Project Management Demystifie

✍ Scribed by Geoff Reiss

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 225
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Approachable and written in an easy-to-use style, it shows readers how, where and when to use the various project management techniques, demonstrating how to achieve efficient management of human, material and financial resources to make major contributions to projects and be an appreciated and successful project manager. Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dediation; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Setting the stage; 2 Getting the words in the right order; 3 Nine steps to a successful project; 4 The scope of the project and its objectives; 5 Project planning; 6 A fly on the wall; 7 Resource management; 8 Progress monitoring and control; 9 Prince2, governance and methodologies; 10 Advanced critical-path topics; 11 The people issues; 12 Programme management; 13 Issue and risk management; 14 Terminology; Appendix 1: Additional sources of information on project and programme management; Index

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dediation......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
1 Setting the stage......Page 16
2 Getting the words in the right order......Page 26
3 Nine steps to a successful project......Page 43
4 The scope of the project and its objectives......Page 51
5 Project planning......Page 62
6 A fly on the wall......Page 79
7 Resource management......Page 94
8 Progress monitoring and control......Page 110
9 Prince2, governance and methodologies......Page 129
10 Advanced critical-path topics......Page 138
11 The people issues......Page 163
12 Programme management......Page 183
13 Issue and risk management......Page 191
14 Terminology......Page 209
Appendix 1: Additional sources of information on project and programme management......Page 220
Index......Page 221