Successful Project Management

The Fourth Edition of this internationally bestseller details the quick and easy way to master the basics of project management. Using a lively, conversational style, project management gurus Mickey Rosenau and Gregory Githens equip readers with fundamental principles and "tested-in-the-trenches" techniques for managing projects in any type of organization. They arm readers with easy-to-use tools for resolving any technical, mechanical, or personnel problem that may arise over the course of a project and break project management down into twenty-two chronological steps. Extensively revised and updated, this Fourth Edition examines the role of integration in project planning, risk-and-issues management, virtual teams, new theories, project management offices, and more! Successful Project Management, Fourth Edition is an ideal primer for students and an indispensable quick reference for experienced professionals.

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MILTON D. ROSENAU, Jr. is well known in both project management and
product development circles. He is the author of a number of
successful books, including The PDMA Handbook of New Product
Development and Successful Product Development (both published by
Wiley).

GREGORY D. GITHENS has more than twenty years of experience as a
project and program manager, practitioner, consultant, and trainer.
He held membership in the core team for both the 2000 and 2004
versions of PMI's PMBOK Guide. He is the cofounder of the new
product development specific interest group within PMI and was a
member of the editorial advisory board for PMNetwork magazine from
1995 to 2003.

Klappentext
A successful blueprint for getting projects done on schedule, under budget, and according to specifications—every time! This Fourth Edition of the internationally bestselling guide to project management provides project managers-in-training, product developers, and team leaders with a quick and easy way to master the basics of project management.

Using a lively, conversational style, project management guru Mickey Rosenau and Gregory Githens equip you with a set of fundamental principles and "tested-in-the-trenches" techniques for managing projects in virtually any type of organization. He also arms you with original, easy-to-use tools for resolving any technical, mechanical, or personnel problem that may arise over the course of a project.

To make the complex discipline of project management easy to understand and master, Rosenau and Githens break it down into twenty-two chronological steps, grouped into five phases or processes—from defining project goals and planning the work to leading the team, monitoring progress, and completing the project.

Extensively revised to reflect the latest trends in the field, this Fourth Edition features completely new material on the role of integration in project planning and risk-and-issues management, as well as updated and revised coverage on such topics as the process view, virtual teams, new theories and practices of motivation, the quality view, project management offices, and more!

Successful Project Management, Fourth Edition is an ideal primer for students and an indispensable quick reference for experienced project managers, team leaders, and new product developers.

Zusammenfassung
The Fourth Edition of this internationally bestseller details the quick and easy way to master the basics of project management. Using a lively, conversational style, project management gurus Mickey Rosenau and Gregory Githens equip readers with fundamental principles and "tested-in-the-trenches" techniques for managing projects in any type of organization. They arm readers with easy-to-use tools for resolving any technical, mechanical, or personnel problem that may arise over the course of a project and break project management down into twenty-two chronological steps. Extensively revised and updated, this Fourth Edition examines the role of integration in project planning, risk-and-issues management, virtual teams, new theories, project management offices, and more! Successful Project Management, Fourth Edition is an ideal primer for students and an indispensable quick reference for experienced professionals.

Inhalt
Preface. 1. What Is a Project?

Projects Are a Type of Work.

Projects Distinguished From Tasks and From Processes.

Programs are Collections of Projects.

Project Management Maturity.

Integrated Project Management.

The Project Management Hat is Different From the Technical or Product Management Hat.

Effective Project Managers Manage Expectations of Stakeholders.

A Roadmap of Five Important Program Management Functions.

Highlights.

PART 1. DEFINING THE GOALS OF A PROJECT.

2. Linking the Project to the Product.

Strategic Alignment of Projects.

The Product Life Cycle and the Project Life Cycle.

Project Completion Includes Delivering a Result that Meets the Requirements.

The Delivering Organization and the Consuming Organization.

All Projects Involve Agreements.

Good Boundaries.

Taking Action.

Highlights.

3. Balancing Competing Demands with the Triple Constraint.

Many Ways to Measure Project Performance.

The Triple Constraint.

A Model to Help Evaluate Competing Demands.

Adjusting Baseline for Risk.

How the Triple Constraint Helps to Explain Three Common Tradeoffs.

The Triple Constraint During Control.

Other Examples of Balancing Competing Demands: Financial Management.

Project Management as a Decision-Making Process.

Highlights.

4. Contracts, Negotiations, and Proposals.

Contracts.

Negotiating the Contract.

Proposals: a Special Kind of Project.

The Proposal Process.

Typical Problems.

International Projects.

Highlights.

PART 2. PLANNING A PROJECT.

5. Why and How to Plan a Project.

Integrated Project Planning.

Using Computer Software During Project Planning.

"The Plan".

Applying Project Plans During Execution.

Project Planning is an Investment, Not an Expense.

Highlights.

6. The Work Breakdown Structure.

The Work Breakdown Structure.

The work Package and the WBS Dictionary.

Top-down Planning Approach for Developing the WBS.

Organizing the WBS for Completeness and Control.

Bottom-Up Planning Approach for Developing the WBS.

Validating the Work Scope.

Work Scope is Fundamental to Project Integration.

Highlights.

7. Scheduling.

Overview of Scheduling Formats.

Bar Charts.

Milestones.

Network Diagrams.

The Network Logic Diagram.

Why Use a Network Diagram?

Computer Software.

Helpful Hints.

Typical Problems.

Highlights.

8. Time Estimating and Compressing the Schedule.

Types of Time Estimates.

Earliest and Latest Start and Finish Times.

Typical Problems.

Highlights.

9. Cost Estimating and Budgeting.

Resource Planning.

Cost Estimating.

Project Cost System.

Budgeting Cost.

Computer Software.

Typical Problems.

Highlights.

10. The Impact of Limited Resources.

Resources.

Computer Software.

Time Versus Cost Trade-Off.

Typical Problems.

Highlights.

11. Risk and Contingency.

Ten Steps for Team-Based Risk Management.

Building a Culture for Good Decision Making.

Highlights.

PART 3. LEADING THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON A PROJECT.

12. Organizational Design for Delivering Projects.

Three Organizational Forms. Other Organizational Fo...