Harvard Business Review Guides Ultimate Boxed Set (16 Books)

Contents

Overview

1. The Four Phases of Project Management

What’s Involved in planning, build-up, Implementation, and closeout—and how these processes overlap

2. The Cast of Characters

Who’s who in project management

Phase 1: PLANNING

3. A Written Charter

Your marching orders

4. Dealing with a Project’s “Fuzzy Front End”

You can’t eliminate uncertainty in the early stages of a complex project—but you can manage it.

BY LOREN GARY

5. Performing a Project Premortem

Learn from your project while it’s still alive and well.

BY GARY KLEIN

6. Will Project Creep Cost You—or Create Value?

Set strict limits on scope, but be flexible when major opportunities arise.

BY LOREN GARY

Phase 2: BUILD-UP

7. Setting Priorities Before Starting Your Project ...