The Project Management Tool Kit - Tom Kendrick

The Project Management Tool Kit

100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2018 | Third Edition
Amacom (Verlag)
978-0-8144-3345-4 (ISBN)
25,10 inkl. MwSt
Completing projects on time and under budget is never without obstacles. Project managers need all the help they can get!
This results-oriented resource is a must-have strategic partner for project managers of every industry.

Shifting priorities, budget cuts, unexpected interruptions….the obstacles that project managers face daily are sometimes relentless and always burdensome. Now, the average project is only growing more complicated.

The Project Management Tool Kit is filled with step-by-step guidance that will enable managers to complete even the most complex projects both on time and on budget. The book also offers 100 powerful, practical tips and techniques in a variety of areas, including:



Scope planning
Schedule development and adjustment
Cost estimating and control
Defining and using project metrics
Decision-making and problem solving
Motivation and leadership
Stakeholder engagement and expectation management
Risk identification and monitoring

Extensively updated and revised to reflect the latest changes to A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), the checklists, charts, examples, and tools for easy implementation in this invaluable resource will help project managers of all types tackle any challenge that comes their way.

Tom Kendrick the former Program Director for the project management curriculum at UC Berkeley Extension, and lives in the Bay area near San Francisco, California. He is a past award recipient of the Project Management Institute (PMI) David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award for "Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project" (now in it's fourth edition).  Tom is also a certified PMP and serves as a volunteer for both the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter and PMI.org.

Contents

Introduction to the Third Editionxi

1.Activity Definition (PMBOK® Guide 6.2)1

2.Activity Duration Estimating (PMBOK® Guide 6.5)4

3.Activity Resource Estimating (PMBOK® Guide 6.4)7

4.Activity Sequencing (PMBOK® Guide 6.3)10

5.Brainstorming13

6.Canceling Projects15

7.Cause-and-Effect Analysis17

8.Closing Projects (PMBOK® Guide 4.6)19

9.Coaching and Mentoring23

10.Communicating Informally25

11.Communications Control (PMBOK® Guide 10.3)27

12.Communications Management (PMBOK® Guide 10.2)29

13.Communications Planning (PMBOK® Guide 10.1)31

14.Conflict Resolution34

15.Consensus-Building for Your Ideas37

16.Constraint Management and Plan Optimization39

17.Cost Budgeting (PMBOK® Guide 7.3)42

18.Cost Control (PMBOK® Guide 7.4)44

19.Cost Estimating (PMBOK® Guide 7.2)46

20.Cost Planning (PMBOK® Guide 7.1)48

21.Creative Problem-Solving51

22.Customer Interviews54

23.Decision-Making56

24.Delegating Responsibility58

25.Delphi Technique60

26.Earned-Value Management (EVM)62

27.Forecasting Project Completion65

28.Global Teams68

29.Human Resource Planning (PMBOK® Guide 9.1)73

30.Influence Without Authority76

31.Inheriting a Project79

32.Integrated Change Control (PMBOK® Guide 4.5)81

33.Issue Management84

34.Leadership86

35.Market Research89

36.Matrix Teams (Cross-Functional Teams)91

37.Meetings94

38.Motivation98

39.Multiple Dependent Projects100

40.Multiple Independent Projects104

41.Negotiating Contracts107

42.Negotiating Project Changes109

43.Organizational Change111

44.Organizing for Project Management114

45.Performance Problem Resolution116

46.Presentations118

47.Problem Escalation120

48.Process Improvement122

49.Procurement Close-Out (PMBOK® Guide 12.4)124

50.Procurement Contracting (PMBOK® Guide 12.2)126

51.Procurement Control (PMBOK® Guide 12.3)130

52.Procurement Planning (PMBOK® Guide 12.1)132

53.Project Baseline Setting135

54.Project Charter (PMBOK® Guide 4.1)137

55.Project Infrastructure139

56.Project Initiation143

57.Project Life Cycle146

58.Project Metrics150

59.Project Objective and Priorities156

60.Project Office160

61.Project Plan Development (PMBOK® Guide 4.2)162

62.Project Plan Execution (PMBOK® Guide 4.3)165

63.Project Reviews168

64.Project Variance Analysis (PMBOK® Guide 4.4)171

65.Project Vision174

66.Qualitative Risk Analysis (PMBOK® Guide 11.3)176

67.Quality Assurance (PMBOK® Guide 8.2)179

68.Quality Control (PMBOK® Guide 8.3)181

69.Quality Planning (PMBOK® Guide 8.1)183

70.Quantitative Risk Analysis (PMBOK® Guide 11.4)185

71.Required Skills Analysis188

72.Requirements Collection (PMBOK® Guide 5.2)190

73.Resource Leveling193

74.Responsibility Analysis196

75.Return on Investment Analysis198

76.Rewards and Recognition201

77.Risk Identification (PMBOK® Guide 11.2)203

78.Risk-Management Planning (PMBOK® Guide 11.1)206

79.Risk Monitoring and Control (PMBOK® Guide 11.6)208

80.Risk Response Planning (PMBOK® Guide 11.5)210

81.Schedule Control (PMBOK® Guide 6.7)214

82.Schedule Development (PMBOK® Guide 6.6)217

83.Schedule Planning (PMBOK® Guide 6.1)221

84.Scope Change Control (PMBOK® Guide 5.6)224

85.Scope Definition (PMBOK® Guide 5.3)227

86.Scope Planning (PMBOK® Guide 5.1)230

87.Scope Verification (PMBOK® Guide 5.5)232

88.Software and Technical Tools for Project Management234

89.Sponsorship237

90.Stakeholder Engagement Control (PMBOK® Guide 13.4)240

91.Stakeholder Engagement Management (PMBOK® Guide 13.3)242

92.Stakeholder Identification (PMBOK® Guide 13.1)244

93.Stakeholder Management Planning (PMBOK® Guide 13.2)246

94.Start-Up Workshop248

95.Status Collection251

96.Team Acquisition (PMBOK® Guide 9.2)254

97.Team Development (PMBOK® Guide 9.3)256

98.Team Management (PMBOK® Guide 9.4)258

99.Transitioning to Project Leadership260

100.Work Breakdown Structure (PMBOK® Guide 5.4)262

Index265

About the Author273

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.3.2018
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 281 g
Themenwelt Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Projektmanagement
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10 0-8144-3345-6 / 0814433456
ISBN-13 978-0-8144-3345-4 / 9780814433454
Zustand Neuware
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