Book description
This highly accessible book gives advice to project managers who need to get up to speed quickly. It includes hints and tips on managing budget, time, scope and people. This updated edition reflects changes to working practices such as the use of social media and collaboration tools. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2014 CMI MANAGEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Author
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Preface
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Section 1: Managing Project Budgets
- Introduction
- 1. Create a realistic budget
- 2. Calculate the true cost
- 3. Track estimate to complete
- 4. Agree a budget tolerance
- 5. Have a contingency fund
- 6. Gain buy-in for collective budget responsibility
- 7. Agree who holds signing authority
- 8. Arrange for a peer review
- 9. Manage projects with no budget carefully
- 10. Use timesheets for tracking time
- 11. Budget for change management
- 12. Understand the benefits
- Further reading for this section
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Section 2: Managing Project Scope
- Introduction
- 13. Keep it small
- 14. Know where you fit
- 15. Work out how to manage changes
- 16. Include quality planning in scope
- 17. Work out how to track benefits
- 18. Eliminate ambiguity
- 19. Use version control
- 20. Put a post-project review in scope
- 21. Identify risks upfront
- 22. Manage risks
- 23. Manage issues
- 24. Document assumptions
- 25. Involve users in scope definition
- 26. Communicate and document changes
- 27. Plan for handover into production
- 28. Actively manage requirements
- Further reading for this section
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Section 3: Managing Project Teams
- Introduction
- 29. Set the vision
- 30. Know the culture of your team
- 31. Agree who is going to sign off
- 32. Don’t forget the soft stuff
- 33. Train your sponsor
- 34. Carry out stakeholder analysis
- 35. Present your stuff interestingly
- 36. Organise a party
- 37. Make friends with the PMO
- 38. Be a leader
- 39. Manage a matrix environment
- Further reading for this section
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Section 4: Managing Project Plans
- Introduction
- 40. Keep up the momentum
- 41. Plan first – set end date later
- 42. Manage fixed date projects carefully
- 43. Have short tasks
- 44. Understand the critical path
- 45. Baseline your schedule
- 46. Make meetings productive
- 47. Delegate sub-plans to workstream leaders
- 48. Manage project dependencies
- 49. Manage multiple projects at the same time
- Further reading for this section
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Section 5: Managing Yourself
- Introduction
- 50. Get organised
- 51. Don’t do zombie project management
- 52. Keep your records tidy
- 53. Manage your personal brand
- 54. Navigate office politics
- 55. Know what’s a showstopper
- 56. Learn how to facilitate
- 57. Get a mentor
- 58. Do documentation
- 59. Don’t be afraid to suggest they pull the plug
- 60. Archive effectively
- Further reading for this section
- Join the conversation
- Share these ideas
- Appendix 1: Risk log
- Appendix 2: Issue log
- Appendix 3: Change log
- Appendix 4: Foreword to the first edition
- End notes/References
- Back Cover
Product information
- Title: Shortcuts to success, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2013
- Publisher(s): BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
- ISBN: 9781780171739
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