Project Management for Dummies: UK Edition - Softcover

Graham, Nick; Portny, Stan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119025737 ISBN 13: 9781119025733

Verlag: For Dummies, 2015

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Get projects done on time, on budget, and with maximum efficiency - fully updated UK edition!

In today's time-pressured and cost-conscious global business environment, reliable project management and competent delivery are more important than ever. Increasingly, project management is being seen as an essential management skill for all, as well as a career choice for many. This new UK edition of Project Management For Dummies, 2nd UK Edition quickly introduces you to the principles of successful project management with a clear and logical approach to help you deliver your projects, not only successfully, but also more easily. Unique to the UK edition, you'll find clear guidance on using the highly logicalproduct-based approach to project planning, along with advice on how to release the great power of the technique, not only for effective planning, but also for project control.

Updated with fresh content, tips, and tactics that cover everything you need to know from a project's start to finish, this accessible guide takes you through every stage of project management. You'll discover how to make project planning easier and more effective, manage resources and stay on track within a budget. Then you'll find help and advice to help you motivate and manage your teams to help them perform at their best. To help you stay at the leading edge, you'll also find two new chapters in this edition explaining project governance and the increasingly important international standard ISO 21500. In short, this book will help you master a highly valuable skill for advancing your career.

• Provides clear descriptions of who should do what in a project to prevent communication and control problems
• Presents the latest concepts in project management techniques
• Discusses how to keep risks under control during the project
• Includes access to online project management templates and checklists to aid in learning

If you're a manager taking on a project for the first time or a more experienced project professional looking to get up to speed on the latest thinking and techniques,Project Management For Dummies, 2nd UK Edition equips you for project management success.

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Nick Graham is Founder and Director of Inspirandum Ltd, a consultancy and training firm. His consultancy work has ranged from helping plan complex projects to advising top managers on how to implement project and project governance approaches.

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Learn to:

• Plan techniques to make project planning both easier and more effective
• Manage resources and stay on track and within a budget
• Keep things under control during the project
• Understand common causes of project failure

Get projects done on time, on budget and with maximum efficiency

Do the minutiae and details of project management make you mad? This friendly guide breaks project management down to easily digestible parts, empowering you to take charge of your projects like a pro. Loaded with fresh content, tips and tactics that cover everything from a project's start to its finish, this comprehensive guide gets you up and running fast.

• All in a day's work define the project, think through its lifecycle, produce a business case and know your project's stakeholders
• You want this project done when? plan with deliverables first, survey staff resources, plan for utilising other resources if needed, develop a budget and deal with risk and uncertainty
• There's no 'I' in team organise the project, work with teams and specialists and be an effective leader
• Move full steam ahead track a project's progress, stay in control, keep everyone informed and successfully bring your project to closure
• Up the ante manage multiple projects at once, use technology to up your game and monitor project performance with Earned Value Management

Open the book and find:

• A detailed look at the project manager's role
• Guidance for deciding whether a job is really a project
• Steps for breaking a project down into four main stages
• How to match people to tasks
• Advice for making sense of costs and budget
• Ten questions to ask yourself as you plan a project
• How to write a convincing business case
• Tips for being a better project manager

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Learn to:

• Plan techniques to make project planning both easier and more effective
• Manage resources and stay on track and within a budget
• Keep things under control during the project
• Understand common causes of project failure

Get projects done on time, on budget and with maximum efficiency

Do the minutiae and details of project management make you mad? This friendly guide breaks project management down to easily digestible parts, empowering you to take charge of your projects like a pro. Loaded with fresh content, tips and tactics that cover everything from a project's start to its finish, this comprehensive guide gets you up and running fast.

• All in a day's work – define the project, think through its lifecycle, produce a business case and know your project's stakeholders
• You want this project done when? – plan with deliverables first, survey staff resources, plan for utilising other resources if needed, develop a budget and deal with risk and uncertainty
• There's no 'I' in team – organise the project, work with teams and specialists and be an effective leader
• Move full steam ahead – track a project's progress, stay in control, keep everyone informed and successfully bring your project to closure
• Up the ante – manage multiple projects at once, use technology to up your game and monitor project performance with Earned Value Management

Open the book and find:

• A detailed look at the project manager's role
• Guidance for deciding whether a job is really a project
• Steps for breaking a project down into four main stages
• How to match people to tasks
• Advice for making sense of costs and budget
• Ten questions to ask yourself as you plan a project
• How to write a convincing business case
• Tips for being a better project manager

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: For Dummies
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1119025737
• ISBN 13: 9781119025733
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 402
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar