Improving Your Project Management Skills, 2nd Edition

If a full-fledged project management course doesn’t fit your schedule or your budget, check out the new edition of “Improving Your Project Management Skills”. Based on the hugely popular American Management Association seminar of the same name, this ultrapractical reference offers powerful and repeatable project initiatives that improve processes, streamline productivity, and cut costs dramatically. You’ll get tools, tips, charts, lists, and never-fail advice for: planning and budgeting; defining project scope; project scheduling; implementation; performance measurement; leadership and staff issues; work breakdown structures; alignment with business goals; risk assessment and management; communication; and, project closure. Now completely revised and updated, the book is consistent with the most recent edition of “A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK[registered])” and includes dozens of current practices and real-world examples. Equal parts learning tool and workplace reference, “Improving Your Project Management Skills” puts the power of a world-class project management seminar right in your hands.

Table of Contents

PART 1: PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1. The Core Concepts

PART 2: INITIATING
Chapter 2. Defining and Authorizing the Project

PART 3: PLANNING
Chapter 3. Collecting Requirements and Defining Scope
Chapter 4. Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
Chapter 5. Defining and Sequencing Activities
Chapter 6. Estimating Activities
Chapter 7. Scheduling Activities
Chapter 8. Identifying Resources and Budgets
Chapter 9. Compiling the Major Components of a Project Plan

PART 4: EXECUTING, MONITORING, AND CONTROLLING
Chapter 10. Executing Projects
Chapter 11. Monitoring and Controlling Projects
Chapter 12. Leading and Directing Project Teams
Chapter 13. Managing Risk

PART 5: CLOSING
Chapter 14. Closing a Project

Appendix A: Learning Resources
Appendix B: Glossary