Project management survival: a practical guide to leading, managing & delivering challenging projects
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London [u.a.]
Kogan Page
2008
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| Online-Zugang: | Table of contents only Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | viii, 242 p. ill. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780749453916 |
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| adam_text | Contents
cgits
ix
Introduction
1
Part I. Understanding Projects
1.
What Are Projects and Why Do They Fail?
5
What is a project?
5;
What is project management?
6;
Why is it vital to manage projects well?
8;
Project
killers
9
2.
Dead Project Walking
-
Why some projects must be
killed
13
Why dead projects live on
14
Part II. Where are We?
3.
Diagnosing an Existing Project
19
Why doing a diagnostic makes sense
19;
Getting to the
truth 2U; Digging into the plan
24;
Diagnosing a multi-
company programme
28
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Contents
Part III. Getting the Right Initial Plan
4.
Leading Projects
33
The wrong kind of project managers
33;
Being the
right kind of project manager
34;
Give the team
responsibility
35;
Managing in a matrix
36;
Being a
team player
37;
Overcoming It can t be done
38;
Focusing your attention in the right places
41
5.
Project Scope and Initiation
44
Introduction
44;
Project initiation
45;
The Project
Charter
48;
Creating the Project Charter
48;
Get it right
early on
—
it s cheaper
50;
Summary and actions
56
6.
Agreeing Objectives
57
Why objectives are important
57;
Developing well-
defined objectives
59;
Good and bad objectives
—
some
examples
61;
Summary and actions
65
7.
Milestones
66
The problem with bad milestones
67;
How to write a
good milestone
68;
Writing milestones
70;
Differences
between milestones and gates
70;
Summary and
actions
74
8.
Refining Milestones
76
Do you have the right milestones?
76;
How result paths
help
76;
Setting up result paths
77;
Assessing result
paths
79;
Developing the detail for each milestone
82;
Beyond milestones
82;
Summary and actions
83
9.
Activities/Work Breakdown Structure
85
What is a work breakdown structure?
86;
The
work breakdown structure underpins much of the
planning
89;
The rolling wave approach
90;
The impact
of rolling wave on estimation and contingency
91;
Summary and actions
93
10.
Assigning Resources
96
Identifying the resources you need
96;
Summary and
actions
98
Contents
vii
11.
Time Estimation
100
Why estimation goes wrong
100;
Why managing
using percentage complete doesn t work
102;
A better
approach for estimation
—
work content
106;
Producing
good estimates
108;
Record any assumptions used in
estimation 111; Summary and actions
112
12.
Resource Availability
114
Estimating task durations from the work content
114;
Summary and actions
122
13.
Dependencies
124
Different types of dependencies
125;
Lag
126;
Predecessors and successors
128;
Tasks and sub-
tasks
129;
Critical path
131;
Slack/float
133;
Summary
and actions
134
14.
Risk and Mitigation
136
The problems with simple risk/contingency
planning
137;
Identifying and managing risks
137;
Risk identification
138;
Risk assessment
139;
Risk
reduction
143;
Risk management
145;
Summary and
actions
146
Part IV. Getting the Plan Right
15.
Optimizing the Plan
151
Create more realistic resource usage
152;
Improve
resource usage to shorten the duration of key tasks
153;
Reducing task durations on the critical path
157;
Working
in parallel
157;
Optimization and risk
158;
Project
crashing
160;
Developing the project budget
163;
Where you end up is where you start
163
Part V. Staying on Track
16.
Roles, Responsibilities and Communication
167
Project manager
167;
Work package or module
managers
169;
Project team members
169;
Project
sponsor
170;
Project office
171;
Steering group
171;
Communication between the roles
172;
Project
manager s weekly checklist
175
viii Contents
17.
Updating the Plan
178
The update information you need from team
members
178;
Integrating the updates
179;
Updating
the plan in practice
181;
How often?
182
18.
Monitoring Progress
183
Introduction
183;
How to monitor progress within a
project
184;
Earned Value Analysis (EVA)
186;
Using
EVA to monitor progress
190;
Limitations of EVA
193
19.
Handling Issues
194
Introduction
194;
What is an issue?
195;
Prioritizing
issues
195;
Managing issues
195
20.
Controlling Change
197
21.
Reporting
201
Reporting down
201;
Reporting up
202
22.
Project Closure
203
Appendix
1:
The Changing Nature of Projects
205
Appendix
2:
Project Management Software
211
Appendix
3:
Project Management Approaches and
Methodologies
219
Appendix
4:
Problem-solving Techniques
229
Appendix
5:
References and Resources
233
Index
235
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