10 Minute Guide to Project Management

Introduction

Lesson 1. So You're Going to Manage a Project?
The Elements of a Project
Project Planning
Implementation
Control
Possible Project Players

Lesson 2. What Makes a Good Project Manager?
A Doer, not a Bystander
Many Hats All the Time
Principles To Steer You
Seven Ways to Succeed as a Project Manager
Seven Ways to Fail as a Project Manager

Lesson 3. What Do You Want to Accomplish?
To Lead and to Handle Crises
Key Questions
Okay, So What are We Attempting to Do?
Tasks Versus Outcomes
Telling Questions
Desired Outcomes that Lend Themselves to Project Management

Lesson 4. Laying Out Your Plan
No Surprises
The Holy Grail and the Golden Fleece
From Nothing to Something

Lesson 5. Assembling Your Plan
The Critical Path for Completing the WBS
The Chicken or the Egg?
Is Planning Itself a Task?
What About Your Hours?
Internal Resources Versus External Resources
Helping Your Staff When It's Over
What Kinds of Tasks Comprise the WBS?
Keeping the Big Picture in Mind
The Big Picture Versus Endless Minutia
From Planning to Monitoring

Lesson 6. Keeping Your Eye on the Budget
Money Still Doesn't Grow on Trees
Experience Pays
Traditional Approaches to Budgeting
Traditional Measures
Systematic Budgeting Problems

Lesson 7. Gantt Charts
Chart Your Progress
Variations on a Theme
Embellishments Offer Detail
Getting a Project Back on Track
Thinking Ahead

Lesson 8. Reporting Results
More Communications Channels Lead to Less Accessibility
Incorporate the Thoughts of Others
  
Lesson 9. Multiple Bosses, Multiple Projects, Multiple Headaches
Participating on More Than One Project at a Time
Complexity Happens
A Diffuse Pattern
A Tale of Two Offices
Extravagance is Not Necessary
Reporting to More Than One Boss at a Time
Workaholic For Hire

Lesson 10. A Construction Mini-Case
Helping Construction Site Managers to Be More Effective
Let's Assign It to a Project Manager
Arm Chair Analysis Versus Onsite Observation
Tower of Babel

Lesson 11. Learning from Your Experience
Life Is Learning, and so Are Projects
Master the Software
Keep Your Eyes Open
Preparing For the Next Project

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