Construction Project Management Advanced Techniques - Softcover

Billows PMP, Dick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1720015430 ISBN 13: 9781720015437

Publisher: Independently published, 2018

Synopsis

Construction Project Management Advanced Techniques will build on your basic project management skills and give you powerful new skills in strategic planning; dealing with clients, executives & other stakeholders; estimating time and cost; managing risks and reporting status. You will see examples of how to apply all the techniques in real situations. Strategic Project Planning – You learn how to assess a project situation and ask the right questions of management to clearly define what they want (the project scope).   Work Breakdown & Estimating – You will learn 5 estimating techniques to use with your team. With the scope defined, you learn how to work with your team to create their assignments and the sequence of tasks.  Scheduling – You learn how to use a project management software tool: Microsoft Project®or the free version of Gantter®. Our scheduling methodology lets you build and maintain professional schedules in ten minutes. Risk - You will learn a 5-step risk management process including 1.) risk identification, 2.) qualitative risk analysis, 3.) quantitative risk analysis, 4.) planning risk responses and 5.) tracking risks. Tracking – You learn how to use the team’s weekly status data to update the schedule and analyze the variances. We show you how to plan for corrective action to get the project back on schedule.  You will learn variance analysis, earned value and how to make a status report to the executives. Reporting – You learn how to use the template we provide to prepare a status report and Powerpoint (or Keynote) presentation.  We show you how successful PMs answer the sponsor’s questions. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1720015430
• ISBN 13: 9781720015437
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 151