Project Management for Mere Mortals

Claudia Baca

  • 出版商: Addison Wesley
  • 出版日期: 2007-06-01
  • 售價: $1,400
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,330
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 528
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0321423453
  • ISBN-13: 9780321423450
  • 相關分類: 專案管理 PM
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“Project Management for Mere Mortals is a must read for all project managers with responsibilities for large or small projects, regardless of industry or product. Baca has cleverly taken the (sometimes) difficult lexicon of project management and distilled it into easy-to-read, understandable concepts. Her case study examples lead Project Managers from Project Initiation through Project Close–and those between–with ease. In today’s growing discipline of Project Management, we must understand the potential hurdles and where to capitalize on prior knowledge. Baca is a Project Management guru. No person involved with the execution of projects should be without this book…ever.”

–Lisa Marie Jacobsen, CAPM, Project Manager, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

 

“Project Management for Mere Mortals is an excellent book for the beginning as well as the experienced project manager. At the elementary level, the concepts are clearly explained, and at the advanced level, hints and tips are explained that give new insight to the concepts. I especially liked the case studies that applied each chapter’s lessons.”

–Kaaren A. Walsh, PMP

 

“This book is an excellent learning tool for beginning Project Managers and a terrific resource for experienced Project Managers.”

–Janene A. Luders, PMP

 

Project Management for Mere Mortals® strips away the myths and mysteries of effective project management, giving you the skills, tools, and insights to succeed with your next project–and every project after that.

 

Long-time project manager and trainer, Claudia Baca, walks you through all five process groups of project management: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing. Baca examines each process group from the perspectives of the working project manager and team member, highlighting the organizational issues most likely to arise and offering proven solutions. For each process group, she presents tools you can start using right now–and demonstrates those tools at work in a realistic running case study.

This guide takes you from the absolute basics through advanced techniques, such as measures of performance and change control. You’ll learn how to

 

• Accurately scope projects and build workable timetables

• Create trustworthy budgets and use them to manage your project

• Organize work assignments for maximum efficiency

• Build project teams, and keep them motivated

• Intelligently assess quality goals, and decide “how good it has to be”

• Identify and mitigate the real risks your project will encounter

• Control changes and stay on track, no matter what surprises occur

• Close projects successfully, and learn lessons for future projects

• Gain crucial skills you’ll need for PMI certification

 

This book has been crafted to support professionals who are new (or almost new) to project management, as well as experienced project managers who want to handle complex projects and organizational politics more effectively. Whatever your role or assignment, it’s your fastest route to deep project management mastery.


 

Table of Contents

Foreword by Kim Heldman, PMP  xv

Preface  xvii

Acknowledgments  xxv

About the Author  xxvii

Chapter 1   Setting the Project Management Context  1

Chapter 2   You’ve Been Assigned a Project!  19

Chapter 3   How Big Is This Project?  53

Chapter 4   Laying Out the Work  99

Chapter 5   The Art of Estimating  131

Chapter 6   Quality–How Good Does It Have to Be?  169

Chapter 7   Communication–What Do You Think About My Project?  207

Chapter 8   Risk–What Should You Worry About?  257

Chapter 9   Creating the Schedule  291

Chapter 10 Budgeting–How Much?  331

Chapter 11 The Rhythm of Project Execution  369

Chapter 12 Keeping the Project on Track  397

Chapter 13 Controlling Changes  421

Chapter 14 Success!–Closing the Project  441

Answers to the Review Questions  457

Glossary  471

Bibliography  477

Index  479

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“《Project Management for Mere Mortals》是所有負責大型或小型專案的專案經理必讀的書籍,無論行業或產品如何。Baca巧妙地將專案管理的(有時)困難術語提煉成易於閱讀、易於理解的概念。她的案例研究示例使專案經理能夠輕鬆地從專案啟動到專案結束,以及其中的各個階段。在當今不斷發展的專案管理學科中,我們必須了解潛在的障礙以及如何利用先前的知識。Baca是一位專案管理大師。任何參與專案執行的人都不能沒有這本書...永遠不行。”


–Lisa Marie Jacobsen, CAPM, 專案經理, Pennsylvania州紐敦廣場


 


“《Project Management for Mere Mortals》是一本對於初學者和有經驗的專案經理都非常優秀的書籍。在初級水平上,概念被清晰地解釋,而在高級水平上,解釋了提示和技巧,為概念提供了新的見解。我特別喜歡應用每個章節教訓的案例研究。”


–Kaaren A. Walsh, PMP


 


“這本書是初學者專案經理的優秀學習工具,也是有經驗的專案經理的寶貴資源。”


–Janene A. Luders, PMP


 


《Project Management for Mere Mortals®》揭示了有效專案管理的神秘和迷思,為您提供成功完成下一個專案以及以後每個專案所需的技能、工具和見解。


 


長期從事專案管理和培訓的Claudia Baca,引導您通過專案管理的五個過程群組:啟動、計劃、執行、監控和控制、結束。Baca從專案經理和團隊成員的角度檢視每個過程群組,突出最有可能出現的組織問題並提供經過驗證的解決方案。對於每個過程群組,她提供了您可以立即開始使用的工具,並在一個真實的案例研究中展示這些工具的運作。


本指南將帶您從基礎知識到高級技巧,例如績效衡量和變更控制。您將學習如何:


 


• 準確界定專案範圍並建立可行的時間表


• 建立可信賴的預算並使用它們來管理您的專案


• 組織工作分配以實現最大效率


• 建立專案團隊並保持他們的積極性


• 智能評估品質目標,並決定“它必須有多好”


• 確定並減輕專案將遇到的真實風險


• 控制變更並保持進度,無論發生什麼意外


• 成功結束專案,並從中吸取教訓以應用於未來專案


• 獲得PMI認證所需的關鍵技能


 


這本書提供了實用的工具和策略,幫助您成為一位優秀的專案經理,並在各種專案中取得成功。