Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools

Chapter 1. A Project Management Primer^[1]

In this chapter:

Set Your Priorities

Analyze Your Skills Gaps

Define “Quality”

Recognize Progress

Learn from the Past

Set Improvement Goals

Start Slowly

Practice Activities

Note

While I was working at Eastman Kodak Company a day I had anticipated—and rather feared—finally arrived: I was “promoted” from the engineering staff to a software team manager position. I had some project management experience under my belt and had demonstrated a bit of leadership ability. But I didn’t yet know how to be a great software manager. I had to learn a lot the hard way, by making mistakes. That’s not a fun way to get good ...