What You Need to Know about Project Management
Published on 24. February 2012
264 pages
978-0-85708-160-5 (ISBN)
Description
What You Need to Know About Project Management
Project Management is all about getting things donewithout spending too much or taking too long. But when you starthearing things like man-days, PSOs and stakeholders, it just makesit difficult to understand.
So what do you really need to know about projectmanagement?
Find out:
* Why setting clear goals matters
* How to estimate absolutely everything.
* How to get things back on track after they've gonewrong
* How to track big projects
* Why work/life balance matters when you're running a bigproject
This clear and simple approach will mean you'll neverpanic when faced with a big project again.
Read More in the Want You Need to Know Series and Get toSpeed on the Essentials... Fast.
Project Management is all about getting things donewithout spending too much or taking too long. But when you starthearing things like man-days, PSOs and stakeholders, it just makesit difficult to understand.
So what do you really need to know about projectmanagement?
Find out:
* Why setting clear goals matters
* How to estimate absolutely everything.
* How to get things back on track after they've gonewrong
* How to track big projects
* Why work/life balance matters when you're running a bigproject
This clear and simple approach will mean you'll neverpanic when faced with a big project again.
Read More in the Want You Need to Know Series and Get toSpeed on the Essentials... Fast.
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Fergus O'Connell
What You Need to Know about Project Management
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12/2010
1st Edition
Capstone Publishing Ltd
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Fergus O'Connell is the founder of ETP (etpint.com), one of the world's leading programme and project management companies, and his experience covers projects around the world.
Content
Introduction 1
1 - Goal Setting 9
2 - Estimating 37
3 - Supply and Demand 71
4 - Managing Risk 99
5 - Managing Expectations 131
6 - Tracking and Status Reporting 175
7 - Running Multiple Projects 207
8 - Having a Life 225
Acknowledgements 247
Index 249
1 - Goal Setting 9
2 - Estimating 37
3 - Supply and Demand 71
4 - Managing Risk 99
5 - Managing Expectations 131
6 - Tracking and Status Reporting 175
7 - Running Multiple Projects 207
8 - Having a Life 225
Acknowledgements 247
Index 249
