Project Management from Simple to Complex

Table of Contents

• Licensing Information

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management

  • Project Management Defined
  • Project Defined
  • Project Context
  • Key Skills of the Project Manager
  • Introduction to the Project Management Knowledge Areas
  • Exercises
  • Web Exercise
  • Software and Technology Exercises

• Chapter 2: Project Profiling

  • Using a Project Profile
  • Project Profiling Models
  • Complex Systems and the Darnall-Preston Complexity Index
  • Darnall-Preston Complexity Index Structure
  • Exercises
  • Software and Technology Exercise

• Chapter 3: Project Phases and Organization

  • Project Phases
  • Project Organization
  • Using the Darnall-Preston Complexity Index to Measure Organizational Complexity
  • Exercises
  • Web Exercise

• Chapter 4: Understanding and Meeting Client Expectations

  • Including the Client
  • Understanding Values and Expectations
  • Dealing with Problems
  • Nurturing a Feeling of Satisfaction
  • Exercises
  • Web Exercises

• Chapter 5: Working with People on Projects

  • Working with Individuals
  • Working with Groups and Teams
  • Creating a Project Culture
  • Exercises
  • Web Exercises

• Chapter 6: Communication Technologies

  • Types of Communication
  • Selecting Software
  • Exercises
  • Web Exercise
  • Software and Technology Exercises

• Chapter 7: Starting a Project

  • Project Selection
  • Project Scope
  • Project Start-Up
  • Alignment Process
  • Communications Planning
  • Exercises
  • Software and Technology Exercise

• Chapter 8: Project Time Management

  • Types of Schedules
  • Elements of Time Management
  • Critical Path and Float
  • Managing the Schedule
  • Project Scheduling Software
  • Exercises
  • Software and Technology Exercises

• Chapter 9: Estimating and Managing Costs

  • Estimating Costs
  • Managing the Budget
  • Exercises
  • Software and Technology Exercise

• Chapter 10: Managing Project Quality

  • Quality and Statistics
  • Development of Quality as a Competitive Advantage
  • Relevance of Quality Programs to Project Quality
  • Planning and Controlling Project Quality
  • Assuring Quality
  • Exercises
  • Software and Technology Exercises

• Chapter 11: Managing Project Risk

  • Defining Risk
  • Risk Management Process
  • Project Risk by Phases
  • Project Risk and the Project Complexity Profile
  • Exercises
  • Web Exercise

• Chapter 12: Project Procurement and Closure

  • Identifying the Need for Resources Outside the Organization
  • Procurement Plan
  • Selecting the Type of Contract
  • Procurement Process
  • Project Closure
  • Exercises
  • Web Exercises