Managing Projects

All throughout your life, whether at work, rest or play, you’ll need to organise and manage projects.

Whether it’s completing some course work for your studies, a new implementation at work or even if you’re organising a holiday! In order to be successful you’ll need to be well organised and you need to be able to manage resources, time and costs.

In this textbook you’ll will learn skills and the techniques to manage projects more effectively. Just what makes up a successful project? There are many factors and you are going to learn them all within this textbook.

Preface

1. Introduction
1.1 The Benefits of Project Management
1.2 What Do We Mean by a Project?
1.3 Basic Project Management Systems and Tools

2. Project Definition
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Background
2.3 Objectives
2.3.1 Key Success Criteria (KSC)
2.3.3 Deliverables
2.4 Scope
2.5 Constraints
2.5.1 Resources
2.5.2 Performance Criteria
2.5.3 Time
2.5.4 Risk
2.6 Assumptions
2.7 Reporting
2.8 Dependencies
2.9 Estimates
2.10 Timescales

3. Planning the Project
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Milestones and Phases
3.3 Project Timeframe and Cost
3.3 Choosing Your Team
3.4 Planning for Contingencies

4. Common Project Management Tools
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Brainstorming
4.3 Fishbone Diagrams
4.4 Project Critical Path Analysis (CPA) Chart
4.5 Gantt Charts

5. Working with Your Team
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
5.2.1 Introduction
5.2.2 Forming
5.2.3 Storming
5.2.4 Norming
5.2.5 Performing
5.2.6 Adjouring or Mourning
5.3 Communicating with Your Team
5.4 Delegating to Others
5.4.1 Introduction
5.4.2 Why People Resist Delegating
5.4.3 When Delegating Does and Doesn’t Work
5.4.4 To Whom?
5.4.5 How to Delegate Successfully

6. Resources

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