Project Management by ICB4.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hedeman, Bert.

Contributor:

Riepma, Roel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management.

Certification.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (455 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hertogenbosch : Van Haren Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

This book, 'Project Management by ICB4', authored by Bert Hedeman and Roel Riepma, serves as a comprehensive guide to the competencies required for effective project management. It is structured around the IPMA Individual Competence Baseline 4.0 (ICB4) and addresses the development of competencies in people, practice, and perspective. The book is intended for project management students, graduates, and self-educated professionals aiming to enhance their skills across different levels of project complexity. It emphasizes the importance of leadership, people skills, and value generation within the context of contemporary challenges such as resource scarcity and climate change. The book also supports preparation for IPMA certification at various levels, from Project Management Associate to Projects Director. It is a key resource for both academic and practical understanding of project management, promoting a culture of continuous competency development. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

General Introduction

Purpose

Audiences and uses

Certification scheme

1. Structure of the Book

Order of subjects

Vision and roadmap

Structure of the chapters

2. Competence Development

Purpose of competence development

Practice Competences

3. Project Orientation

What is a project?

What is project management?

Reasons to initiate a project

Position projects

Necessary conditions for a project to exist

Work forms

Staging, controlling, decision making

Projects within the product lifecycle

Projects at different levels

Project output, outcome, benefits and goals

People and perspective context of projects

Agile versus Waterfall

Sustainability

Tailoring

Responsibilities

Advanced

Project Excellence Baseline (advanced)

4. Project Preparation

4.01 Project Preparation Stage

Project preparation stage

Project mandate and project outline

Plan for the project definition stage

Project decision

4.02 Stakeholders

Stakeholder analysis

Engage stakeholders

Managing expectations

Stakeholder management strategy and Plan

4.03 Project Organisation

Project governance

Customer-supplier relationship

Separation of technique and management

Project management structure

Project organisation

Roles and responsibilities

Meeting structure and linking-pin principle

Responsibilities matrix (RASCI model)

4.04 Requirements and Objectives

Project, output, outcome, benefits, and goal

Quality expectations and acceptance criteria

Requirements and requirement specification

Advanced.

Value management (advanced)

Total cost of ownership (advanced)

Product cost management (advanced)

4.05 Risk and Opportunity

Risks and opportunities

Risk management

Risk management strategy and response plan

Risk definitions

Probability, impact and proximity

Risk owner and risk action-holder

Different types of risks

Risk categories

Risk responses

Inherent, residual and secondary risk

Risk techniques

Time and cost contingency reserves

Opportunity responses (advanced)

ISO 31000 Risk management (advanced)

Risk identification techniques (advanced)

Risk assessment techniques (advanced)

5. Project Definition

5.01 Project Definition Stage

Activities project definition stage

Project management plan

Project start-up workshop

Kick-off

Project decision/decision to fund

Setting up a project support (advanced)

5.02 Project Design

Project (management) approach and design

Project success

Project success criteria

Project success factors

Project management success

Project performance management

lessons learned

Diamond model (advanced)

5.03 Scope

Scope

Scope creep

Project breakdown structures

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Product Breakdown Structure (PBS)

Scope (configuration) management

Position sub-projects in a WBS (advanced)

5.04 Quality

Process and product quality

Standard operating procedures

Verification and validation

Quality management

Quality management strategy and plan

Deming cycle

Standards, norms and regulations

Quality review, audit and evaluation.

Quality register/test register

Quality tools

Additional quality tools (advanced)

Inspection methods and techniques (advanced)

Testing and test concepts (advanced)

Quality costs (advanced)

5.05 Time

Planning types

Baselines

Project stages and phases

Phasing models

Scheduling methods

Precedence chart

Gantt chart

Shorten the time schedule

Other scheduling restrictions (advanced)

Three-point estimates (advanced)

5.06 Resources

Resource management

Resource utilisation

Resource allocation

Estimating techniques

Critical Chain Method (advanced)

5.07 Finance

Estimating, budgeting and cost control

Cost breakdown structure

Reserves and margins

Cost and budget control

Project and business accounting

Power of attorney

Linking WBS and CBS with the OBS (advanced)

Financial control &amp

cash flow planning (advanced)

Project financing (advanced)

5.08 Business Justification

Characteristics business case

Business case document

Baseline measurement, baseline scenario and delta measurement

The business case in the product lifecycle

Customer and supplier business cases

6. Project Delivery and Close-out

6.01 Procurement

Make or buy

Procurement process

Selection and award criteria

Best-effort and performance agreements

Contractual terms and conditions

General terms and conditions

Sourcing strategies (advanced)

Supplier development methodologies (advanced).

Procurement strategy and plan (advanced)

Type of contracts (advanced)

RFI, RFS, RFP, RFQ (advanced)

Supply and demand concept (advanced)

Tender procedures and practices (advanced)

Letter of intent and pre-contractual arrangements (advanced)

Securities (advanced)

Contract management (advanced)

Claim management (advanced)

Various partnerships (advanced)

Supply chain management (advanced)

6.02 Change Control

Change control and change management

Three types of issues and other issues

Change control strategy and change register

Off-specifications and off-specification register

Other issues and issue register

Change authority and change budget

Priority and urgency

Configuration management (advanced)

6.03 Information and Documentation

Information versus data

Information versus document management

Information management infrastructure

Information management strategy

Information management plan

Quality and security criteria

Project filing structure

Document tracking matrix

6.04 Control and Reporting

Control cycle

Management and reporting levels

Management by objectives

Management by Exception

Daily management

Managing stage transition

Escalating exceptions

Project controls

Project management products

Trend analysis

Milestone trend analysis

Earned Value Analysis (advanced)

6.05 Organisational Change and Transformation

Change management

Change management approach

Leading change - Kotter

Kübler-Ross' Change Curve (advanced)

Diffusion of Innovation - Rogers (advanced).

Learning organisations - Senge (advanced)

Transformational learning - Schein (advanced)

6.06 Project Closure

Handing over the project output

Decommission the project

Project evaluation

Closure and discharge

People Competences

7 Managing Yourself

7.01 Self-reflection and Self-management

Self-reflection and self-analysis

Emotional intelligence

Johari diagram

Big Five

Core quadrants

Effectiveness theories

Self-motivation

The seven habits of highly effective people

Personal time management

Stress management

Eustress and distress

Triggers and symptoms of distress

Reducing distress

Techniques personal time management (advanced)

Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (advanced)

Steps in goal setting (advanced)

techniques for reducing distress (advanced)

7.02 Personal Integrity and Reliability

Aspects of reliability

Ethics

Social equity and sustainability principles

Professional ethics and IPMA Code of Ethics

Ethics test (advanced)

Personal ethics versus business ethics (advanced)

UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (advanced)

7.03 Personal Communication

Communication

Levels of communication

Active listening

Asking the right questions

Giving and receiving feedback

Meetings

Facilitated workshops

Written communicating

Presentations

Elevator pitch (advanced)

Bad news conversation (advanced)

8 Connecting with Others

8.01 Relationships and Engagement

Aspects, characteristics and policies on openness

Building arguments

Building networks

Motivation theories

Maslow hierarchy of needs

Motivation and hygiene factors

Theory X and Y manager

Self-Determination Theory (advanced).

Behavioural patterns/Rose of Leary (advanced).

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ISBN:

9789401810937

9401810931

9789401810944

940181094X

OCLC:

1410929471