Project Management for Practice: A Guide and Toolbox for Successful Projects

✍ Scribed by Daud Alam, Uwe Gühl

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 222
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In the 2nd edition, this book conveys updated content and, in addition to classic project management, now also agile project management in a practical manner and serves as a toolbox for projects. 

To this end, the most important terms and phases of project management are first explained in a standard-compliant manner. 

Then this book deals with cross-project cross-sectional topics and project phase-specific content, divided into agile and classic project management. 

Tips and hints, examples, templates and checklists from project practice in the automotive and IT environment complement the contents.

For student readers, there is also an extensive question catalog to consolidate the knowledge learned.

This gives readers good and quick access to the topic of project management and helps them to be able to carry out their projects successfully.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
About the Authors
1 Introduction
1.1 Definitions
1.2 Successful Projects
1.3 Project Management Process Models
1.4 Structure of the Book
1.5 Summary
1.6 Problems
References
2 Cross-Sectional Themes
2.1 Requirements
2.1.1 The Goal of Requirements Engineering
2.1.2 Projects and Requirements
2.1.3 Capturing Requirements
2.1.4 Managing Requirements
2.2 Change Management
2.2.1 Goals of Change Management
2.2.2 Causes of Change
2.2.3 Scope of Change Management
2.2.4 Change Management and Agility
2.3 Project Culture
2.3.1 Goals of the Project Culture
2.3.2 Outward Effect of a Project
2.3.3 Inwards Effect of a Project
2.3.4 Decision Culture
2.3.5 Learning in the Project
2.3.6 International Projects
2.3.7 Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2.3.8 Failure
2.3.9 Checklist
2.4 Communication
2.4.1 Goals of Communication
2.4.2 Aspects of Communication
2.4.3 Good Communication
2.4.4 Communication as a Task for the Project Manager
2.4.5 Communication Plan
2.4.6 Project Meetings
2.4.7 Communication Tools
2.5 Documentation
2.5.1 Goals of Documentation
2.5.2 Reasons for Documentation
2.5.3 Requirements for Documentation
2.5.4 Scope of Documentation
2.5.5 Project Profile
2.5.6 Project Manual
2.6 Quality
2.6.1 Quality Objectives
2.6.2 Procedure in Quality Management
2.6.3 Checklist
2.7 Risk Management
2.7.1 Goals of Risk Management
2.7.2 Procedure in Risk Management
2.8 Methods
2.8.1 Brainstorming
Advantages
Disadvantages
Application
2.8.2 Problem Statement Reversal
Advantages
Disadvantages
Application
2.8.3 Mind-Mapping
Advantages
Disadvantages
Application
2.8.4 Method 635
Advantages
Disadvantages
Application
2.8.5 Flashlight
Advantages
Disadvantages
Application
2.9 Summary
2.10 Problems
References
3 Project Phases in Classical Projects
3.1 Strategy Phase
3.1.1 Goal and Results
3.1.2 Situation Analysis
3.1.3 Environment Analysis
3.1.4 Project Goals
3.1.5 Solution Approaches
3.1.6 Project Order
3.1.7 Tender Specification
3.1.8 Performance Specification
3.1.9 Checklist
3.2 Planning Phase
3.2.1 Objectives and Results
3.2.2 Project Plan
3.2.3 Work Breakdown Structure
3.2.4 Time Schedule
3.2.5 Resource and Cost Plan
3.2.6 Project Organization
3.2.7 Plan Optimization
3.2.8 Plan Alignment
3.2.9 Project Kickoff
3.2.10 Checklist
3.3 Realization Phase
3.3.1 Goal and Results
3.3.2 Summary of Tasks
3.3.3 Milestones
3.3.4 Project Controlling
3.3.5 Project Monitoring
Content-Related Progress
Presentation of the Project Progress
3.3.6 Project Control Activities
3.3.7 Trend Analysis
3.3.8 Checklist
3.4 Closure Phase
3.4.1 Goal and Results
3.4.2 Acceptance
3.4.3 Final Documentation and Lessons Learned
3.4.4 Dissolving
3.4.5 Outlook
3.4.6 Checklist
3.5 Summary
3.6 Problems
References
4 Agility in Projects
4.1 Extreme Programming (XP)
4.2 Scrum
4.2.1 Roles
4.2.2 Requirements
User Stories
Persona
Product Backlog
Backlog Refinement
4.2.3 Sprint Planning
Sprint Planning Part 1: What?
Sprint Planning Part 2: How?
4.2.4 Sprint
Task Board
Daily Scrum
Burndown Chart
Collection of Work Obstacles
4.2.5 Sprint Review
4.2.6 Sprint Retrospective
4.3 Using Agile Methods
4.3.1 Use in Traditional Projects
4.3.2 Introduction of Agile Processes
4.4 Hybrid Process Models
4.5 Limits of Agility
4.6 Summary
4.7 Problems
References
5 Outlook
5.1 Certifications
5.2 Project Management in the Future
5.3 …and What Else we Want to Give You
5.4 Summary
References
6 Templates
Solutions
Problems from Chap. 1
Problems from Chap. 2
Problems from Chap. 3
Problems from Chap. 4
Glossary
Index