Project management for small projects, second edition

✍ Scribed by Rowe, Sandra Faye

• Publisher: Management Concepts Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 200
• Edition: Second edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Important New Tools for Managing Your Small Projects As Part of a Larger Program!

The first edition of Project Management for Small Projects introduced project management processes, tools, and techniques that are scalable and adaptable to small projects. Project managers learned a structured, disciplined approach to managing small projects sensibly and realistically. This new edition is updated throughout to reflect the PMBOK® Guide, Fifth Edition, balancing the particular needs of small projects with the project management methodology.

Project managers who are proficient at managing and leading their own projects are increasingly being called upon to work collaboratively with other project managers to lead components of a program. In addition to knowing how to manage processes and how to lead the team, project managers must now also know how to collaborate and share knowledge with other project managers. A new chapter on program management offers important insights and guidance for managing a group of related small projects in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Title Page
Copyright
About the Author
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1 Project Management Discipline
Chapter 1 Introduction to Project Management
Project Overview
What Is Project Management?
The Value of Using Project Management on Small Projects
Chapter 2 Concerns for Small Projects
Challenges for Small Projects
Problems Resulting from Not Using Project Management
Chapter 3 Managing and Leading Small Projects
The Difference Between Management and Leadership
Managing Small Projects
Leading Small Projects
Managing and Leading a Project. Managing and Leading Simple ProjectsChapter 4 Pre-Project Activities
Statement of Work
Project Request
Part 2 Project Management Process for Small Projects
Chapter 5 Process Overview
Project Life Cycle
Deliverables
Project Management Process for Small Projects
PALM Principle
Chapter 6 Initiating
Initiating Process Summary
Initiating Process Steps
Project Charter
Project Roles and Responsibilities
INITIATION PROCESS GUIDE
Chapter 7 Planning for Small Projects
Planning Process Summary
Planning Process Steps
PLANNING PROCESS GUIDE
Chapter 8 Planning for Simple Projects. Planning StepsStep 1: Prepare for Planning Activities
Step 2: Collect Requirements
Step 3: Develop Scope Statement
Step 4: Develop a WBS
Step 5: Develop an Action Plan or To-Do List
Step 6: Plan Project Communications
PLANNING PROCESS GUIDE FOR SIMPLE PROTECTS
Chapter 9 Controlling
Controlling Process Summary
Controlling Process Activities
Action Items
CONTROLLING PROCESS GUIDE
Chapter 10 Closing
Closing Process Summary
Closing Process Steps
CLOSING PROCESS GUIDE
Part 3 Additional Discipline
Chapter 11 Managing Multiple Small Projects
Multiple Project Overview. Small Project PortfoliosProblems with Managing Multiple Projects
SPM Multiple-Project Management Process
Chapter 12 Projects as Part of a Program
Project Activities and Collaboration
Knowledge Sharing
Chapter 13 Building Effective Teams
Teams for a Small Project
Team Charter
Effective Team Meetings
The Tuckman Model
Facilitation Tools
Chapter 14 The Power of One
What Is the Power of One?
Roles and Responsibilities
Realizing the Power of One
Time Management
Chapter 15 Transitioning to Larger Projects
Project Management Skills
Leadership Skills
People, Process, and Technology. PROTECT MANAGEMENT KEYS FOR SUCCESSGlossary
Index
Back Cover.