Project Management For Dummies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Portny, Stanley E.

Series:

--For dummies Project management for dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management.

Local Subjects:

Project management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Wiley, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The bestselling ""bible"" of project management In today's time-crunched, cost-conscious global business environment, tight project deadlines and stringent expectations are the norm. Now with 25 percent new and updated content, Project Management For Dummies introduces you to the principles of successful project management and shows you how to motivate any team to gain maximum productivity. You'll learn how to organize, estimate, and schedule projects efficiently and effectively. You'll also discover how to manage deliverables, issue changes, assess risks, maintain communicat

Contents:

Project Management For Dummies, 4th Edition; About the Author; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What You're Not to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with Project Management; Chapter 1: Project Management: The Key to Achieving Results; Determining What Makes a Project a Project; Defining Project Management; Knowing the Project Manager's Role; Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Effective Project Manager?

Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 5Chapter 2: Knowing Your Project's Audience: Involving the Right People; Understanding Your Project's Audiences; Developing an Audience List; Considering the Drivers, Supporters, and Observers in Your Audience; Displaying Your Audience List; Confirming Your Audience's Authority; Assessing Your Audience's Power and Interest; Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 5; Chapter 3: Clarifying What You're Trying to Accomplish - And Why; Defining Your Project with a Scope Statement

Looking at the Big Picture: Explaining the Need for Your ProjectMarking Boundaries: Project Constraints; Facing the Unknowns When Planning: Documenting Your Assumptions; Presenting Your Scope Statement in a Clear and Concise Document; Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 5; Chapter 4: Developing Your Game Plan: Getting from Here to There; Divide and Conquer: Breaking Your Project into Manageable Chunks; Creating and Displaying Your Work Breakdown Structure; Identifying Risks While Detailing Your Work; Documenting What You Need to Know about Your Planned Project Work

Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 5Part II: Planning Time: Determining When and How Much; Chapter 5: You Want This Project Done When?; Picture This: Illustrating a Work Plan with a Network Diagram; Analyzing a Network Diagram; Working with Your Project's Network Diagram; Developing Your Project's Schedule; Estimating Activity Duration; Displaying Your Project's Schedule; Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 5; Chapter 6: Establishing Whom You Need, How Much, and When; Getting the Information You Need to Match People to Tasks; Estimating Needed Commitment

Ensuring Your Project Team Members Can Meet Their Resource CommitmentsRelating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 5; Chapter 7: Planning for Other Resources and Developing the Budget; Determining Nonpersonnel Resource Needs; Making Sense of the Dollars: Project Costs and Budgets; Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 5; Chapter 8: Venturing into the Unknown: Dealing with Risk; Defining Risk and Risk Management; Focusing on Risk Factors and Risks; Assessing Risks: Probability and Consequences; Getting Everything under Control: Managing Risk; Preparing a Risk-Management Plan

Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 5

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-118-49712-0

OCLC:

836403249