
How to Manage Projects
Essential Project Management Skills to Deliver On-time, On-budget Results
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How to Manage Projects
Essential Project Management Skills to Deliver On-time, On-budget Results
About this book
Are you overwhelmed by project management jargon? Interested in developing a project management career, but bewildered by the plethora of costly courses and qualifications? Then this is the book for you.
How to Manage Projects explains the fundamentals of this essential skill in a clear, practical and accessible way, making it the perfect introduction to managing better projects in your current role, or even that first step to developing a professional career as a project manager.
This new 3rd edition features practical exercises and top tips, and takes you through successfully and confidently managing a project from conception to completion. Essential reading for anyone who wants to manage their own projects well without all the unnecessary jargon, How to Manage Projects makes this vital skill easily accessible with one handy, easy-to-use book.
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Table of contents
- Praise for How to Manage Projects
- The Creating Success series
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- 01 Project success is more than just one thing
- 02 The accidental project manager
- 03 Were does a project manager fit in the organization?
- 04 Project governance
- 05 Project scope
- 06 The project quality plan
- 07 Different types of project lifecycle models
- 08 Planning the project
- 09 Technology, tools and the next new thing
- 10 The project staffing plan
- 11 Design and configuration management
- 12 Cost planning and cost management
- 13 The project’s supply chain plan
- 14 Project execution
- 15 Evaluation, lessons learnt and improving the next project
- Copyright Page