This concise reference covers important aspects of project management. It explains many key concepts in layman's terms, provides tools for planning, organizing, tracking and managing projects and gives examples of various telecommunications projects from wireline and wireless providers, equipment vendors and component manufacturers.

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Celia Desmond is President of World Class - Telecommunications, a consulting company. Ms. Desmond provides training in management skills for telecommunications business and engineering environments. She has lectured internationally on Programs for Success in Today's Changing Environment. At Stentor Resource Centre Inc. she was instrumental in establishing the Stentor culture and processes, including the establishment of project management processes. She held line and staff management positions at Bell Canada. In Celia's line positions at Bell Canada, she directed her groups in providing technical and project management support to large business clients. Celia is 2002-2003 President of IEEE Communications Society and is a recent past President of IEEE Canada. Celia was awarded the Donald J. McLellan Award for meritorious service to IEEE Communications Society, the Engineering Institute of Canada John B. Sterling Medal, and the IEEE Millennium award. In addition to holding a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University, and a B.Sc. in Mathematics & Psychology from Queens University, she also holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

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Planning a Project.- Project Planning & Integration.- Project Scope.- Risk Planning.- Work Breakdown Structure.- Schedule Creation.- Procurement.- Budget.- Running a Project.- Communications.- The People.- Quality.- Ethics.- Earned Value.- Roles of Team Members.- Sales & Marketing.- Senior Management.- Project Management.- Engineering.- Operations.- Purchasing.- Project Management Summary and Trends.