Synopses & Reviews
Project Management You've been given a project to manage--now what? Project Management provides you with twenty-four lessons detailing the fundamental skills of successful project management. From understanding the project manager's role to working within budgets and leading a team to understanding and becoming comfortable with the basic tools of project analysis, this latest addition to the popular McGraw-Hill Professional Education Series will show you how to:
Motivate your team * Develop a configuration plan * Perform financial analyses * Quantify and analyze risks * Manage communication channels * Maximize learning * Document goals and achievements * Perform a successful and seamless hand-off
Effective project management isn't easy. The payoff, however, is huge, both for your organization and your career. Project Management will give you the essential foundation knowledge you need to become a high-performing, well-regarded, and--in all likelihood--well-rewarded project manager.
Synopsis
Project Management reviews the steps in organizing and managing projects, from how to build a realistic schedule to how to measure both success and failure. Project Management discusses team building, timing, the planning process, estimating project costs, managing project interfaces, risk management, and more.
Synopsis
Project Management reviews the steps in organizingand managing projects, from how to build a realisticschedule to how to measure both success and failure.Project Management discusses team building, timing,the planning process, estimating project costs, managingproject interfaces, risk management, and more.
About the Author
Gary Heerkens is president of Management Solutions Group, a provider of project management educational solutions and organizational support.