Synopses & Reviews
How to manage any project on just one piece of paperThe New One-Page Project Manager demonstrates how to efficiently and effectively communicate essential elements of a project's status. The hands of a pocket watch reveal the time of day without following every spring, cog, and movement behind the face. Similarly, an OPPM template reduces any project—no matter how large or complicated—to a simple one-page document, perfect for communicating to upper management and other project stakeholders. Now in its Second Edition, this practical guide, currently saving time and effort in thousands of organizations worldwide, has itself been simplified, then refined and extended to include the innovative AgileOPPM™.
- This Second Edition will include new material and updates including an introduction of the ground-breaking AgileOPPM™ and an overview of MyOPPM™ template builder, available on-line
- Includes references throughout the book to the affiliated sections in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
- Shows templates for the Project Management Office (PMO)
This new and updated Second Edition will help you master the one-page approach to both traditional project management and Agile project management.
Synopsis
The One-Page Project Manager shows you how to boil down any project into a simple, one-page document that can be used to communicate all essential details to upper management, other departments, suppliers, and audiences. This practical guide will save time and effort, helping you identify the vital parts of a project and communicate those parts and duties to other team members.
The second edition will include new material and updates including
- References throughout the book to the affiliated sections in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
- An even more efficient presentation, removing superfluous illustrations
- New templates are available at no cost, and some which may be purchased online
- Access to the MyOPPM template builder, available on-line
- Color templates
- A chapter showing specific examples of OPPMs from different industries, companies, organizations, and project types
- A chapter showing how to use OPPMs independently and collectively for groups of projects.
Synopsis
Display the Project Plan and Communicate Performance—On a Single Sheet of Paper!The New One-Page Project Manager templates reduce any project – large or small, traditional or Agile - to a simple one-page document, perfect for communicating both the project plan, and then performance to that plan. Now in its latest edition, this practical guide, currently saving time and effort in thousands of organizations worldwide, has itself been refined. It now includes references to the PMBOK, the innovative AgileOPPM™, and introduces the online MyOPPM™ template builder. This is seriously simple project communication at its best.
About the Author
Clark A. Campbell, PHD, is the award-winning author and architect of the OPPM. He has advised corporations around the world on project communication with his passion for the power and simplicity of
The One-Page Project Manager.
Mick Campbell, Managing Partner of OPPM international, is a recognized authority in traditional and Agile project management. He is a former telecom vice president who has certified project professionals worldwide and advised hundreds of companies large and small.
Table of Contents
FOREWORD by Eric Verzuh ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
INTRODUCTION xvii
CHAPTER 1—THE NECESSITY OF SIMPLICITY AND THE POWER OF VISUALS 1
CHAPTER 2—OPPM IS ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION 15
CHAPTER 3—WHAT IS THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER? 25
CHAPTER 4—A TRADITIONAL PROJECT 37
CHAPTER 5—THE 12 CONSTRUCTION STEPS FOR A TRADITIONAL OPPM 53
CHAPTER 6—THE FIVE REPORTING STEPS FOR A TRADITIONAL OPPM, OR OPPM IN ACTION 101
CHAPTER 7—AN AGILE PROJECT: FIVE ESSENTIAL PARTS OF AN AGILE PROJECT 119
CHAPTER 8—THE 12 CONSTRUCTION STEPS FOR AN AGILE OPPM 133
CHAPTER 9—THE SEVEN REPORTING STEPS FOR AN AGILE OPPM 155
CHAPTER 10—THINKING ABOUT PROJECTS 165
CHAPTER 11—THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE 179
CHAPTER 12—CONSULTING AND MARKETING WITH THE OPPM 197
APPENDIX A—THE ONE-PAGE OPPM 207
APPENDIX B—OPPM AND THE PMBOK 211
INDEX 219