| Author Dedication | | 3 | |
| Acknowledgements | | 6 | |
| Foreword | | 14 | |
| Introduction | | 17 | |
| Part 1: Determining the Project's Desired Results, Phases, & Life Cycle |
| | 21 | |
| Management to Project Management |
| | 25 | |
| | 25 | |
| Finding Your Own Managerial Style |
| | 34 | |
| What Is a Project Manager? |
| | 39 | |
| What Is a Project, Exactly? |
| | 39 | |
| What Is Project Management? |
| | 40 | |
| How Is Project Management Deployed? |
| | 40 | |
| Why Use Project Management? |
| | 41 | |
| Preparing For Project Management |
| | 47 | |
| What are the Skills for Success? |
| | 51 | |
| Part 2: Identifying, Implementing, & Measuring Your Project's Actions |
| | 57 | |
| Who Is Flying Your Plane? |
| | 59 | |
| How to Determine a Project's Phases |
| | 59 | |
| Five Generic Phases of Project Management |
| | 60 | |
| Putting Processes and Phases Together |
| | 62 | |
| | 67 | |
| Phase I: Demonstrate Project Need and Feasibility |
| | 71 | |
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| The ``Volunteered'' Team Members |
| | 81 | |
| Put Benchmarks and Rewards in Place |
| | 82 | |
| Control and Close Phase I |
| | 82 | |
| | 85 | |
| Phase II: Create the Project Plan (Part One) |
| | 87 | |
| | 87 | |
| Describe the Project's Scope |
| | 88 | |
| Action 1: Create a Work Breakdown Structure |
| | 88 | |
| Action 2: Define the Project's Activities and Succession (Activity List) |
| | 98 | |
| Action 4: Estimate the Duration of Each Activity |
| | 105 | |
| Action 5: Assign Resources to Each Activity and Prepare the Schedule |
| | 112 | |
| Action 6: Create the Project Schedule and its Associated Gantt Chart |
| | 122 | |
| Action 7: Estimate the Costs |
| | 128 | |
| | 135 | |
| Phase II: Create the Project Plan (Part Two) |
| | 135 | |
| Action 8: Create Your Project's Budget |
| | 136 | |
| Action 9: Create a Variance Plan |
| | 138 | |
| Action 10: Establish the Quality Constraints |
| | 140 | |
| Action 11: Create a Communications Plan |
| | 142 | |
| Action 12: Create a Risk Management Plan |
| | 149 | |
| Action 13: Create the Project Plan |
| | 152 | |
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| | 155 | |
| Phase III: Create a Draft of the Deliverables |
| | 155 | |
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| | 156 | |
| Meaningful Progress Meetings |
| | 156 | |
| Determine the Need for a Meeting |
| | 160 | |
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| | 162 | |
| Lead the Team to Participation |
| | 162 | |
| | 163 | |
| Tips on Meetings from the Project Managers |
| | 163 | |
| Execute & Control Phase III |
| | 167 | |
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| Communicate With The Tower |
| | 179 | |
| Phase IV: Create the Deliverables |
| | 179 | |
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| Phase V: Test-Market & Release the Deliverables to Market |
| | 189 | |
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| Test-market the Deliverable |
| | 190 | |
| Execute and Control Phase V |
| | 193 | |
| Prepare for Final Deliverables |
| | 193 | |
| | 193 | |
| | 194 | |
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| Accept the Results of the Project |
| | 198 | |
| Part 3: Rocket Tools: Propel Your Project Management Skills to the Stratosphere |
| | 201 | |
| Multiple Projects = Air Traffic Control |
| | 203 | |
| Assess the Scope of Deliverables |
| | 205 | |
| | 212 | |
| Launch One Project Among Many |
| | 213 | |
| Manage People's Activities to Avoid Conflicts |
| | 214 | |
| Prepare the Statement of Work |
| | 216 | |
| Prepare Work Breakdown Structure |
| | 217 | |
| Interact with Other Project Members |
| | 217 | |
| | 218 | |
| Change, Inevitable Change |
| | 219 | |
| Software Is Not Rocket Science |
| | 223 | |
| Integrated Project Management Software |
| | 226 | |
| | 235 | |
| Effectively Using the Internet, Voice Mail, and Software |
| | 237 | |
| | 237 | |
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| Conclusion | | 245 | |
| Appendix A: Top Reasons Project Managers Succeed or Fail | | 249 | |
| Appendix B: Project Studies | | 259 | |
| Glossary | | 265 | |
| References | | 279 | |
| About the Author | | 285 | |
| Index | | 287 | |
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