The HBR Guides Collection (8 Books) (HBR Guide Series)

Contents

Overview

1. The Four Phases of Project Management 3

What’s involved in planning, build-up,

implementation, and closeout—and how

these processes overlap

2. The Cast of Characters 31

Who’s who in project management

Phase 1: PLANNING

3. A Written Charter 41

Your marching orders

4. Dealing with a Project’s “Fuzzy Front End” 47

You can’t eliminate uncertainty in the early

stages of a complex project—but you can

manage it.

BY LOREN GARY

5. Performing a Project Premortem 53

Learn from your project while it’s still alive

and well.

BY GARY KLEIN

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6. Will Project Creep Cost You—or Create Value? 57

Set strict limits on scope, but be fl exible

when major opportunities arise.

BY L ...