How to Run Successful Projects in Web Time

Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part One: First Things First - You Must Really Want To Do It - Introduction. How Much Planning Do We Actually Do? And Now the Bad News. So Why Do Projects Take So Much Time? How the Movies Do It - Shooting Movies in the Shortest Possible Time. Multitasking.And the Result of All This? Convincing the Others - Introduction. Building A Profit Model. Show Them the Money. What if it Runs Over? Reference. Part Two: Answer the Need- Identify the Right Project - Introduction. What's Our Project? Will This Keep the Stakeholders Happy? Worked Example. References.Part Three: Build the Plan- Identify the Work To Be Done - How to Build a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). How to Build a WBS From Reusable Components. Estimating. Worked Example. Jobs, Dependencies, Effort. Summary. References. Add in the Project Management - Introduction. A Rule of Thumb. Worked Example. What If I Don't Have Enough Time? References. Get People To Do the Work - Introduction. People. Peoples' Availability. Strengths and Weaknesses. Worked Example. Put Contingency Into the Plan - Introduction. Putting Contingency in the Plan. Worked Example. Reference. Do a Risk Analysis - Introduction. Doing a Risk Analysis. Worked Example. Reference. Part Four: Turbocharge the Plan-Prepare To Shorten the Plan - Introduction. The Strip Board. Worked Example. Reference. Shorten the Plan - Introduction. Worked Example. Epilogue. Sell the Plan- Introduction. The Team.The Powers-That-Be.Worked Example-Pitching to the Team. Worked Example-Pitching to the Higher-Ups. References. Part Five: Execute the Plan- Monitor, Control, and Report - Monitoring and Control. Continue to Shorten the Project. Where to Put Your Project Management Effort. Status Reporting. Worked Example. References. Do a Post-Mortem - Introduction. Worked Example-The Informal Post-Mortem. Worked Example- The Real Post-Mortem. Introduction. Reference. Part Six: Bringing It All Together- Run Multiple Projects - Introduction. Worked Example. References. Implementing These Ideas in Your Organization - Where Do I Start? How Do I Continue? Bibliography - Other References. About the Author. Index.