May 2019
Intermediate to advanced
656 pages
18h 5m
English
Content preview from Effective Project Management, 8th Edition
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Part IITraditional Project Management
Part II has not changed much since the 7th edition. It remains the bedrock for the 8th edition. Traditional Project Management (TPM) is the historical root of modern project management. Some would call it the “Happy Path.” These are the well‐defined projects that populate the project landscape and provide a good starting point for your journey. Chapters 6 through 10 describe that journey, which has five basic phases:
- Scope a TPM project
- Plan a TPM project
- Launch a TPM project
- Execute a TPM project
- Close a TPM project
The purpose of Part I was to define projects, project management, and the Process Groups. The five Process Groups and ten Knowledge Areas are the building blocks of every project management life cycle (PMLC). Chapters 6 through 10 present the linear PMLC and the robust use of these building blocks. A number of variations of this linear model exist that an effective project manager will want to add to their toolkit. These are presented in Part III: Complex Project Management (CPM).
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