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Project Management Step By Step, 3rd Edition

Name: Project Management Step By Step, 3rd Edition
Author: Richard Newton
ISBN: 9781292731919

by Richard Newton

March 2024

Intermediate to advanced

242 pages

5h 2m

English

Pearson Business

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Cover Page
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
About the author
Author’s acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Step 1 Understand the basics
Setting the sceneIntroduction to project management jargonThe step-by-step guideStep 1.1 What is a project?Step 1.2 What is project management? What is your role?Step 1.3 The project’s customer and stakeholdersStep 1.4 The project teamStep 1.5 Delivery and deliverablesStep 1.6 The five dimensions of a project – scope, quality, time, cost, riskStep 1.7 The stages of a project – a lifecycleKey tipsTaking it further: Project methods and methodologies

Step 2 Define the ‘why’ and the ‘what’
Setting the sceneIntroduction to the ‘why’ and ‘what’The step-by-step guideStep 2.1 Complete the Project DefinitionStep 2.2 Check your role – are you responsible for achieving the ‘why’ or making sure the ‘what’ happens?Step 2.3 Agree the Project Definition with your project customerKey tipsTaking it further: Requirements
Step 3 Create your Project Plan
Setting the sceneIntroduction to the Project Plan and estimatingThe step-by-step guideStep 3.1 Brainstorm a task listStep 3.2 Convert the task list to a skeleton planStep 3.3 Estimate times, add dependencies and delaysStep 3.4 Add in who will do whatStep 3.5 Build the plan into a scheduleStep 3.6 Work out costsStep 3.7 Add in milestones and contingencyStep 3.8 Review and amend – can you do it, should you do it, is there a better way?Step 3.9 Review the plan with your project customerKey tipsTaking it further: Using external contractors and companies
Step 4 Manage delivery
Setting the sceneIntroduction to the role of the project managerThe step-by-step guideStep 4.1 Start the projectStep 4.2 Plan your dayStep 4.3 Collect information and reportsStep 4.4 Monitor and manage progressStep 4.5 Identify and resolve issuesStep 4.6 Identify and manage risksStep 4.7 Manage changesStep 4.8 Take action to ensure the project’s successStep 4.9 Keep your customer informedStep 4.10 Update the Project Plan or Project BudgetKey tipsTaking it further: Risk and stakeholder management
Step 5 Complete your project
Setting the sceneIntroduction to completing your projectThe step-by-step guideStep 5.1 Test the deliverablesStep 5.2 Implement deliverablesStep 5.3 Provide support to your customersStep 5.4 Release resourcesStep 5.5 Review for next timeStep 5.6 Celebrate!Key tipsConclusionTaking it further: Testing, integration, implementation and quality management
Step 6 Learning from Agile
Setting the sceneIntroduction to learning from AgileThe step-by-step guideStep 6.1 Test and learnStep 6.2 The backlogStep 6.3 The sprintStep 6.4 The minimum viable productStep 6.5 The daily stand-upStep 6.6 The regular retrospectiveStep 6.7 Using metrics to measure and manage progressConclusionTaking it further: The road to project management excellence
Glossary
Index

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Preface

As our grandparents warned us, time flies. I’m finding that they were right, and 20 years have passed in a flash. I sometimes struggle to accept that the first edition of this book was written way back in 2005. As I finish this third edition, it is 2024. The first two editions of the book continued to be popular across almost two decades, but we all, eventually, get long in the tooth. Nowadays, 20 years is a long life for a professional book. I was lucky to have chosen to write a book that described the fundamentals of project management, which remain relatively timeless. The types of projects may have changed, but the best ways to get ...

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Project Management Step By Step, 3rd Edition

by Richard Newton

Preface

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