The Project Workout, 4th Edition

This interactive text takes the reader step-by-step through project management, acting as a valuable executive companion to delivering successful projects and managing portfolios of projects to drive a business forward.

Table of Contents

Part One: Challenges To Be Faced
Chapter 1 Challenges We Need To Face
Chapter 2 Advice The Best Organisations Give Us

Part Two: A Walk Through a Project
Chapter 3 The Project Framework: An Overview Of Its Gates And Stages
Chapter 4 Who Does What?
Chapter 5 The Proposal: Identify The Need!
Chapter 6 The Initial Investigation Stage: Have A Quick Look At It!
Chapter 7 The Detailed Investigation Stage: Promising . . .Let’S Have A Closer Look
Chapter 8 The Develop And Test Stage: Do It!
Chapter 9 The Trial Stage: Try It Out
Chapter 10 The Release Stage: Let’S Get Going!
Chapter 11 The Post-Implementation Review: How Did We Do?
Chapter 12 Applying The Staged Framework
Chapter 13 A Few Related Projects: Simple Programmes

Part Three: Dealing With Many Projects
Chapter 14 Portfolios Of Projects
Chapter 15 There Are Too Many Projects To Do!
Chapter 16 Have I Got The Resources?
Chapter 17 An Environment For Managing Your Portfolio

Part Four: Making Projects Work For You
Chapter 18 Project Teams And Style
Chapter 19 Project Setup
Chapter 20 Managing Benefits
Chapter 21 Managing The Schedule
Chapter 22 Managing The Finances
Chapter 23 Managing What Might Go Wrong (Or Right): Risks And Opportunities
Chapter 24 Managing What Has Gone Wrong (Or Right!): Issues
Chapter 25 Let’S Do It Differently!: Change Control
Chapter 26 Reviews And More Reviews
Chapter 27 Closing The Project

Part Five: Implementing the Framework
Chapter 28 Implementing The Framework