Lessons in Project Management [Paperback]

Most of the project management books on the market are basically textbooks. They are dry to begin with, and don't focus on the practical advice that most people need to run their projects. Lessons in Project Management, Second Edition?does not assume that?you are a project manager building a nuclear reactor or sending a man to the moon. Instead, it focuses on the millions of people who manage normal, medium-to-large projects on an ongoing basis.

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Each case study in Lessons in Project Management contains an?accessible, easy-to-read?analysis of the challenges of?real-world project management. Each problem is presented, then?followed by an examination of the solution, written in easy-to-understand language.

The format allows you to more easily relate?to the book, since it brings into play a project scenario with practical project management lessons to be learned. You'll also recognize recurring characters who appear in multiple stories, and you'll start to develop some empathy for?and interest in their struggles.

1. Understand the Characteristics of a Project?
2. Always Have an Identified and Committed Sponsor
3. Report Status on All Projects?
4. Focus on Deadline Dates?
5. Apply Some Level of Project Management Discipline
6. Define and Plan the Work
7. Dont Microbuild or Micromanage the Workplan?
8. Hire a Diverse Project Team
9. Define the Many Aspects of What Is In Scope and Out of Scope?
10. Use the Big Three Documents
11. Use Scope Change Management
12. Collect Metrics
13. Give Performance Feedback Routinely
14. Ensure Issues Management Is Everyones Responsibility?
15. Shorten Long Meetings to Sharpen the Focus?
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