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Tables of Contents for Ten Minute Guide to Project Management
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
vii
So You're Going to Manage a Project?
1
12
The Elements of a Project
1
7
Project Planning
8
2
Implementation
10
1
Control
11
1
Possible Project Players
11
2
What Makes a Good Project Manager?
13
14
A Doer, not a Bystander
13
1
Many Hats All the Time
14
2
Principles To Steer You
16
5
Seven Ways to Succeed as a Project Manager
21
2
Seven Ways to Fail as a Project Manager
23
4
What Do You Want to Accomplish?
27
9
To Lead and to Handle Crises
27
1
Key Questions
28
1
Okay, So What are We Attempting to Do?
29
2
Tasks Versus Outcomes
31
1
Telling Questions
32
1
Desired Outcomes that Lend Themselves to Project Management
33
3
Laying Out Your Plan
36
18
No Surprises
36
2
The Holy Grail and the Golden Fleece
38
1
From Nothing to Something
38
16
Assembling Your Plan
54
13
The Critical Path for Completing the WBS
54
2
The Chicken or the Egg?
56
1
Is Planning Itself a Task?
57
1
What About Your Hours?
58
1
Internal Resources Versus External Resources
59
1
Helping Your Staff When It's Over
59
2
What Kinds of Tasks Comprise the WBS?
61
2
Keeping the Big Picture in Mind
63
1
The Big Picture Versus Endless Minutia
64
1
From Planning to Monitoring
65
2
Keeping Your Eye on the Budget
67
13
Money Still Doesn't Grow on Trees
67
2
Experience Pays
69
1
Traditional Approaches to Budgeting
70
2
Traditional Measures
72
5
Systematic Budgeting Problems
77
3
Gantt Charts
80
9
Chart Your Progress
80
3
Variations on a Theme
83
1
Embellishments Offer Detail
84
3
Getting a Project Back on Track
87
1
Thinking Ahead
88
1
PERT/CPM Charts
89
15
Projects Can Get Complex
89
2
Enter the PERT and CPM
91
1
A Short Course
92
5
What If Things Change?
97
1
I Feel the Need, the Need for Speed
97
2
Let's Network
99
1
Me and My Arrow
100
1
Don't Fall in Love with the Technology
101
3
Reporting Results
104
11
More Communications Channels Lead to Less Accessibility
104
9
Incorporate the Thoughts of Others
113
2
Choosing Project Management Software
115
13
With the Click of a Mouse
115
1
Leave a Good Thing Alone
116
1
Whose Choice Is It?
117
2
What's Your Pleasure?
119
1
Dedicated PM Software
120
2
How Will You Use PM Software?
122
6
A Sampling of Popular Programs
128
11
Yesterday's News
128
2
Armed and Online
130
9
Multiple Bosses, Multiple Projects, Multiple Headaches
139
9
Participating on More Than One Project at a Time
139
1
Complexity Happens
140
1
A Diffuse Pattern
141
1
A Tale of Two Offices
141
2
Extravagance is Not Necessary
143
1
Reporting to More Than One Boss at a Time
143
2
Workaholic For Hire
145
3
A Construction Mini-Case
148
10
Helping Construction Site Managers to be More Effective
148
1
Let's Assign It to a Project Manager
149
1
Arm Chair Analysis Versus Onsite Observation
150
1
Tower of Babel
151
7
Learning from Your Experience
158
8
Life Is Learning, and So Are Projects
158
2
Master the Software
160
1
Keep Your Eyes Open
161
1
Preparing for the Next Project
162
4
A Glossary
166
4
B Further Reading
170
3
Index
173