Successful project management [[electronic resource] /] / Trevor L Young

• Autore: Young Trevor L (Trevor Leonard), <1940->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Kogan Page Limited, 2006
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: vii, 158, [1] p. : ill
• Disciplina: 658.4/04
• Soggetto topico: Project management; Time management
• Note generali: Title from title screen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 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 -- The climate for success -- Why do initiatives appear to fail? -- Some definitions -- Projects - are they just an accident? -- What's the current climate? -- What influences the climate? -- The operating climate for success -- The key activities -- Defined roles and responsibilities- the key players -- Influence of organisationalculture -- The project process- key steps for success -- The project phases -- The phase gates -- The phase gate - a constraint? -- The key steps to success -- Project conception and start-up -- Selecting the right project -- The start-up process -- Customer needs and expectations -- Customer satisfaction -- Identifying the project constraints -- Assumptions -- The kick-off meeting -- Recording essential information -- The definition phase -- The project brief and specification -- Defining the project -- Risk assessment -- Getting your project definition approved -- 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? -- 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 -- 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 -- Launching and executing the project -- Preparing for project execution -- The control environment -- Monitoring the progress -- Managing the issues arising -- Tracking your project -- Control the costs -- Closure and postprojectevaluation -- Project drift -- Set the completion criteria -- The acceptance process checklist -- The closeout meeting -- Post-project evaluation -- And finally... -- Standard formats for data recording -- Further reading.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Successful project management
• ISBN: 1-280-86938-0; 9786610869381; 0-7494-5189-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996339136903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Creating success.