Project Management For Dummies or Howard Hughes

Project Management For Dummies

Author: Stanley E Portny

More than two thirds of American companies use teams to execute their most important projects, making project management a highly valuable skill for advancing your career. Project Management For Dummies, Second Edition introduces you to the principles of successful project management and shows you how to motivate any team to gain maximum productivity.  You’ll find out how to:

• Define your project and what you intend to accomplish

• Identify project stakeholders and their expectations

• Develop a project plan

• Establish project schedules and timetables

• Determine which skill sets and resources the project requires

• Choose team members and define their roles

• Launch you project and track its progress

• Encourage peak performance

• Conclude your project successfully

Complete with helpful tips on delegating, shortening schedules, and optimizing your own performance Project Management for Dummies, help you get your project, and your career, off the ground in no time.

Table of Contents:

Introduction 1
Part I: Defining Your Project and Developing 7
Your Game Plan What Is Project Management? (And Do I Get Paid Extra to Do It?) 9
Defining What You're Trying to Accomplish and Why 29
Getting from Here to There 49
You Want This Done When? 71
Estimating Resource Requirements 105
Part II: Organizing the Troops 135
The Who and the How of Project Management 137
Involving the Right People in Your Project 149
Defining Team Member's Roles and Responsibilities 165
Part III: Steering the Ship 185
Starting Off on the Right Foot 187
Tracking Progress and Maintaining Control 203
Keeping Everyone Informed 229
Encouraging Peak Performance 239
Bringing Your Project to a Close 249
Part IV: Getting Better and Better 255
Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty 257
Using the Experience You've Gained 273
With All the Great New Technology, What's Left for You to Do? 279
Part V: The Part of Tens 293
Ten Questions to Help You Plan Your Project 295
Ten Ways to Hold People Accountable 299
Ten Steps to Getting Your Project Back on Track 303
Ten Tips for Being a Better Project Manager 307
Appendix A: Glossary 311
Appendix B: Earned Value Analysis 319

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