
Handbook of Project-Based Management, Fourth Edition
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- Cover
- About the Author
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Leading Change
- 1.1. Projects and Their Management
- The Project
- Management of the Project
- Project Levels
- 1.2. The Process Approach
- 1.3. The Structure of This Book
- 1.4. Images of Projects
- Goals and Methods
- Project Management as Sailing a Yacht
- Summary
- Part 1: Change
- Chapter 2: Beneficial Change
- 2.1. Performance Improvement
- Case Study
- 2.2. The Change Required
- Diagnostic Tools
- Technical versus People Changes
- Case Study
- 2.3. Benefits Maps
- Case Study
- 2.4. Linking Corporate Strategy to Project Strategy
- Strategic Position
- Strategic Choices
- Implementing Strategy
- Selecting Projects
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Project Strategy and Success
- 3.1. Project Strategy
- 3.2. Project Success
- Success Criteria
- Hartman's Three Questions
- Case Study
- Key Performance Indicators
- Project Success Factors
- Achieving Success
- Five Necessary Conditions for Project Success
- Summary
- Part 2: Governance
- Chapter 4: Project Governance
- 4.1. Governance
- 4.2. Governance of the Project
- 4.3. The Principal-Agent Relationship
- 4.4. Communicating with the Sponsor
- Project Manager to Sponsor
- Timing and Means of Communication
- Sponsor to Project Manager
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Program and Portfolio Management
- 5.1. Definitions
- Programs
- Portfolios
- Investment Portfolio
- Governance
- 5.2. Portfolios
- Prioritizing Projects
- Postproject Evaluation
- The Project List and Status Reports
- Sharing Resources
- Impact Matrix
- 5.3. Programs
- 5.4. The Project Office
- Duties of the Project Office
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Organizational Capability
- 6.1. Defining Capability
- Knowledge Areas
- Project Management Methodology
- Technical and Craft Skills
- 6.2. Individual Competence
- Defining Competence
- Levels and Stages of Development
- Assessing Competence
- Developing Competence
- 6.3. Developing Organizational Capability
- Procedures Manuals
- Project Management Community of Practice
- Reviews, Health Checks, and Audits
- Benchmarking and Maturity
- 6.4. Improving Organizational Capability
- 6.5. Knowledge Management
- Johari's Window
- 6.6. Competency Traps
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Governance of the Project-Based Organization
- 7.1. Governance of Project-Based Management
- Principles of Good Governance
- Components of the Governance of Projects
- 7.2. Audits
- Purpose of Project Audits
- Types of Project Audit
- Conducting Audits
- Emotions
- 7.3. Health Checks
- The Projectivity Diagnostic
- The Success or Failure Diagnostic
- 7.4. End-of-Stage Reviews
- 7.5. Ethics, Governance, and Trust
- Summary
- Part 3: Performance
- Chapter 8: Scope
- 8.1. Breakdown
- Advantages of Using a Breakdown Structure
- 8.2. Project Definition
- Initiating Work Breakdown
- Case Study
- 8.3. Planning at the Strategic Level
- Requirements for Planning at the Strategic Level
- Milestone Planning
- Areas of Work
- Features of the Milestone Plan
- Representing the Milestone Plan
- Developing the Milestone Plan
- Work Breakdown Structure
- 8.4. Planning at Lower Levels
- Activity Plans
- Work-Package Scope Statements
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Project Organization
- 9.1. Negotiating a Contract
- Two Contracts
- The Negotiation
- 9.2. External Organization
- Types of Project Organization
- Integrated versus Isolated Resources
- The Versatile Project Organization
- 9.3. Internal Organization
- 9.4. Responsibility Charts
- Use of Symbols to Describe Types of Involvement
- Use of the Responsibility Chart
- Developing the Responsibility Chart
- Incorporating Work Content
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Stakeholders
- 10.1. Reactions to Change
- Normal Change
- Extreme, Life-Modifying Change
- 10.2. Engaging with Stakeholders
- Identify Interested Parties
- Identify Success Criteria
- Identify the Stakeholders and Their Interests
- Analyze Stakeholders
- Develop a Stakeholder Influence Strategy
- Communicate with Stakeholders
- Monitor Stakeholder Satisfaction
- 10.3. Communicating with Stakeholders
- 10.4. Project Teams
- Team Formation and Maintenance
- Psychological Attachment
- Virtual Teams
- 10.5. Leading Projects
- Leadership Theories
- Emotional Intelligence and Stakeholder Engagement
- Summary
- Chapter 11: Quality
- 11.1. Quality on Projects
- Questions
- 11.2. Achieving Quality
- Assuring the Quality of the Product
- Controlling the Quality of the Product
- Assuring the Quality of the Management Process
- Controlling the Quality of the Management Processes
- The Quality Plan
- 11.3. Configuration Management
- Basic Approach
- Implementing Configuration Management
- Configuration Management through the Project Process
- Summary
- Chapter 12: Cost
- 12.1. The Cost Estimate
- The Purpose of Estimating
- Types of Estimate
- When to Estimate Costs
- 12.2. Preparing the Estimate
- Cost Components
- Structuring the Estimate-the Cost Control Cube
- Estimating Techniques
- Updating Estimates
- 12.3. Controlling Cost
- Simple Method
- Summary
- Chapter 13: Time
- 13.1. The Time Schedule
- Purpose of the Schedule
- The Schedule
- Communicating the Schedule
- 13.2. Estimating Duration
- Duration Dependent on Work Content
- Duration Dependent on Lead Time
- Duration Dependent on Work Content and Lead Time
- Estimating Sheets
- 13.3. Networks
- Types of Network
- Networking Technique
- Scheduling the Project
- 13.4. Resources
- 13.5. Controlling Time
- Control Cycle
- Visual Representation
- Summary
- Chapter 14: Risk
- 14.1. Risk Management Process
- 14.2. Identifying Risk
- Techniques for Identifying Risks
- Categorizing Risks
- 14.3. Assessing Risk
- 14.4. Analyzing Risk
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Three-Point Estimating
- Monte Carlo Analysis
- 14.5. Controlling Risk
- Reducing the Risk
- Controlling Risk
- Summary
- Part 4: Process
- Chapter 15: Process Models
- 15.1. An Algorithm
- 15.2. The Investment
- 15.3. The Project
- Managing Uncertainty through the Algorithm
- Agile Methods
- 15.4. Management
- 15.5. Functions
- Acknowledgment
- Summary
- Chapter 16: Start-up
- 16.1. Process
- Objectives of Start-up
- Methods of Start-up
- Scheduling Start-up
- 16.2. Workshops
- Workshop Objectives
- Workshop Attendees
- Workshop Agenda
- Workshop Timetable
- 16.3. Project Definition Report and Manual
- Project Definition Report
- Project Manual
- 16.4. The Business Case
- Summary
- Chapter 17: Execution and Control
- 17.1. Implementation Planning
- Assigning Resources to the Project
- Planning and Scheduling Activities
- Allocating Work
- 17.2. Controlling Progress
- Effective Control
- Gathering Data
- Calculating Progress
- Taking Action
- Options for Action
- Summary
- Chapter 18: Closeout
- 18.1. Timely and Efficient Completion
- 18.2. Transferring the Asset
- 18.3. Embedding the Change
- 18.4. Disbanding the Team
- 18.5. Review
- Summary
- Appendix A: Project Definition Report for the Ockham Razor Day Care Center
- Appendix B: Project Control Documents for the Ockham Razor Day Care Center
- References
- Index
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