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10 Minute Guide to Project Management

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Lesson 1. So You're Going to Manage a Project?

The Elements of a Project

Project Planning

Implementation

Control

Possible Project Players

Lesson 2. What Makes a Good Project Manager?

A Doer, not a Bystander

Many Hats All the Time

Principles To Steer You

Seven Ways to Succeed as a Project Manager

Seven Ways to Fail as a Project Manager

Lesson 3. What Do You Want to Accomplish?

To Lead and to Handle Crises

Key Questions

Okay, So What are We Attempting to Do?

Tasks Versus Outcomes

Telling Questions

Desired Outcomes that Lend Themselves to Project Management

Lesson 4. Laying Out Your Plan

No Surprises

The Holy Grail and the Golden Fleece

From Nothing to Something

Lesson 5. Assembling Your Plan

The Critical Path for Completing the WBS

The Chicken or the Egg?

Is Planning Itself a Task?

What About Your Hours?

Internal Resources Versus External Resources

Helping Your Staff When It's Over

What Kinds of Tasks Comprise the WBS?

Keeping the Big Picture in Mind

The Big Picture Versus Endless Minutia

From Planning to Monitoring

Lesson 6. Keeping Your Eye on the Budget

Money Still Doesn't Grow on Trees

Experience Pays

Traditional Approaches to Budgeting