The Project Management Pocketbook

Keith Posner, Mike Applegarth

Publisher: Management Pocketbooks, 1999 , 110 pages

ISBN: 1-870471-63-6

Synopsis:

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For team leaders and team members, a pocketful of tips, techniques and tools for efficient and effective task management.

Table of Contents:

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• Introduction
  Who the book is for
  
• What is a Project?
  Project definition, project management cycle
  
• Scoping the Project
  Setting objectives, SWOT, force-field analysis and information gathering
  
• Planning the Project
  Considering options, 5M analysis, Gantt charts and PERT diagrams
  
• Implementing the Plan
  Control point identification, the participative approach, communication, the change process
  
• Evaluating the Project
  McKinsey's 7S model, questions to ask
  
• Projecting with People
  Advice for a new project leader/member, MORALE, selling the benefits
  
• References