%uFEFFGood project management – is it art, science, or just dumb luck? This book will help you with the first two, and by teaching you to be well-prepared will also set you up to be lucky.
This book is aimed at helping the project manager (and the project manager wannabe) with suggestions, ideas, guidelines, and warnings. It is not strictly a “how to” book; rather, what’s here is the common sense that’s become far too uncommon an attribute in the modern business world.
Basic management is addressed thoroughly because a person can’t be a good project manager if you aren’t a good manager. The information given can help current or future project managers in any management position, even those who are never even end up managing a project.
Introduction
Acknowledgements
SECTION 1 : THE PROJECT MANAGER AND SOME BASIC MANAGEMENT TIPS
Chapter 1: Some Basic Management
Chapter 2: Management Rules
Chapter 3: Management Competencies You Need to Succeed
Chapter 4: Management Styles
Chapter 5: Management Versus Leadership
Chapter 6: Managing Subordinates is Not Enough
Chapter 7: Management Ideas and Concepts
Chapter 8: What You Can Do To Prepare
SECTION 2 : PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Chapter 9: An Introduction
Chapter 10: An Introduction,Continued
Chapter 11: An Irreverent Look at Project Management
Chapter 12: Another Way of Looking at Project Management
Chapter 13: Use Common Sense
Chapter 14: A Look at Gathering/Writing Requirements
Chapter 15: Requirements Management
Chapter 16: Configuration Management
Chapter 17: Risk Management
Chapter 18: Earned Value Management System
Chapter 19: Metrics
Chapter 20: Project Briefings and Presentations
Chapter 21: Another Irreverent Look at Project Management
Chapter 22: A Different Perspective
SECTION 3 : PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Chapter 23: A First Look at Some Project Problems
Chapter 24: Law of Unintended Consequences
Chapter 25: New Technology
Chapter 26: Seven Deadly Sins of Project Management
Chapter 27: Process Problems
Chapter 28: Conflict Management
Chapter 29: Change Management
Chapter 30: Project Assessments
Chapter 31: Ethics in Project Management
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
