The Project Management Tool Kit

100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right
2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8144-1476-7
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

Today’s projects are more complex and challenging than ever, and project managers need all the help they can get to succeed amid shifting priorities, interruptions, inadequate funding, expectations of multiple stakeholders, and other obstacles.A practical on-the-job resource for project managers in any industry, this fully revised and updated edition of The Project Management Tool Kit is packed with results oriented, practical tips.Complete with checklists, examples, and clear graphics, The Project Management Tool Kit offers 100 practical, use-them-now strategies for mastering any project challenge.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kendrick, Tom

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Projektmanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents How to Use This Book (Read This First!) xi 1. Activity Definition (PMBOK® 6.1, Define Activities) 1 2. Activity Duration Estimating (PMBOK® 6.4, Estimate Activity Durations) 4 3. Activity Resource Estimating (PMBOK® 6.3, Estimate Activity Resources) 7 4. Activity Sequencing (PMBOK® 6.2, Sequence Activities) 10 5. Brainstorming 13 6. Canceling Projects 15 7. Cause-and-Effect Analysis 17 8. Closing Projects (PMBOK® 4.6, Close Project or Phase) 19 9. Coaching and Mentoring 21 10. Communicating Informally 23 11. Communications Planning (PMBOK® 10.2, Plan Communications) 25 12. Conflict Resolution 27 13. Consensus-Building for Your Ideas 29 14. Constraint Management and Plan Optimization 31 15. Cost Budgeting (PMBOK® 7.2, Budget Costs) 34 16. Cost Control (PMBOK® 7.3, Control Costs) 36 17. Cost Estimating (PMBOK® 7.1, Estimate Costs) 38 18. Creative Problem-Solving 40 19. Customer Interviews 42 20. Decision-Making 44 21. Delegating Responsibility 46 22. Delphi Technique 48 17414-ProjectMgmtToolkit_2ed_17414-ProjectMgmtToolkit_2ed 9/21/09 1:20 PM Page vii 23. Earned-Value Management (EVM) 50 24. Forecasting Project Completion 53 25. Global Teams 56 26. Human Resource Planning (PMBOK® 9.1, Develop Human Resources Plan) 60 27. Influence Without Authority 63 28. Information Distribution (PMBOK® 10.3, Distribute Information) 66 29. Inheriting a Project 68 30. Integrated Change Control (PMBOK® 4.5, Perform Integrated Change Control) 70 31. Issue Management 73 32. Leadership 75 33. Lessons Learned 78 34. Market Research 81 35. Matrix Teams (Cross-Functional Teams) 83 36. Meeting Execution 86 37. Meeting Planning 89 38. Motivation 91 39. Multiple Dependent Projects 93 40. Multiple Independent Projects 96 41. Negotiating Contracts 99 42. Negotiating Project Changes 102 43. Organizational Change 105 44. Organizing for Project Management 108 45. Performance Problem Resolution 110 46. Performance Reporting (PMBOK® 10.5, Report Performance) 112 47. Presentations 114 48. Problem Escalation 116 49. Process Improvement 118 50. Procurement Administration (PMBOK® 12.3, Administer Procurements) 120 51. Procurement Close-Out (PMBOK® 12.4, Close Procurements) 122 52. Procurement Initiation (PMBOK® 12.2, Conduct Procurements) 12

Über Autor(innen)

Tom Kendrick 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 (9780814473436) and Identifying and Managing Project Risk (9780814413401).