Book description
Clark A. Campbell, author of a best-selling book on project management, has written a project management guide specifically for IT professionals who want to save time and work more efficiently. The One Page Project Manager for IT Projects:Communicate and Manage Any Project With A Single Sheet of Paper presents you with a winning formula for managing your complex IT projects using minimal resources. Coverage of vital topics like working with outside consultants, ERP project management, and ISO 9000 will be of special interest to IT managers and CIOs.
Table of contents
- Praise for The One Page Project Manager
- Copyright
- Foreword
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
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1. How To Construct a One-Page Project Manager
- 1.1. THE THINKING BEHIND THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER
- 1.2. VISUAL ASPECTS OF THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER
- 1.3. FIVE ESSENTIAL PARTS OF A PROJECT—AND THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER
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1.4. THE 12 STEPS TO CONSTRUCTING THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER
- 1.4.1. Step 1: The Header
- 1.4.2. Step 2: The Owners
- 1.4.3. Step 3: The Matrix—The Tool's Foundation
- 1.4.4. Step 4: Project Objectives
- 1.4.5. Step 5: Major Project Tasks
- 1.4.6. Step 6: Aligning Tasks with Objectives
- 1.4.7. Step 7: Target Dates
- 1.4.8. Step 8: Aligning Tasks to the Time Line
- 1.4.9. Step 9: Aligning Tasks to Owners
- 1.4.10. Step 10: Subjective Tasks
- 1.4.11. Step 11: Costs
- 1.4.12. Step 12: Summary and Forecast
- 1.5. FIVE STEPS TO CREATING A REPORT USING THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER
- 2. Read This If You Are the CIO
- 3. Your Project Team: Who to Pick, How to Mix-and-Match
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4. The One-Page Project Manager for the Project Office
- 4.1. 1. A PROJECT DASHBOARD
- 4.2. 2. A CORPORATE PROJECT METHODOLOGY
- 4.3. 3. PROJECT TRAINING
- 4.4. 4. CONSISTENT APPLICATION
- 4.5. 5. PROJECT PUBLIC RELATIONS
- 4.6. 6. PROJECT PRIORITIZATION
- 4.7. 7. PROJECT REVIEW AND CORRECTIVE ACTION
- 4.8. 8. PROJECT ARCHIVES AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
- 4.9. AN EXAMPLE
- 5. Recognition@work: Launching a New Internet Business
- 6. Managing an Enterprise Resource Planning Project
- 7. Managing Consultants
- 8. ISO 9000: Getting Certified
- 9. Customizing the One-Page Project Manager
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Product information
- Title: The One-Page Project Manager for IT Projects: Communicate and Manage Any Project With A Single Sheet of Paper
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2008
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9780470275887
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