E-Book Overview
Following the advice in The 10 Minute Guide to Project Management will not only help your get your project off on the right foot, but will also keep you and your team marching along to its successful conclusion. You will learn how to put together the best team for the job, how to define your goals and motivate your teammates, how to monitor the teams progress and keep the project on track, and how to stay within budget and time constraints. The book also explains how to use charts and diagrams to detail and define various aspects of the project.
E-Book Content
10 Minute Guide to Project Management Introduction Acknowledgments Lesson 1. So You're Going to Manage a Project? The Elements of a Project Project Planning Implementation Control Possible Project Players Lesson 2. What Makes a Good Project Manager? A Doer, not a Bystander Many Hats All the Time Principles To Steer You Seven Ways to Succeed as a Project Manager Seven Ways to Fail as a Project Manager Lesson 3. What Do You Want to Accomplish? To Lead and to Handle Crises Key Questions Okay, So What are We Attempting to Do? Tasks Versus Outcomes Telling Questions Desired Outcomes that Lend Themselves to Project Management Lesson 4. Laying Out Your Plan No Surprises The Holy Grail and the Golden Fleece From Nothing to Something Lesson 5. Assembling Your Plan The Critical Path for Completing the WBS The Chicken or the Egg? Is Planning Itself a Task? What About Your Hours? Internal Resources Versus External Resources Helping Your Staff When It's Over What Kinds of Tasks Comprise the WBS? Keeping the Big Picture in Mind The Big Picture Versus Endless Minutia From Planning to Monitoring Lesson 6. Keeping Your Eye on the Budget Money Still Doesn't Grow on Trees Experience Pays Traditional Approaches to Budgeting Traditional Measures Systematic Budgeting Problems Lesson 7. Gantt Charts Chart Your Progress Variations o