Successful project management : applying best practices and real-world techniques with Microsoft Project /
Biafore, Bonnie
Successful project management : applying best practices and real-world techniques with Microsoft Project / by Bonnie Biafore - Delhi: PHI Learning, 2012 c. - xxiii, 433 p.: ill; 24 cm. - Business Skills Series. .
Getting a Project Started --
1. Meet Project Management --
2. Obtaining Approval for a Project --
Planning a Project --
3. Planning to Achieve Success --
4. Building a Work Breakdown Structure --
5. Project Resources --
6. Building a Project Schedule --
7. Working with a Budget --
8. Executing the Project Plan --
9. Evaluating Project Performance --
10. Managing Project Resources --
11. Communicating Information --
Controlling Projects --
12. Managing Project Changes --
13. Modifying the Project Schedule --
14. Balancing the Budget and Other Project Variables --
15. Managing Risk --
16. Learning Lessons --
17. Closing a Project --
18. Archiving Historical Information --
Beyond Projects --
19. Selecting and Prioritizing Projects --
20. Other Project Management Approaches. Introduction --
Getting a Project Started --
Meet Project Management --
What Is a Project --
A Unique Endeavor --
A Specific Goal --
Clear-Cut Start and Finish Dates --
Within Budget --
Something's Gotta Give --
What Is Project Management --
Project Management Processes --
The Benefits of Project Management --
Bottom-Line Benefits --
Benefits for the Project Team --
Summary --
Obtaining Approval for a Project --
Summarizing a Project --
Defining the Problem --
Identifying the Problem --
Documenting the Problem --
Project Goal and Objectives --
Types of Objectives. Characteristics of Good ObjectivesProject Strategy --
Identifying Alternatives --
Factors for Selecting a Project Strategy --
Choosing the Project Strategy --
Gathering Requirements --
Deliverables --
Success Criteria --
The Scope Statement --
Preventing Scope Creep --
Assumptions and Risks --
Working with Project Stakeholders --
Identifying Stakeholders --
How Planning Tasks Help Identify Stakeholders --
Project Customer --
Project Sponsor --
Functional Manager --
Team Member --
Project Manager --
Documenting Project Stakeholders --
Obtaining and Maintaining Commitment --
The Project Charter: Publicizing a Project --
Summary. Planning a ProjectPlanning to Achieve Success --
What Is Project Planning --
Pointing the Team in the Right Direction --
Tracking Progress --
Plans Change --
Project Planning Step by Step --
The Components of a Project Implementation Plan --
Summary --
Building a Work Breakdown Structure --
What's a Work Breakdown Structure --
The Benefits of a WBS --
Building a WBS --
How to Build a WBS from the Top Down --
When to Stop Building a WBS --
Building a WBS from the Bottom Up --
Recording a WBS --
Creating the WBS in Project --
Pasting Tasks into Project --
Detailing Work Packages --
Summary --
Project Resources. The Responsibility MatrixResponsibility Levels --
Creating a Responsibility Matrix --
The Project Organization Chart --
Putting a Project Team Together --
Creating Resources in Project --
Types of Resources --
Adding Resources to Project --
Resource Information --
Summary --
Building a Project Schedule --
Estimating --
Duration or Effort --
Sensible Estimating Practices --
Top-Down Planning --
Defining the Sequence of Work --
Types of Task Dependencies --
Identifying the Correct Dependency Type --
Creating Task Dependencies --
Keeping Dependencies Flexible --
Setting Specific Start and Finish Dates --
Setting Deadlines. Adding Schedule MilestonesTypes of Milestones --
Creating Milestones --
Assigning Resources to Tasks --
Assigning Resources in the Task Sheet --
Assigning Resources in the Task Form --
Using the Assign Resources Dialog Box --
Building Reality into a Schedule --
Accounting for Nonproject Time --
Adjusting Tasks for Resource Productivity --
Managing Part-Time Workers and Multitaskers --
Scheduling Around Nonworking Time --
Shortening a Project Schedule --
The Fast-Track to an Early Finish --
Choosing Tasks to Fast-Track --
Part ial. Overlaps --
Running Tasks in Parallel --
A Crash Course on Project Crashing --
Reducing Scope.
Explains how to use the project management software to build a project schedule, work with a budget, manage project resources, communicate information, manage risk, and archive historical information.
9788120344549 (pbk)
Microsoft Project.
Project management --Computer programs.
Computers--Project Management Software.--Desktop Applications
658.404 / BIA-S 2012 11090
Successful project management : applying best practices and real-world techniques with Microsoft Project / by Bonnie Biafore - Delhi: PHI Learning, 2012 c. - xxiii, 433 p.: ill; 24 cm. - Business Skills Series. .
Getting a Project Started --
1. Meet Project Management --
2. Obtaining Approval for a Project --
Planning a Project --
3. Planning to Achieve Success --
4. Building a Work Breakdown Structure --
5. Project Resources --
6. Building a Project Schedule --
7. Working with a Budget --
8. Executing the Project Plan --
9. Evaluating Project Performance --
10. Managing Project Resources --
11. Communicating Information --
Controlling Projects --
12. Managing Project Changes --
13. Modifying the Project Schedule --
14. Balancing the Budget and Other Project Variables --
15. Managing Risk --
16. Learning Lessons --
17. Closing a Project --
18. Archiving Historical Information --
Beyond Projects --
19. Selecting and Prioritizing Projects --
20. Other Project Management Approaches. Introduction --
Getting a Project Started --
Meet Project Management --
What Is a Project --
A Unique Endeavor --
A Specific Goal --
Clear-Cut Start and Finish Dates --
Within Budget --
Something's Gotta Give --
What Is Project Management --
Project Management Processes --
The Benefits of Project Management --
Bottom-Line Benefits --
Benefits for the Project Team --
Summary --
Obtaining Approval for a Project --
Summarizing a Project --
Defining the Problem --
Identifying the Problem --
Documenting the Problem --
Project Goal and Objectives --
Types of Objectives. Characteristics of Good ObjectivesProject Strategy --
Identifying Alternatives --
Factors for Selecting a Project Strategy --
Choosing the Project Strategy --
Gathering Requirements --
Deliverables --
Success Criteria --
The Scope Statement --
Preventing Scope Creep --
Assumptions and Risks --
Working with Project Stakeholders --
Identifying Stakeholders --
How Planning Tasks Help Identify Stakeholders --
Project Customer --
Project Sponsor --
Functional Manager --
Team Member --
Project Manager --
Documenting Project Stakeholders --
Obtaining and Maintaining Commitment --
The Project Charter: Publicizing a Project --
Summary. Planning a ProjectPlanning to Achieve Success --
What Is Project Planning --
Pointing the Team in the Right Direction --
Tracking Progress --
Plans Change --
Project Planning Step by Step --
The Components of a Project Implementation Plan --
Summary --
Building a Work Breakdown Structure --
What's a Work Breakdown Structure --
The Benefits of a WBS --
Building a WBS --
How to Build a WBS from the Top Down --
When to Stop Building a WBS --
Building a WBS from the Bottom Up --
Recording a WBS --
Creating the WBS in Project --
Pasting Tasks into Project --
Detailing Work Packages --
Summary --
Project Resources. The Responsibility MatrixResponsibility Levels --
Creating a Responsibility Matrix --
The Project Organization Chart --
Putting a Project Team Together --
Creating Resources in Project --
Types of Resources --
Adding Resources to Project --
Resource Information --
Summary --
Building a Project Schedule --
Estimating --
Duration or Effort --
Sensible Estimating Practices --
Top-Down Planning --
Defining the Sequence of Work --
Types of Task Dependencies --
Identifying the Correct Dependency Type --
Creating Task Dependencies --
Keeping Dependencies Flexible --
Setting Specific Start and Finish Dates --
Setting Deadlines. Adding Schedule MilestonesTypes of Milestones --
Creating Milestones --
Assigning Resources to Tasks --
Assigning Resources in the Task Sheet --
Assigning Resources in the Task Form --
Using the Assign Resources Dialog Box --
Building Reality into a Schedule --
Accounting for Nonproject Time --
Adjusting Tasks for Resource Productivity --
Managing Part-Time Workers and Multitaskers --
Scheduling Around Nonworking Time --
Shortening a Project Schedule --
The Fast-Track to an Early Finish --
Choosing Tasks to Fast-Track --
Part ial. Overlaps --
Running Tasks in Parallel --
A Crash Course on Project Crashing --
Reducing Scope.
Explains how to use the project management software to build a project schedule, work with a budget, manage project resources, communicate information, manage risk, and archive historical information.
9788120344549 (pbk)
Microsoft Project.
Project management --Computer programs.
Computers--Project Management Software.--Desktop Applications
658.404 / BIA-S 2012 11090