Leading Project Teams: The Basics of Project Management and Team Leadership [Paperback]

This practical book provides entry-level project tools and skills for newcomers to project management. It helps student teams become more effective at doing course projects by learning and applying project management tools and techniques. It also provides invaluable skills that students can utilize when they enter the workplace. Chapters focusing on project initiation and planning are followed by coverage of the human resource issues involved in project leadership and how to write up project reports. Appendices introduce the use of earned value analysis and show how critical paths are calculated.

This practical book provides entry-level project tools and skills for newcomers to project management. It helps student teams become more effective at doing course projects by learning and applying project management tools and techniques. It also provides invaluable skills that students can utilize when they enter the workplace. Chapters focusing on project initiation and planning are followed by coverage of the human resource issues involved in project leadership and how to write up project reports. Appendices introduce the use of earned value analysis and show how critical paths are calculated.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Determining the Direction and Initial Specifications of a Project
Chapter 3: The Work Breakdown Structure
Chapter 4: Project Scheduling
Chapter 5: Managing Project Risk
Chapter 6: Developing Project Teams
Chapter 7: The Project Team's Environment
Chapter 8: Leading Project Teams
Chapter 9: Writing Project Reports
Appendix A Calculating the Critical Path Using the Critical Path Method
Appendix B  Earned Value Analysis