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Real-World Project Management: Beyond Conventional Wisdom, Best Practices, and Project Methodologies

by Richard Perrin

February 2008

Beginner to intermediate

480 pages

8h 55m

English

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Contents

1.1. WHERE ARE WE WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT?
2.1. THE QUALITY TIMELINE2.2. THE QUALITY PIONEERS2.3. THE REAL COST OF QUALITY
3.1. SCOPE MANAGEMENT3.2. TIME MANAGEMENT3.3. COST MANAGEMENT3.4. PROJECT QUALITY MANAGEMENT3.5. PROJECT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT3.6. PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT3.7. PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT3.8. PROJECT PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT3.9. PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT
4.1. THE EIGHT BASIC SDLMS PLUS ONE
5.1. HITCHHIKER'S TOOLS5.2. HITCHHIKER'S PRINCIPLES5.3. WHY THE EMPLOYEE REVIEW PROCESS CAN'T POSSIBLY WORK5.4. WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE BROKEN EMPLOYEE REVIEW PROCESS

9.1. THE NEW-CAR AHP9.2. NEXT STEP: BEYOND THE BASICS AND A SLIGHTLY MORE COMPLEX AHP9.3. A WORD ABOUT DATA MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS
10.1. MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS EXAMPLE10.2. THE SINGLE PATH ESTIMATE10.3. THE MULTIPLE CRITICAL PATH ESTIMATE
11.1. DECISIONS AND OUTCOMES11.2. BASIC DECISION TREE11.3. CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY, BAYES' THEOREM, SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS11.4. BAYES' THEOREM
12.1. HISTOGRAM12.2. SCATTER DIAGRAM12.3. PARETO CHART12.4. ISHIKAWA DIAGRAM (CAUSE-AND-EFFECT OR FISHBONE DIAGRAM)12.5. STATISTICAL PROCESS CHART (SPC) OR CONTROL CHART12.6. FLOWCHART12.7. CHECKSHEET
13.1. DEFINE THE PROJECT GOAL13.2. DEFINE THE CUSTOMER SEGMENT13.3. GATHER THE VOICE OF THE CUSTOMER13.4. IDENTIFY AND STRUCTURE CUSTOMER NEEDS13.5. PRIORITIZE CUSTOMER NEEDS13.6. MAXIMUM VALUE TABLE13.7. HOUSE OF QUALITY
14.1. FINANCIAL TOOLS14.2. WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL14.3. FLOW TO EQUITY14.4. ADJUSTED PRESENT VALUE14.5. IRR14.6. MANAGING RISK ON A PROJECT14.7. RISK WRAPUP
15.1. ONE-FACTOR, TWO-LEVEL DESIGN15.2. TWO-FACTORIAL DESIGN
16.1. PROJECT16.2. AHP16.3. QFD16.4. QRAM16.5. THE PROJECT TIMELINE16.6. TOOLS FOR HANDLING SPECIFIC ISSUES

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FURTHER READING

Ranjit, Roy K., 2001. Design of Experiments Using the Taguchi Approach: 16 Steps to Product and Process Improvement, Wiley-Interscience, (Har/Cdr edition, February 13, 2001.)

Berger, O. James, 1985. Statistical Decision Theory and Bayesian Analysis (Springer Series in Statistics), 2nd ed., Springer, (Corr. 3rd printing edition, March 25, 1993.)

George, L. Michael, 2003. Lean Six Sigma for Service: How to Use Lean Speed and Six Sigma Quality to Improve Services and Transactions, McGraw-Hill, (1st edition, June 27, 2003.)

Mason, L. Robert, F. Gunst Richard, and L. Hess James, 2003. Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments, with Applications to Engineering and Science, Wiley-Interscience,

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