Naked Project Management: the Bare Facts
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1. Verfasser: Lock, Dennis (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013
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Beschreibung:Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 Projects; Project Types; Project Life Cycles; Principal Project Players; Project Outcomes; The Swings and Roundabouts Project; 2 Getting Ready for the Project; Project Definition; Work Breakdown Structure (WBS); Costs and Cost Estimating; Introduction to Cost Estimating Methods; Work Breakdown and Cost Estimate for the Swings and Roundabouts Project; 3 Organization; Organizations in General; Introducing a Project into an Organization for the First Time; Coordinated Project Matrix; Project Teams and Task Forces
Matrix Organizations for Multiple ProjectsOrganization Theory from the Project Manager's Point of View; Organization of the Swings and Roundabouts Project; 4 Planning and Scheduling; Essential Requirements for an Effective Plan; Diary Planning; Bar Charts; Introduction to Critical Path Network Analysis; Resource Scheduling; Planning the Swings and Roundabouts Project; 5 Contracts and Commerce; About Contracts; Purchasing; Contracts for Services and Construction; Contract Administration; Contracts and Purchases for the Swings and Roundabouts Project; 6 Taking Control; Managing Project Risk
Controlling Project ChangesSome Principles of Progress Control; Some Principles of Cost Control; Methods for Measuring or Monitoring Costs; Attempts to Analyse Trends and Make Predictions Using Earned Value Analysis; Controlling the Swings and Roundabouts Project; 7 Task Forces for Special Projects; Our Project is Sick: Send for a Doctor!; Task Forces for Business Change Projects; Task Forces as a General Solution?; 8 Round Up; Meetings; Actions Necessary When a Project Comes to an End; Final Project Meeting of the Swings and Roundabouts Team; Conclusion; Further Reading
Professional AssociationsStructured Project Management Methodologies; Index
Here is an introduction to project management from one of the best and most experienced writers. Project management depends largely on common sense and a logical, systematic approach. But it is necessary also to acquire some special skills to organize, schedule and control a project so that it produces the result that everyone wants. Dennis Lock explains and illustrates those skills in pragmatic and jargon-free terms. An entertaining case study runs through the chapters and the book covers all the vital topics in astonishingly few words. Naked Project Management is an essential primer for stud
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