The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right - Softcover

Kendrick, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814414761 ISBN 13: 9780814414767

Verlag: Amacom, 2010

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Today s projects are more challenging than ever and project managers need all the help they can get to succeed amid shifting priorities, budget cuts, interruptions, and other obstacles. Now in its third edition, The Project Management Tool Kit is a must-have strategic partner, filled with step-by-step guidance that will enable managers to get complex projects completed on time and on budget. Extensively updated and revised to reflect the latest changes to A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), this results-oriented resource offers 100 powerful, practical tips and techniques in areas including:Scope planning Schedule development and adjustment Cost estimating and control Communications Defining and using project metrics Decision making and problem solving Motivation and leadership Stakeholder engagement and expectation management Risk identification and monitoring Software and technical tools And much moreComplete with checklists, charts, examples, and tools for easy implementation, this handy guide will help project professionals tackle any challenge that comes their way.

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TOM KENDRICK, PMP, (San Carlos, CA) is currently an internal project management consultant for Visa Inc. His experience includes more than three decades of directing projects in the United States, Europe, and Asia for Hewlett-Packard, General Electric, and DuPont, and as an independent consultant. He is author of Results Without Authority (978-0-8144-7343-6) and Identifying and Managing Project Risk (978-0-8144-1340-1).

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If you re a project manager, you know about the permanent crunch caused by limited time, scarce resources, and the sheer intricacy of many projects.The Project Management Tool Kit, Second Edition, supplies the clear, concise information you need to get complex projects done on time, on budget, and with stellar results.

Completely updated throughout, The Project Management Tool Kit, Second Edition, addresses 100 specific project challenges, including all of the processes identified in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®Guide). But unlike the PMBOK Guide,® which focuses on what to do, this accessible book delivers step-by-step how-to guidance for professionals at all levels on essential topics such as:

Sponsorship

Stakeholder expectation management

Stakeholder identification

Requirements collection

Inheriting a project

Forecasting project completion

Project metric selection

Project metric implementation

Project life cycles

Complete with checklists and tools for quick implementation, this practical, on-the-job resource will help project managers in any industry master any project challenge.

Tom Kendrick, PMP, is a senior project manager for Visa Inc. He regularly speaks at conferences, associations, and universities, and is the author ofResults Without Authority and Identifying and Managing Project Risk. His 35 years of project management experience include 20 years with Hewlett Packard, as well as work for DuPont, General Electric, and as an independent consultant. He holds electrical engineering degrees from Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Amacom
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0814414761
• ISBN 13: 9780814414767
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
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