Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: The Iron Triangle – a Quick Primer for Project Management
Chapter 1: Project Management – the Essential Primer
Projects – what is special about them? 21
Project – the definition 21
Project management 22
The project manager 23
Project management knowledge 23
Choose your fount of knowledge 24
The project life cycle 25
Project management processes 25
The challenges and benefits of project management 31
The Iron Triangle (Triple Constraint of Project Management) 32
The elephant in the room (failure rates) 34
Winning – but at what cost (burnout rates)? 34
What is Microsoft Project really? 35
Gantt charts 38
When not to use MS Project 39
How this book is structured 40
Mapping to process groups ...
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