Successful Project Management Applying Best Practices and Real-World Techniques with Microsoft® Project
Learn best practices and proven methods from project management professionals-and apply these skills as you work with Microsoft® Project. In this practical guide, project management expert Bonnie Biafore shows you how to manage projects efficiently and effectively, sharing the real-world experience...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sebastopol :
Microsoft Press
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Business Skills
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628279506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Copyright; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Contents; Introduction; Getting a Project Started; Meet Project Management; What Is a Project?; A Unique Endeavor; A Specific Goal; Clear-Cut Start and Finish Dates; Within Budget; Something's Gotta Give; What Is Project Management?; Project Management Processes; The Benefits of Project Management; Bottom-Line Benefits; Benefits for the Project Team; Summary; Obtaining Approval for a Project; Summarizing a Project; Defining the Problem; Identifying the Problem; Documenting the Problem; Project Goal and Objectives; Types of Objectives
- Characteristics of Good ObjectivesProject Strategy; Identifying Alternatives; Factors for Selecting a Project Strategy; Choosing the Project Strategy; Gathering Requirements; Deliverables; Success Criteria; The Scope Statement; Preventing Scope Creep; Assumptions and Risks; Working with Project Stakeholders; Identifying Stakeholders; How Planning Tasks Help Identify Stakeholders; Project Customer; Project Sponsor; Functional Manager; Team Member; Project Manager; Documenting Project Stakeholders; Obtaining and Maintaining Commitment; The Project Charter: Publicizing a Project; Summary
- Planning a ProjectPlanning to Achieve Success; What Is Project Planning?; Pointing the Team in the Right Direction; Tracking Progress; Plans Change; Project Planning Step by Step; The Components of a Project Implementation Plan; Summary; Building a Work Breakdown Structure; What's a Work Breakdown Structure?; The Benefits of a WBS; Building a WBS; How to Build a WBS from the Top Down; When to Stop Building a WBS; Building a WBS from the Bottom Up; Recording a WBS; Creating the WBS in Project; Pasting Tasks into Project; Detailing Work Packages; Summary; Project Resources
- The Responsibility MatrixResponsibility Levels; Creating a Responsibility Matrix; The Project Organization Chart; Putting a Project Team Together; Creating Resources in Project; Types of Resources; Adding Resources to Project; Resource Information; Summary; Building a Project Schedule; Estimating; Duration or Effort?; Sensible Estimating Practices; Top-Down Planning; Defining the Sequence of Work; Types of Task Dependencies; Identifying the Correct Dependency Type; Creating Task Dependencies; Keeping Dependencies Flexible; Setting Specific Start and Finish Dates; Setting Deadlines
- Adding Schedule MilestonesTypes of Milestones; Creating Milestones; Assigning Resources to Tasks; Assigning Resources in the Task Sheet; Assigning Resources in the Task Form; Using the Assign Resources Dialog Box; Building Reality into a Schedule; Accounting for Nonproject Time; Adjusting Tasks for Resource Productivity; Managing Part-Time Workers and Multitaskers; Scheduling Around Nonworking Time; Shortening a Project Schedule; The Fast-Track to an Early Finish; Choosing Tasks to Fast-Track; Partial Overlaps; Running Tasks in Parallel; A Crash Course on Project Crashing; Reducing Scope
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