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Abstract
Planning, scheduling and time management are all key skills for project managers. Every project, irrespective of time frame, needs accurate plans and a managed schedule to be successful and meet its aims and objectives. This ebook addresses vital aspects of this process, such as identifying and setting tasks, keeping the momentum going and managing fixed project dates.
This is one section of the book "Shortcuts to Success".
Planning, scheduling and time management are all key skills for project managers. Every project, irrespective of time frame, needs accurate plans and a managed schedule to be successful and meet its aims and objectives. This ebook addresses vital aspects of this process, such as identifying and setting tasks, keeping the momentum going and managing fixed project dates. This is one section of the book "Shortcuts to Success".
Elizabeth Harrin MA MBCS FAPM is a project and programme manager with a decade of experience managing IT and business change projects. She is the author of Social Media for Project Managers (PMI, 2010) and writes the award-winning blog A Girl’s Guide to Project Management. Elizabeth is a PRINCE2, MSP and P3O Practitioner and a member of PMI.
Lives up to the 'real world' promise in its title, providing concise, practical advice for leaders of large projects, small projects, and everything between. The interwoven examples from actual projects illustrate clearly why the guidance provided here matters.
Tom Kendrick, MBA, PMP
Elizabeth Harrin has done it again! This new edition of her book 'Project management in the real world' is packed with hard-won insights on how to make projects work in today's pressurised business environment. It shares the stories of people grappling with projects all over the world. I reckon that these lessons learned are worth their weight in gold to anyone with a challenging project to accomplish. Apply what it suggests and you're likely to save your company a fortune and yourself heaps of frustration!
Dr Penny Pullan
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copyright | i | ||
| CONTENTS | iii | ||
| LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES | iv | ||
| AUTHOR | v | ||
| FOREWORD | vi | ||
| GLOSSARY | viii | ||
| PREFACE | xi | ||
| 1 KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM | 1 | ||
| 2 PLAN FIRST – SET END DATE LATER | 3 | ||
| 3 MANAGE FIXED DATE PROJECTS CAREFULLY | 6 | ||
| 4 HAVE SHORT TASKS | 9 | ||
| 5 UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL PATH | 12 | ||
| 6 BASELINE YOUR SCHEDULE | 15 | ||
| 7 MAKE MEETINGS PRODUCTIVE | 18 | ||
| 8 DELEGATE SUB-PLANS TO WORKSTREAM LEADERS | 20 | ||
| 9 MANAGE PROJECT DEPENDENCIES | 23 | ||
| 10 MANAGE MULTIPLE PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME | 25 | ||
| FURTHER READING FOR THIS SECTION | 28 | ||
| APPENDIX 1 RISK LOG | 29 | ||
| APPENDIX 2 ISSUE LOG | 31 | ||
| APPENDIX 3 CHANGE LOG | 33 |