Successful Project Management: Apply Tried and Tested Techniques Develop Effective PM Skills and Plan Implement and Evaluate (Creating Success series, 112) - Softcover

Young, Trevor L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749445610 ISBN 13: 9780749445614

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2006

Synopsis

Project management has become an area of interest in all types of organization and the skills required are recognized as highly desirable at all levels. The role of project manager requires maintaining a balance between the demands of the customer, project, team and the organization. This provides a real challenge in the fields of time management and prioritization.

Successful Project Management will enable any manager to significantly raise the probability of success with their projects and contains practical and well-tested techniques.

This step-by-step guide will help you with:

project conception and start-up;

managing project stakeholders;

managing risks;

project planning;

project launch and execution;

closure and evaluation.

Complete with checklists and specific guidance notes, this essential book covers the entire project management process and will improve your chances of success.

About this title

About the Author

Trevor L Young was, for many years, a senior consultant for the Industrial Society where he designed and conducted two public training courses in project management techniques and project leadership.

Trevor Young was an independent consultant specialising in the introduction of programme management. He was a member of the Institute of Personnel and Development and the author of The Handbook of Project Management, also published by Kogan Page.

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1. What is success?

What happens to the project?; Defining

success; Your view of success; Success

depends on who is measuring; What are the

perceived causes of failure; Reduce the

probability of failure

2. The climate for success

Why do initiatives appear to fail?; Some

definitions; Projects - are they just an

accident?; A common misconception;

What's the current climate?; What influences

the climate?; Operating climate for success;

The key activities; Defined roles and

responsibilities - the key players; Influence

of organisational culture

3. The project process - key steps for success

The project phases; The phase gates;

The phase gate - a constraint?; The key

steps to success;

4. Project conception and start-up

Selecting the right project; The start-up process;

Customer needs and expectations; Identifying

the project constraints; Assumptions; The

kick-off meeting; Recording essential information

5. The definition phase

The project brief and specification; Defining

the project; Risk assessment; Getting

your project definition approved

6. Managing the stakeholders

What is a stakeholder; Identifying

stakeholders; The two most important

stakeholders; Stakeholder influence;

Gathering information about stakeholders;

The stakeholder influence matrix; What

happens next with stakeholders

7. Managing the risks

What is a risk; Why bother?; The risk

management process; Identifying the risks;

A typical starter checklist; Decide the primary

response strategy; Quantifying the risks;

Risk score; What do I do now?

Monitoring risks

8. Planning the project

A common misconception; Who needs to

be involved; Where does planning start?;

Identifying the key stages; Allocating

responsibility; Estimating; The critical

path of your project; Analyse resource

requirements; Optimising your schedule;

Review the project risk log; Review the project

budget; Freezing the baseline schedule;

Seeking approval to launch

9. Launching and executing the project

Preparing for project execution; The control

environment; Monitoring the progress;

Managing the issues arising; Tracking your

project



10. Closure and post-project evaluation

Project drift; Set the completion criteria;

The acceptance process checklist; The closeout

meeting; Post-project evaluation;

And finally...

Standard formats for data recording

Further reading

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749445610
• ISBN 13: 9780749445614
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208