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Effective Project Management, 8th Edition

by Robert K. Wysocki

May 2019

Intermediate to advanced

656 pages

18h 5m

English

Wiley

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Why I Wrote This BookHow Is This Book Organized?Unique Value PropositionsThe Rationale for This OrganizationHow to Use This BookWho Should Use This BookWhat's on the WebsitePutting It All TogetherEPM8e Logo
Defining a ProjectAn Intuitive View of the Project LandscapeDefining a ProgramDefining a PortfolioUnderstanding the Scope TriangleThe Importance of Classifying ProjectsThe Contemporary Project EnvironmentDiscussion Questions
Understanding the Fundamentals of Project ManagementChallenges to Effective Project ManagementManaging the CreepsWhat Are Requirements, Really?Introducing Project Management Life CyclesChoosing the Best‐Fit PMLC ModelDiscussion Questions
Definition of Strategic Project ManagementThe Business Environment: A View from the TopPutting It All TogetherDiscussion Questions
OverviewThe Complex Project TeamUsing the Co‐Manager ModelEstablishing Meaningful Client InvolvementThe Challenges to Meaningful Client InvolvementChallenges to Attaining and Sustaining Meaningful Client InvolvementDiscussion Questions
Overview of the 10 Project Management Knowledge AreasOverview of the Five Process GroupsMapping Knowledge Areas to Process GroupsDiscussion Questions

Using Tools, Templates, and Processes to Scope a ProjectManaging Client ExpectationsDiscussion Questions
Using Tools, Templates, and Processes to Plan a ProjectThe Importance of PlanningUsing Application Software Packages to Plan a ProjectPlanning and Conducting Joint Project Planning SessionsEstimatingConstructing the Project Network DiagramWriting an Effective Project ProposalGaining Approval to Launch the ProjectDiscussion Questions
Using the Tools, Templates, and Processes to Launch a ProjectRecruiting the Project TeamDeveloping a Team Deployment StrategyConducting the Project Kick‐Off MeetingEstablishing Team Operating RulesManaging Scope ChangesManaging Team CommunicationsAssigning ResourcesResource Leveling StrategiesFinalizing the Project ScheduleWriting Work PackagesDiscussion Questions
Using Tools, Templates, and Processes to Monitor and ControlEstablishing Your Progress Reporting SystemApplying Graphical Reporting ToolsManaging the Scope BankBuilding and Maintaining the Issues LogManaging Project Status MeetingsDefining a Problem Escalation StrategyGaining Approval to Close the ProjectDiscussion Questions
Using Tools, Templates, and Processes to Close a TPM ProjectWriting and Maintaining Client Acceptance ProceduresDiscussion Questions
What Is Complex Project Management?What Is Lean Agile Project Management?Understanding the Complexity/Uncertainty Domain of ProjectsDiscussion Questions
Iterative Project Management Life CycleAdapting and Integrating the APM ToolkitDiscussion Questions
The Complex Project LandscapeWhat Is Extreme Project Management?Using the Tools, Templates, and Processes for Maximum Extreme PMLC Model EffectivenessUsing the Tools, Templates, and Processes for Maximum xPM and MPx EffectivenessDiscussion Questions
What Is a Hybrid Project?What Is a Hybrid Project Manager?Background of the Effective Complex Project Management (ECPM) FrameworkDiscussion Questions
Linear PMLC ModelIncremental PMLC ModelIterative PMLC ModelAdaptive PMLC ModelExtreme PMLC ModelChallenges to Project Set‐up and ExecutionDiscussion Questions
HypothesisSynopsisThe NeedThe ProblemThe SolutionLinkages in the WBDC ModelThe Business Case for a WBDCNext StepsPutting It All Together
Course Master FileA Note on the Answer File for the Discussion QuestionsAdditional Chapters

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APPENDIX BCase Study: Workforce and Business Development Center

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Hypothesis

The integration of workforce development programs and business development programs into a single project‐based and team‐driven program is a disruptive innovation that will lead to and support a sustainable economic recovery for individuals and small business formation.

Synopsis

American workers, entrepreneurs, small business persons, and the higher education delivery system that should be supporting them are all in trouble. The US continues to slip in ranking among the industrialized nations of the world. We could not be more in need of an overhaul than we are right now. It's time for a disruptive innovation that

Restores the American worker to the global economic family
Puts business formation and development back on a firm foundation
Aligns the education/training community to proactively support them

To create this environment is no small task. It can't be done by incremental changes to the current education/training models. Our learning world as we know it is obsolete and no one is really sure what will replace it. Whatever does replace it must be a disruptive innovation.

The Need

The American worker has been cut off and is adrift in the mainstream economy. They are unemployed, underemployed, trying to enter the workforce without the needed technical skills, lost hope, have withdrawn from active searching, dreaming of starting their own business, ...