Book description
Based on the bestselling American Management Association seminar! If a full-fledged project management course doesn’t fit your schedule or your budget, check out the new edition of Improving Your Project Management Skills. Based on the hugely popular American Management Association seminar of the same name, this ultra-practical reference offers powerful and repeatable project initiatives that improve processes, streamline productivity, and cut costs dramatically. You’ll get tools, tips, charts, lists, and never-fail advice for: Planning and budgeting • Defining project scope • Project scheduling • Implementation • Performance measurement • Leadership and staff issues • Work breakdown structures • Alignment with business goals • Risk assessment and management • Communication • Project closure • And much more Now completely revised and updated, the book is consistent with the most recent edition of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and includes dozens of current practices and real-world examples. Equal parts learning tool and workplace reference, Improving Your Project Management Skills puts the power of a world-class project management seminar right in your hands!
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- Part 1: Project Management Foundations
- Part 2: Initiating
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Part 3: Planning
- Chapter 3. Collecting Requirements and Defining Scope
- Chapter 4. Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
- Chapter 5. Defining and Sequencing Activities
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Chapter 6. Estimating Activities
- Using the Work Breakdown Structure
- Steps in Estimating Activities
- Estimating Methods
- Guidelines for Estimating
- Considering Risk in Estimating: Using Three-Point Estimates
- Precision of Estimates
- Duration-Based vs. Resource-Based Estimates
- Building Contingency in Estimates
- Improving Estimates over Time
- Chapter 7. Scheduling Activities
- Chapter 8. Identifying Resources and Budgets
- Chapter 9. Compiling the Major Components of a Project Plan
- Part 4: Executing, Monitoring, and Controlling
- Part 5: Closing
- Appendix A: Learning Resources
- Appendix B: Glossary
- Index
- Footnotes
Product information
- Title: Improving Your Project Management Skills, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2011
- Publisher(s): AMACOM
- ISBN: 9780814417294
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