Project management : A practical guide/

By: Duff, DermotContributor(s): Quilliam, JohnMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi: Viva Books, 2015Description: vi,96 p: ill; 23 cmISBN: 9788130930688 (pbk)Subject(s): ManagementDDC classification: 658.404
Contents:
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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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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