Book description
Master IT Project Management
This practical, up-to-date guide explains how to successfully manage an IT project and prepare for CompTIA Project+ certification. IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish, Third Edition walks you through each step of the IT project management process, covering critical strategies for on-time and within-budget projects. You'll get proven methods for initiating a project, selecting qualified team members, conferring with management, establishing communication, setting realistic timetables, tracking costs, and closing a project.
Learn how to:
- Define project requirements and create the project charter
- Create a feasibility study and establish project priority
- Determine strategy and obtain management approval
- Manage project scope and determine project expenses
- Build the project management plan
- Organize and lead a project team
- Track progress and calculate the Cost Performance Index (CPI)
- Implement changes to the project plan
- Perform continuous quality management
- Complete the project and assess deliverables
On the CD:
- CompTIA Project+ practice exam
- Project management video training from the author
- Ready-to-use templates and worksheets
- Complete e-book
Joseph Phillips, PMP, CompTIA Project+, is the Director of Education for Project Seminars. He is the author of PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide, Second Edition; CAPM/PMP Project Management Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Second Edition; CBAP Certified Business Analysis Professional All-in-One Exam Guide; and PgMP Program Management Professional All-in-One Exam Guide.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish, Third Edition
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Initiating the Project
- 2 Planning the Project
- 3 Working with Management
- 4 Managing the Project Scope
- 5 Creating the Budget
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6 Building the Project Plan
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Building the Project Plans
- Project Plan Documents
- Creating the Project Scope Management Plan
- Defining the Project Schedule Management Plan
- Building the Network Diagram
- Analyzing the Project Network Diagram
- Creating the Project Cost Management Plan
- Planning for Project Quality
- Preparing for Managing a Project Team
- Writing the Project Communications Management Plan
- Planning for Project Risk Management
- Building the Project Procurement Management Plan
- Planning and the CompTIA Project+ Exam
- Q&A Chapter Quiz
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Building the Project Plans
- 7 Organizing a Project Team
- 8 Managing Teams
- 9 Implementing the Project Plan
- 10 Revising the Project Plan
- 11 Enforcing Quality
- 12 Completing the Project
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A IT Project+ Exam Objectives
- Response Limits
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1.0 Preproject Setup/Initiating
- 1.1 Explain the Requirements to Complete a Preproject Setup
- 1.2 Identify the Characteristics of a Project
- 1.3 Summarize the Steps Required to Validate a Project
- 1.4 Explain the Components of a Project Charter
- 1.5 Outline the Process Groups of the Project Life Cycle
- 1.6 Explain the Different Types of Organizational Structures
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2.0 Project Planning
- 2.1 Prepare a Project Scope Document Based on an Approved Project Charter
- 2.2 Use a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and WBS Dictionary to Organize Project Planning
- 2.3 Outline a Process for Managing Changes to the Project
- 2.4 Develop a Project Schedule Based on WBS, Project Scope, and Resource Requirements
- 2.5 Given a Desired Deliverable, Apply the Appropriate Tool and/or Method to Produce the Appropriate Outcome
- 2.6 Given a Scenario, Interpret the Results of Using the Following Tools and/or Methods
- 2.7 Identify Components of an Internal/External Communication Plan
- 2.8 Outline the Components of a Risk Management Plan
- 2.9 Identify Roles and Resource Requirements Based on WBS and Resource Availability
- 2.10 Identify Components of a Quality Management Plan
- 2.11 Identify Components of a Cost Management Plan
- 2.12 Explain the Procurement Process in a Given Situation
- 2.13 Explain the Purpose and Common Components of a Transition Plan
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3.0 Project Execution and Delivery
- 3.1 Coordinate Human Resources to Maximize Performance
- 3.2 Explain the Importance of a Project Kick-Off Meeting and Outline the Common Activities Performed During This Meeting
- 3.3 Recognize the Purpose and Influence of Organizational Governance on a Project’s Execution
- 3.4 Given a Scenario, Select Which Component(s) of a Project Plan Is Affected and Select What Action(s) Should Be Taken
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4.0 Change, Control, and Communication
- 4.1 Given a Scenario, Implement Proper Change Management Procedures
- 4.2 Evaluate the Impact of Potential Changes to the Triple Constraint
- 4.3 Using the Risk Management Plan, Determine an Appropriate Response to Potential Risk / Opportunity Events
- 4.4 Given a Scenario, Execute Appropriate Resource Leveling Techniques
- 4.5 Explain the Appropriate Steps to Ensure Quality of Project Deliverables
- 4.6 Identify Potential Tools to Use When a Project Deliverable Is Out of Specification as Defined in the Quality Baseline
- 4.7 Given a Scenario, Calculate and Interpret the Results of Earned Value Measurement (EVM)
- 4.8 Given a Scenario, Manage and Implement Information Distribution Based on Communications Plan
- 4.9 Recognize the Special Communication Needs of Remote and/or Indirect Project Team Members
- 5.0 Project Closure
- B Working as an Independent Contractor
- C Critical Exam Information
- D About the Download
- Glossary
- Index
Product information
- Title: IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish, Third Edition, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2010
- Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 9780071700429
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