Project Management JumpStart, 2/e

Description:

Prepare for a Project Management Career—Fast!

Project Management JumpStart gives you the solid grounding you need to approach a career in project management with confidence:

• Understanding the skills of a successful project manager
• Creating project schedules and budgets
• Winning the support of department managers
• Monitoring project progress and taking corrective action
• Communicating and negotiating effectively
• Motivating the people on whom the project depends
• Documenting the project clearly and professionally

 

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Building the Foundation
The Project Management Journey
Benefiting from Project Management Practices
Twenty-first Century Project Management
Where Do You Go from Here?
Terms to Know
Review Questions

Chapter 2: Developing Project Management Skills
A Little Bit of Everything
Communicating Your Style
Terms to Know
Review Questions

Chapter 3: Initiating the Project
Selecting Projects for Success
Creating the Project Charter
Holding the Project Kickoff Meeting
Terms to Know
Review Questions

Chapter 4: Defining the Project Goals
Agreeing on the Deliverables
Discovering Requirements
Identifying Assumptions and Constraints
Creating the Project Scope Statement
Creating the Communications Plan
Terms to Know
Review Questions

Chapter 5: Breaking Down the Project Activities
Constructing the Work Breakdown Structure
Defining Tasks and Activities
Determining Milestones
Constructing the Responsibility Assignment Matrix
Estimating Activity Durations
Establishing Dependencies
Constructing a Network Diagram
Terms to Know
Review Questions

Chapter 6: Planning and Acquiring Resources
Planning the Project Team
Acquiring Materials, Supplies, and Equipment
Contracting for Resources
Terms to Know
Review Questions

Chapter 7: Assessing Risk
Identifying Risks
Risk Analysis Techniques
Planning for Risks
Responding to Risks
Contingency Planning
Risk Management Plan
Terms to Know
Review Questions

Chapter 8: Developing the Project Plan
Creating the Project Schedule
Quality Management Plan
Terms to Know
Review Questions

Chapter 9: Budgeting 101
What Makes Up a Budget?
Estimating Techniques
Estimating Costs and Finalizing the Budget
Establishing a Cost Baseline
Call It a Plan
Terms to Know
Review Questions

Chapter 10: Executing the Project
Assembling the Team
Negotiation and Problem-Solving Techniques
Project Manager’s Role in Team Development
Progress Reporting
Taking Corrective Action
Terms to Know
Review Questions

Chapter 11: Controlling the Project Outcome
Change Happens
Establishing Change Management Control Procedures
Assessing the Impacts of Change
Monitoring and Controlling Project Processes
Is the Project in Trouble?
Terms to Know
Review Questions

Chapter 12: Closing the Books
Happy Endings
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Documenting Lessons Learned
Obtaining Project Sign-off
Is the Customer Happy?
Archiving Project Documents
It’s Party Time!
Terms to Know
Review Questions

Appendix A Answers to Review Questions
Appendix B Sample Project Management Forms
Appendix C Sample Project Management Checklists
Glossary

Index

描述：
《專案管理起步》（Project Management JumpStart）為您提供了堅實的基礎，讓您有信心迎接專案管理職業生涯：
- 瞭解成功的專案經理所需的技能
- 建立專案進度和預算
- 贏得部門經理的支持
- 監控專案進展並採取糾正措施
- 有效溝通和談判
- 激勵專案所依賴的人員
- 清晰且專業地記錄專案

目錄：
- 引言
- 第1章：建立基礎
- 第2章：發展專案管理技能
- 第3章：啟動專案
- 第4章：定義專案目標
- 第5章：拆分專案活動
- 第6章：規劃和獲取資源
- 第7章：評估風險
- 第8章：制定專案計劃
- 第9章：預算101
- 第10章：執行專案
- 第11章：控制專案結果

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