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The everyday project manager : a primer for learning the principles of successful project management / by Jeremy Nicholls.

By: Nicholls, Jeremy [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (xv, 234 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781000191677; 1000191672; 9781000191653; 1000191656; 9781000191660; 1000191664; 9780367817381; 0367817381Subject(s): Project management | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations ManagementDDC classification: 658.404 LOC classification: HD69.P75 | N53 2021Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement

Contents:

Introduction Part One: What Is The Everyday Project Manager?Introduction Part Two: Some Project Management DefinitionsPhase 1: Project Start-upChapter 1: What are we doing here?: The Vision, Benefits and ObjectivesChapter 2: The trade-off: We offer three kinds of serviceChapter 3: Project scope: Defining the requirementsChapter 4: Roles and Responsibilities: I'm putting the team back together for one last jobPhase 2: DesignChapter 5: The best laid plans: Planning & estimating your projectChapter 6: How much?!: Budgeting and Cost ManagementChapter 7: Control mechanisms: Setting up your Project GovernancePhase 3: Build & ExecuteChapter 8: Hell is other people: Managing the teamPhase 4: Project Closure & Lessons LearnedChapter 9: Managing uncertainty: a brief introduction to risk managementChapter 10: In extremis: how to manage difficult projectsAppendicesIn summary: delivering a project in three pagesKey information for Every (Everyday) Project

Summary: The best organizations, and even the best departments within organizations, have a roadmap: a clear vision of where they would like to be and the means by which they will get there. This roadmap drives the everyday activity of the company as well as any change it makes both internally and externally. And it is what drives projects. In fact, it is arguable that success in business is almost wholly reliant on an ability to implement change effectively - whether it is a computer system that gives you the edge on your competitor, bringing a new product to market, adopting new ways of working, or completely redefining the approach your company takes. Success and survival in business relies on change and the way that business implements change is through projects. Therefore, if you work in the world of business, sooner or later the chances are that you will be involved in a project, as a stakeholder, advisor, sponsor or possibly running it - as the project manager. In The Everyday Project Manager, author and project management expert Jeremy Nicholls shares the key attributes and skills of successful project management and describes the practical skills that will enhance project delivery regardless of your level of experience. The skills and concepts detailed in this book can be easily understood and implemented. They are "everyday" (that is, commonplace) skills, but they are skills and the concepts that the best project managers use every day. Each chapter details the concepts, practices, and tools that readers will use to build their proficiency in every phase of delivering a project efficiently and effectively.

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Includes index.

The best organizations, and even the best departments within organizations, have a roadmap: a clear vision of where they would like to be and the means by which they will get there. This roadmap drives the everyday activity of the company as well as any change it makes both internally and externally. And it is what drives projects. In fact, it is arguable that success in business is almost wholly reliant on an ability to implement change effectively - whether it is a computer system that gives you the edge on your competitor, bringing a new product to market, adopting new ways of working, or completely redefining the approach your company takes. Success and survival in business relies on change and the way that business implements change is through projects. Therefore, if you work in the world of business, sooner or later the chances are that you will be involved in a project, as a stakeholder, advisor, sponsor or possibly running it - as the project manager. In The Everyday Project Manager, author and project management expert Jeremy Nicholls shares the key attributes and skills of successful project management and describes the practical skills that will enhance project delivery regardless of your level of experience. The skills and concepts detailed in this book can be easily understood and implemented. They are "everyday" (that is, commonplace) skills, but they are skills and the concepts that the best project managers use every day. Each chapter details the concepts, practices, and tools that readers will use to build their proficiency in every phase of delivering a project efficiently and effectively.

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