Understanding Project Management

Dave C. Barrett is a full-time Professor and Program Coordinator of Project Management at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario. He joined Conestoga's School of Business in 2004, after working 21 years in the private industry, where he led large-scale IT integration projects. Barrett holds Bachelor of Math and Master of Business Administration degrees as well as his Project Management Professional designation.

List of Sample Documents and Templates
Preface
AcknowledgementsPart I: Introduction to Project Management
Chapter 1: Understanding the Project Environment

Part II: Waterfall Project Management
Chapter 2: Starting the Project
Chapter 3: Stakeholder Planning
Chapter 4: Scope Planning
Chapter 5: Schedule Planning
Chapter 6: Budget Planning
Chapter 7: Project Team Planning
Chapter 8: Quality Planning
Chapter 9: Risk Planning
Chapter 10: Communications Planning
Chapter 11: Executing, Monitoring, and Controlling the Plan
Chapter 12: Managing Disruptions to the Plan: Issues and Change
Chapter 13: Managing the Human Resources Aspects of the Project
Chapter 14: Project Procurement
Chapter 15: Closing the Project

Part III: Agile and Hybrid Project Management
Chapter 16: An Overview of Agile
Chapter 17: The Scrum Framework
Chapter 18: Hybrid Project Management

Appendix 1: Critical Path Analysis—The Calculations
Appendix 2: An Overview of Earned Value Management
References
Index