Project management : A practical guide/

Duff, Dermot

Project management : A practical guide/ - New Delhi: Viva Books, 2015. - vi,96 p: ill; 23 cm.

table of contents📜
chapter 1:
understanding project management:
-what is project;
-the project life cycle-the four phases of project;
-phase 1: getting started -concept, initiation, feasibility and inception;
-phase 2: detailed planning;
-phase 3: implementation, monitoring;
-phase 4: completion;
-deciding the type of project and the approaches required;
-assessing project manager authority;
-achieving project success;
chapter2: phase 1-getting started;
-developing the initial brief;
-developing the project concept;
-phase 1- initial phase-kick-off meeting agenda;
-dealing with the classic triple constraints;
-handling the initial request to manage the project;
-generating potential solution;
-performing a feasibility;
chapter 3: phase 2-developing the project plan;
-phase 2-starting the detailed planning-work breakdown structure;
-work breakdown structure-example;
-estimating task duration and effort required;
-the uncertainty of estimates;
-scheduling the sequence of task;
-building the activity network diagram;
-identifying the critical path through project;
-optimizing the schedule
-allocating resources in the plan;
-identifying and relieving the project bottlenecks;
chapter 4: managing risk;
-risk management steps;
-types of risk;
-risk impact/ probability matrix;
-managing risk, opportunity and value;
-blindness to habitual risk;
chapter 5: phase 3-implementing the plan;
-use the agreed baseline to monitor and control the project;
-monitoring the project plan;
-project control;
-common human factors in planning and execution;
-student syndrome and the use of time buffers;
-use deadlines and birth lines to drive behavior;
-plan tasks as discrete, deliverable blocks of works with observable outcomes;
chapter 6: building an effective project team;







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