Book description
Learn best practices and proven methods from project management professionals—and apply these skills as you work with Microsoft Project. In this practical guide, project management expert Bonnie Biafore shows you how to manage projects efficiently and effectively, sharing the real-world experiences of project managers in several industries. You'll learn how to put the best practices and hard-won lessons of experts to work on your critical projects.
Sharpen the skills you need to manage projects expertly—from start to finish
Communicate effectively with project stakeholders, management, and team members
Apply methods to break down the project into small, manageable pieces
Define work assignments, choose resources, and build project schedules
Accurately estimate project costs and work with a budget
Identify project changes and manage risks
Track progress and balance priorities without sacrificing quality
Document project history and lessons learned to help improve future projects
Project files available on the companion website.
Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
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I. Getting a Project Started
- 1. Meet Project Management
- 2. Obtaining Approval for a Project
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II. Planning a Project
- 3. Planning to Achieve Success
- 4. Building a Work Breakdown Structure
- 5. Project Resources
- 6. Building a Project Schedule
- 7. Working with a Budget
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III. Carrying Out a Project
- 8. Executing the Project Plan
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9. Evaluating Project Performance
- Gathering Data
- Updating Tasks in Your Schedule
- Tracking Schedule Progress
- Reviewing Cost and Cost Variance
- Reporting on Project Performance
- Working with Visual Reports
- Summary
- 10. Managing Project Resources
- 11. Communicating Information
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IV. Controlling Projects
- 12. Managing Project Changes
- 13. Modifying the Project Schedule
- 14. Balancing the Budget and Other Project Variables
- 15. Managing Risk
- V. Closing Projects
- VI. Beyond Projects
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Successful Project Management: Applying Best Practices and Real-World Techniques with Microsoft® Project
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2011
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735659889
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