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Successful Project Management, Second Edition

by Larry Richman

December 2004

Intermediate to advanced

221 pages

23m

English

AMA Self-Study

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What Is Project Management?The History of Project ManagementProject Management TodayFunctional Work vs. Project WorkWhy Project Management Is Necessary in Today’s WorldOrganizing for Project Management EfficiencyAdopting a Project Management PhilosophyOrganizational StructuresFunctioning EffectivelySetting Up a Project Management SystemRecapReview Questions
The Role of the Project ManagerProject Manager SkillsThe Makeup of a Project ManagerProject Manager Relationships and ToolsResponsibility, Accountability, and AuthorityRole of Team MembersDefining the Roles of Clients, Customers, and Other StakeholdersRecapReview Questions
Defining the Problem or OpportunityEstablishing Project ObjectivesPerforming Project ReviewsCreating a Work Breakdown StructureRecapReview Questions
The Importance of EstimatingSteps in Estimating ActivitiesEstimating MethodsPrecision of EstimatesWork Environment and Skill LevelType of ContractUsing Project Management SoftwareRecapReview Questions
Sequencing ActivitiesCalculating the Critical PathRecapReview Questions
Preparing SchedulesPreparing Resource PlansPreparing Budget PlansManaging RiskGetting Approvals and Compiling a Formal Project PlanRecapReview Questions

Initiating the ProjectSetting Up a Monitoring and Control ProcessControlling Project ObjectivesControlling Changes in the ProjectRecapReview Questions
Conducting Project EvaluationsReporting on Project ObjectivesClosing the ProjectRecapReview Questions

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Material in this course has been adapted from Project Management Step-by-Step, by Larry Richman. Copyright © 2002 Larry Richman. Published by AMACOM, a division of the American Management Association International, New York, NY. Used by permission of the publisher. All rights reserved. http://www.amacombooks.org.

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