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Successful Project Management Trevor L Young

Successful Project Management By Trevor L Young

Successful Project Management by Trevor L Young

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Successful Project Management will enable any manager to improve success rates and offers guidance on project conception, planning, launch, execution, closure and evaluation, plus how to manage stakeholders and risks.

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Successful Project Management: Apply Tried and Tested Techniques Develop Effective PM Skills and Plan Implement and Evaluate by Trevor L Young

Project management has become an area of interest in all types of organization and the skills required are recognized as highly desirable at all levels. The role of project manager requires maintaining a balance between the demands of the customer, project, team and the organization. This provides a real challenge in the fields of time management and prioritization. Successful Project Management will enable any manager to significantly raise the probability of success with their projects and contains practical and well-tested techniques. This step-by-step guide will help you with: project conception and start-up; managing project stakeholders; managing risks; project planning; project launch and execution; closure and evaluation. Complete with checklists and specific guidance notes, this essential book covers the entire project management process and will improve your chances of success.

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a concise and easy to use set of instructions that can be applied to practically any project. refresh

About Trevor L Young

Trevor L Young was, for many years, a senior consultant for the Industrial Society where he designed and conducted two public training courses in project management techniques and project leadership. He is now an independent consultant specializing in the introduction of programme management. He is a member of the Institute of Personnel and Development and is also the author of How to be a Better Project Manager and Successful Project Management (both published by Kogan Page).

Table of Contents

1. what is success? what happens to the project?; defining success; your view of success; success depends on who is measuring; what are the perceived causes of failure; reduce the probability of failure 2. the climate for success why do initiatives appear to fail?; some definitions; projects - are they just an accident?; a common misconception; what's the current climate?; what influences the climate?; operating climate for success; the key activities; defined roles and responsibilities - the key players; influence of organisational culture 3. the project process - key steps for success the project phases; the phase gates; the phase gate - a constraint?; the key steps to success; 4. project conception and start-up selecting the right project; the start-up process; customer needs and expectations; identifying the project constraints; assumptions; the kick-off meeting; recording essential information 5. the definition phase the project brief and specification; defining the project; risk assessment; getting your project definition approved 6. managing the stakeholders what is a stakeholder; identifying stakeholders; the two most important stakeholders; stakeholder influence; gathering information about stakeholders; the stakeholder influence matrix; what happens next with stakeholders 7. managing the risks what is a risk; why bother?; the risk management process; identifying the risks; a typical starter checklist; decide the primary response strategy; quantifying the risks; risk score; what do i do now? monitoring risks 8. planning the project a common misconception; who needs to be involved; where does planning start?; identifying the key stages; allocating responsibility; estimating; the critical path of your project; analyse resource requirements; optimising your schedule; review the project risk log; review the project budget; freezing the baseline schedule; seeking approval to launch 9. launching and executing the project preparing for project execution; the control environment; monitoring the progress; managing the issues arising; tracking your project 10. closure and post-project evaluation project drift; set the completion criteria; the acceptan

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9780749445614
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Successful Project Management: Apply Tried and Tested Techniques Develop Effective PM Skills and Plan Implement and Evaluate by Trevor L Young
Trevor L Young
Creating Success
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Paperback
Kogan Page Ltd
20060703
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