Project Planning, Scheduling & Control

James P. Lewis, Ph.D. (Vinton, VA) is the founder of The Lewis Institute, Inc., a association providing project management and behaviorial consulting and training. Dr. Lewis has more than 20 years of project management experience and has trained more than 20,000 supervisors and managers around the world.

Section One: Introduction to Project Management. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Project Management. Chapter 2: Getting Your Organization to Accept Project Management. Chapter 3: The Role of the Project Manager. Chapter 4: Whole-Brain Project Management. Section Two: Project Definition. Chapter 5: The Headless Chicken Project (and How to Avoid It). Section Three: Project Planning. Chapter 6: Project Strategy: You Can't Develop a Good Implementation Plan Unless You First Have a Proper Game Plan. Chapter 7: Developing an Implementation Plan. Chapter 8: Managing Project Risk. Chapter 9: Practical Project Scheduling. Part Four: Managing the Project - Control. Chapter 10: Keeping the Project on Track - Control. Section Five: Other Issues in Project Management. Chapter 11: Managing Multiple Projects. Chapter 12: Developing a Project Methodology. Section Six: Managing People and Teams. Chapter 13: Exercising Leadership as a Project Manager. Chapter 14: How to Motivate Almost Anyone. Chapter 15: Developing the Project Team and Working with People Issues. Chapter 16: Managing Meetings. Part Seven: Managing Yourself. Chapter 17: Managing Your Time. Chapter 18: Building Personal Effectiveness.