Project management for mere mortals

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baca, Claudia, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Addison Wesley 2007

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Praise for Project Management for Mere Mortals ® “ Project Management for Mere Mortals is a must read for all project managers with responsibilities for large or small projects, regardless of industry or product. Baca has cleverly taken the (sometimes) difficult lexicon of project management and distilled it into easy-to-read, understandable concepts. Her case study examples lead Project Managers from Project Initiation through Project Close–and those between–with ease. In today’s growing discipline of Project Management, we must understand the potential hurdles and where to capitalize on prior knowledge. Baca is a Project Management guru. No person involved with the execution of projects should be without this book…ever.” –Lisa Marie Jacobsen, CAPM, Project Manager, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania “ Project Management for Mere Mortals is an excellent book for the beginning as well as the experienced project manager. At the elementary level, the concepts are clearly explained, and at the advanced level, hints and tips are explained that give new insight to the concepts. I especially liked the case studies that applied each chapter’s lessons.” –Kaaren A. Walsh, PMP “This book is an excellent learning tool for beginning Project Managers and a terrific resource for experienced Project Managers.” –Janene A. Luders, PMP Project Management for Mere Mortals ® strips away the myths and mysteries of effective project management, giving you the skills, tools, and insights to succeed with your next project–and every project after that. Long-time project manager and trainer, Claudia Baca, walks you through all five process groups of project management: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing. Baca examines each process group from the perspectives of the working project manager and team member, highlighting the organizational issues most likely to arise and offering proven solutions. For each process group, she presents tools you can start using right now–and demonstrates those tools at work in a realistic running case study. This guide takes you from the absolute basics through advanced techniques, such as measures of performance and change control. You’ll learn how to • Accurately scope projects and build workable timetables • Create trustworthy budgets and use them to manage your project • Organize work assignments for maximum efficiency • Build project teams, and keep them motivated • Intelligently assess quality goals, an...

Contents:

Setting the project management context

You've been assigned a project!

How big is this project?

Laying out the work

The art of estimating

Quality

how good does it have to be?

Communication

what do you think about my project?

Risk

what should you worry about?

Creating the schedule

Budgeting

how much?

The rhythm of project execution

Keeping the project on track

Controlling changes

Success!

closing the project.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612647505

9780132704656

013270465X

9781282647503

1282647504

9780321518743

0321518748

OCLC:

1027143642