附註:Includes index.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Management, Second Edition; Copyright; Contents at a Glance; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Part 1 Project Management Power; Chapter 1 Projects, Projects Everywhere; Why You Need a New Project-Oriented Outlook; All Projects Are Work, but Not All Work Is a Project; Above and Beyond the Ordinary Work; If It's Not a Project, It's Just Plain Work; Project Success: A Balance Among Time, Resources, Results, and Perceptions; It's Not Magic; They're Not Always Created Equal; How Many Projects Are You Responsible For?
All Projects Great and SmallThe Next Step; Chapter 2 The Processes That Work; Why Do You Need to Learn About Project Management?; What Is Project Management All About?; Tools for Modern Times; All Projects Mundane and Marvelous; Can Project Management Help You?; The Five Processes of Project Management; A Rose by Any Other Name; How the Project Processes Work Together Over Time; Project Lifecycles Versus Product Lifecycles; Not Just the Same Old Routine; Chapter 3 The Rules of the Project Game; Universal Project Success Criteria; Project Failure-The Reasons Are Simple.
12 Golden Rules of Project Management SuccessKeep Your Eyes on the Prize; Chapter 4 You? A Project Manager?; The Accidental Project Manager; Dealing with Dual Responsibilities; What Do You Need to Do?; The Leadership Roles of the Project Manager; The Seven Traits of Good Project Managers; Be the Best Leader You Can Be; Part 2 The Project Initiation Processes; Chapter 5 Identifying Stakeholders and Defining Their Roles; Start by Identifying the Stakeholders; The Stakeholder Roles; The Other Implementation Team Members-Who Are They?; Working Together: The Magic Success Formula.
Chapter 6 Selecting the Projects That Are Worth DoingThe First Step in Project Initiation: Deciding What to Do; Telling Good from Bad; Eight Steps to Determine the Most Important Projects; The Project Charter Gets Things Going; So, How Will It All Get Done?; Chapter 7 Scoping Out the Goals for a Project; Why Bother with the Goals? I Know What I Want to Do!; Clear Project Goals Make Sense to Everyone; The Primary Goals of Every Project; Six Criteria for Setting Great Goals; Establishing Goals Step-by-Step; Project Scope; Seeing Eye to Eye; Chapter 8 Understanding Risks and Constraints.
Risk Management Is Part of Your JobConstraints Versus Risks on the Project; Look at the Upside and the Downside; Risky Business; The Three Types of Risk; Constraints to Consider; The Basics of Risk Management; Keep a Weather Eye; Part 3 The Project Planning Processes; Chapter 9 The Breakdown of Tasks: What Really Needs to Be Done?; The All-Important Task; Tasks: What Exactly Are They?; A Tisket, a Task ... ; Over and Over Again; The Work Plan and Your Project; Five Steps to the Work Plan; The WBS; Levels and the WBS; Criteria for Ensuring Quality Work.
摘要:Explains how to identify problem projects, clearly define goals, budget resources, and put the plan into action.
