Project Management Step by Step: How to Plan and Manage a Highly Successful Project

Setting the scene

When you seek assistance from an expert in any field – whether it is a garage mechanic fixing your car, a doctor advising on your health, or a company lawyer explaining some point of law – you will often find yourself listening to a set of unfamiliar words or, worse, familiar words used in unfamiliar ways. Welcome to the world of professional jargon!

Project management, like other professions, has built up its own glossary of jargon, much of which is unnecessary. This book explicitly sets out to be a step-by-step guide to project management that you can directly apply without having to become an expert project manager first, and this includes minimising jargon. Everyone finds jargon painful, but sometimes it can be useful. I ...