing Activities	p. 114
Activity Schedules	p. 116
Documentation	p. 118
Summary	p. 120
Leading	p. 121
Stakeholders	p. 122
The Change Process	p. 124
Teamwork	p. 126
Team Building	p. 128
End Users	p. 130
The Leadership Role	p. 132
Effective Communications	p. 134
Communications Plan	p. 136
Difficult People	p. 138
Summary	p. 140
Controlling	p. 141
Keeping Control	p. 142
Project Meetings	p. 144
Measuring Progress	p. 146
Project Reports	p. 148
Change Control	p. 150
Dealing with Change	p. 152
Stage Boundaries	p. 154
Summary	p. 156
Project Stages	p. 157
Project Life Cycle	p. 158
Project Road Map	p. 159
Why Five Stages?	p. 160
The Early Stages	p. 162
Initiation Stage	p. 164
Project Initiation Document	p. 166
Strategy Stage	p. 168
Analysis Stage	p. 170
Design & Build Stage	p. 172
The Build Process	p. 174
Implementation Stage	p. 176
Summary	p. 178
Project Closure	p. 179
Closing the Project	p. 180
Project Closure	p. 182
and finally	p. 184
Summary	p. 186
Index	p. 187
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ISBN: 9781840783704
ISBN-10: 1840783702
Series: In Easy Steps
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 192
Published: 17th February 2009
Dimensions (cm): 22.352 x 18.288 x 1.27
Weight (kg): 0.431