About the author
Acknowledgements
How to manage a great project
How managing a great project works
Defining what we are talking about
The project manager
How projects work
A guide to How to Manage a Great Project
Lessons from the real world
Step 1 What do you want?
Essential practices of Step 1
Before you start: Step Zero
What do you want?
How do you want it?
How much of it do you want?
What does it need to look like?
Putting it all together
Lessons from the real world
Step 2 Does it stack up?
Essential practices of Step 2
Balancing pros and cons
Documenting the rationale
Evaluating the pros
Evaluating the cons
Weighing the balance
Making the decision
Lessons from the real world
Step 3 Who cares?
Essential practices of Step 3
People matter
Governance
Stakeholders
Plan your communication
Lessons from the real world
Step 4 How will you get what you want?
Essential practices of Step 4
The Book of the Plan
Determine key points along the way
Break down your work into chunks
Arrange the chunks into a sequence
Schedule the chunks of work
Identify what you need to do the job
Planning for quality
Lessons from the real world
Step 5 Who will help?
Essential practices of Step 5
Why you need help
Planning your support
Sourcing your support
Managing
Leading
Lessons from the real world
Step 6 What if it goes wrong?
Essential practices of Step 6
Things go wrong
Prevention is better than cure
What could go wrong?
How serious is it?
What could we do about it?
Let's act!
Lessons from the real world
Step 7 How is it going?
Essential practices of Step 7
Sitting on a sofa
Monitoring
Controlling
Reporting
Controlling change
Leading the project
Delivering what you promised
Lessons from the real world
Step 8 How did it go?
Essential practices of Step 8
Handover
We can't seem to finish
Learning lessons
Closing down
Saying thank you
Project closure memo
Lessons from the real world
Learn the lingo
Good fortune!
Glossary
Who else needs to manage a great project?
Mike can help your team to manage a great project
Also by Mike Clayton
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