Project Management in the Real World - Elizabeth Harrin

Project Management in the Real World

Shortcuts to Success
Buch | Softcover
203 Seiten
2006
British Computer Society (Verlag)
978-1-902505-81-7 (ISBN)
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Success in project management terms is measured as work completed on time, within budget, delivering what the customer asked for. This book offers hints and tips on controlling budget, time, scope and people. It explores: managing project budgets; managing project scope; managing project teams; managing project plans; and, managing yourself.
This highly accessible guide summarizes over 250 years of experience from professional project managers. It contains a wealth of knowledge that can be applied in a short period of time. It contains theory, international case studies and hints and tips on controlling budget, time, scope and people, to help make sure projects do not fall into the 84 per cent that "Computer Weekly" estimates fail each year. The book is aimed at both public and private sector project managers.

Elizabeth Harrin is a project manager for AXA and was previously with American Express. A PRINCE2 Practitioner, she is trained in the Six Sigma process improvement methodology as a Black Belt. An alumnus of the universities of York and Roehampton, she currently lives and works in Paris.

SECTION 1: MANAGING PROJECT BUDGETS

1 Create a realistic budget

2 Calculate the true cost

3 Agree a budget tolerance

4 Track estimate to complete

5 Have a contingency fund

6 Gain buy-in for collective responsibility

7 Agree who holds signing authority

8 Watch each budget line

9 Arrange for a peer review

10 Manage the model

11 Manage projects with no budget carefully


SECTION 2: MANAGING PROJECT SCOPE

12 Keep it small

13 Work out how to manage changes

14 Include quality planning in scope

15 Work out how to track benefits

16 Eliminate ambiguity

17 Use version control

18 Put a post-project review in scope

19 Identify risks up front

20 Manage risks

21 Manage issues

22 Document assumptions

23 Involve users in scope definition


SECTION 3: MANAGING PROJECT TEAMS

24 Communicate and document changes

25 Get them to believe

26 Know the culture of your team

27 Agree who is going to sign off

28 Don’t forget the soft stuff

29 Train your sponsor

30 Bribe your team

31 Carry out stakeholder analysis

32 Present your stuff interestingly

33 Organize a party

34 Find out what motivates your stakeholders


SECTION 4: MANAGING PROJECT PLANS

35 Keep up the momentum

36 Plan first – set end date later

37 Manage fixed-date projects carefully

38 Have short tasks

39 Understand the critical path

40 Understand where you’re starting from

41 Baseline your plan

42 Record time

43 Make meetings productive

44 Delegate subplans to workstream leaders

45 Work out when you will leave


SECTION 5: MANAGING YOURSELF

46 Get organized

47 Keep your records tidy

48 Don’t lose sight of the end goal

49 Promote yourself

50 Don’t panic

51 Know what’s a showstopper

52 Learn how to facilitate

53 Get a mentor

54 Do documentation

55 Don’t be afraid to suggest they pull the plug

56 Archive effectively


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Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.11.2006
Zusatzinfo 22 Illustrations
Verlagsort Swindon
Sprache englisch
Maße 172 x 246 mm
Gewicht 462 g
Themenwelt Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Projektmanagement
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10 1-902505-81-6 / 1902505816
ISBN-13 978-1-902505-81-7 / 9781902505817
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