Project management survival a practical guide to leading, managing & delivering challenging projects /

• Main Author: Jones, Richard, 1964-
• Corporate Author: Gale Group.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London, England : Kogan Page, c2007.
• Series: Gale virtual reference library
• Subjects: Project management.; Teams in the workplace > Management.
• Online Access: Available for Universiti Teknologi MARA via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access

Offers practical advice on getting to the truth of a project, getting the right initial plan, developing a genuinely workable plan, and managing people so the project stays on track.

Table of Contents:

• What are projects and why do they fail?
• Dead project walking - why some projects must be killed
• Diagnosing an existing project
• Leading projects
• Project scope and initiation
• Agreeing objectives
• Milestones
• Refining milestones
• Activities/work breakdown structure
• Assigning resources
• Time estimation
• Resource availability
• Dependencies
• Risk and mitigation
• Optimizing the plan
• Roles, responsibilities and communication
• Updating the plan
• Monitoring progress
• Handling issues
• Controlling change
• Reporting
• Project closure.