Project Management: A Practical Guide for Success

Part 1: Introduction

·        What is project management?

·        The project life cycle

·        Project parameters

Part 2: Defining the Project

·        The origin of projects

·        Getting under way

·        Testing your preliminary strategy

·        Progress review: Parts 1 and 2

Part 3: Planning the Project

·        Planning the three project parameters

·        Planning the quality dimension

·        Planning the time dimension

·        Planning the cost dimension

·        Potential budgeting problems

·        Assigning responsibility

·        Progress review: Part 3

Part 4: Implementing the Plan

·        What happens in the implementation stage?

·        Controlling work in progress

·        Providing feedback

·        Negotiating for materials, supplies, and services

·        Resolving differences

·        Progress review: Part 4

Part 5: Completing the Project

·        Bringing the project to a successful conclusion

·        Progress review: Part 5

Part 6: Summary

·        A model for successful project management

·        Computers and project management

·        Common abbreviations in project management