Fundamentals of Project Management, Third Edition

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. Figure List
3. Preface to the Third Edition
4. An Overview of Project Management
   1. Project Failures
   2. What Is Project Management?
   3. It Is Not Just Scheduling!
   4. One-Person Projects
   5. The Big Trap—Working Project Managers
   6. You Can’t Have It All!
   7. The Phases of a Project
   8. The Steps in Managing a Project
   9. The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®)
   10. Summary
   11. Questions for Review
5. The Role of the Project Manager
   1. What Is Managing?
   2. Definitions of Management
   3. Do You Want to Be a Project Manager?
6. Planning the Project
   1. The Absolute Imperative of Planning
   2. Planning Defined
   3. Sign-Off of the Plan
   4. Changing the Plan
   5. Suggestions for Effective Planning
   6. Project Planning Steps
   7. Exercise
7. Developing a Mission, Vision, Goals, and Objectives for the Project
   1. Defining the Problem
   2. Confusion of Terms
   3. The Real World
   4. The Real Mission of Every Project
   5. Developing Project Objectives
   6. The Nature of Objectives
   7. Assessing Project Risks
   8. Planning Exercise
8. Using the Work Breakdown Structure to Plan a Project
   1. A Simple Example
   2. Guidelines for Developing the WBS
   3. Estimating Time, Costs, and Resources
   4. Exercise
9. Scheduling Project Work
   1. A Brief History of Scheduling
   2. Exercise
10. Producing a Workable Schedule
    1. Schedule Computations
    2. Converting Arrow Diagrams to Bar Charts
    3. Assigning Resources to Tasks
    4. Exercise
11. Project Control and Evaluation
    1. Achieving Team Member Self-Control
    2. Characteristics of a Project Control System
    3. Project Evaluation
12. Project Control Using Earned Value Analysis
    1. Measuring Progress
    2. Measuring Project Performance/Quality
    3. Earned Value Analysis
    4. Responding to Variances
    5. Acceptable Variances
    6. Using Percentage Complete to Measure Progress
    7. Exercise
13. Managing the Project Team
    1. Team Building
    2. Promoting Teamwork Through Planning
    3. A Final Suggestion
14. How to Make Project Management Work in Your Company
15. Project Management for Everyone
    1. My Head Hurts
16. Answers to Chapter Questions
    1. Chapter 1
    2. Chapter 3
    3. Chapter 5
    4. Chapter 6
    5. Chapter 7
    6. Chapter 9
17. References and Reading List
18. About Jim Lewis
19. Index