A fresh, intuitive perspective on project management is presented in this up-to-date, pragmatic, real-world book that tackles the hard and soft skills a professional needs to be a successful project manager. Author Dale Liu has created the TOP method which discusses and integrates technical, organizational, and people skills. TOP derives its name from T=Technical, O=Organizational, and P=people, extolling just how important each of these areas of expertise are for a successful project manager. The book covers project management from pre-project through post-project highlighting options, tools, and pitfalls. One project will be run through the book to illustrate the process of plan, organize, and follow through that is necessary for all successful projects. "Practical Project Management" is the go-to source for soon-to-be or current project managers that covers and combines technical business processes and the often forgotten human side of successful business. It helps you develop essential project management skills that will allow you to bring in product ahead of schedule and under budget. You can follow a single, complete project from conception to follow up review.
It underscores the importance of both hard and soft skills.
A fresh, intuitive perspective on project management is presented in this up-to-date, pragmatic, real-world book that tackles the hard and soft skills a professional needs to be a successful project manager. Author Dale Liu has created the TOP method which discusses and integrates technical, organizational, and people skills. TOP derives its name from T=Technical, O=Organizational, and P=people, extolling just how important each of these areas of expertise are for a successful project manager. The book covers project management from pre-project through post-project highlighting options, tools, and pitfalls. One project will be run through the book to illustrate the process of plan, organize, and follow through that is necessary for all successful projects. "Practical Project Management" is the go-to source for soon-to-be or current project managers that covers and combines technical business processes and the often forgotten human side of successful business. It helps you develop essential project management skills that will allow you to bring in product ahead of schedule and under budget. You can follow a single, complete project from conception to follow up review.
It underscores the importance of both hard and soft skills.
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Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Beginner to Intermediate IT Professionals seeking to gain knowledge in Project Management to transition to management-level positions
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 191 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-59749-484-7 (9781597494847)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Dale Liu, (MCSE Security, CISSP, MCT, IAM/IEM, CCNA) has been working in the computer and networking field for over 20 years. Dale's experience ranges from programming to networking to information security and project management. He currently teaches networking, routing and security classes, while working in the field performing security audits and infrastructure design for medium to large companies.
Dale Liu, (MCSE Security, CISSP, MCT, IAM/IEM, CCNA) has been working in the computer and networking field for over 20 years. Dale's experience ranges from programming to networking to information security and project management. He currently teaches networking, routing and security classes, while working in the field performing security audits and infrastructure design for medium to large companies.
Section I
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Defining the Project (Phase 1)
Chapter 3: Gathering Concise Business Requirements for the Project
Chapter 4: Planning the Project (Phase 2)
Chapter 5: Risk Management in Pre-project Planning
Chapter 6: From Planning the Project to an Action Plan
Section II
Chapter 7: The Execute/Monitor/Adjust Phase (Phase 3)
Chapter 8: How to Handle Scope Creep & Project Change
Section III
Chapter 9: Complete the Project (Phase 4)
Chapter 10: Evaluate the Project (Phase 5)
Chapter 11: Celebrate teh Project (Phase 6)
Chapter 12: Post Project Support
Appendix A: Forms for Project Management
Appendix B: Common Project Management Terms
Appendix C: Project+
Appendix D: PMP (Project Management Professional)
Appendix E: Prince2
