Download or read book Project Manager s Spotlight on Change Management written by Claudia M. Baca and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-09-17 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear-Cut Ways to Manage Inevitable Project Changes If you're a typical project manager, you're probably aware of the importance of change management but may not have the time or expertise to develop a full-blown plan. Here's a quick and practical guide to applying the disciplines of proven change management practices without the rigor of complex processes. Part of the Project Manager's Spotlight series from Harbor Light Press, this straightforward book offers solutions to real-life project change scenarios. Author Claudia Baca highlights critical components of change control and equips you with tools, techniques, checklists, and templates you can put to use immediately. By following a realistic case study from start to finish, you'll see how a project manager deals with each concept. Ultimately, this book will help you establish effective guidelines for dealing with change and provide you the flexibility to minimize disruptions and derailments. Project Manager's Spotlight on Change Management teaches you how to: Define roles and responsibilities of the change management team Build a process flow one step at a time Design your own change management system Process exceptions and escalations Create the necessary documentation

Download or read book Project Manager s Spotlight on Planning written by Catherine A. Tomczyk and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear-Cut Ways to Manage Project Planning If you're a typical project manager, you're probably aware of the importance of planning but may not have the time or expertise to develop a full-blown strategy. Here's a quick and practical guide to applying the disciplines of proven planning practices without the rigor of complex processes. Part of the Project Manager's Spotlight series from Harbor Light Press, this straightforward book offers solutions to real-life planning scenarios. Author Catherine Tomczyk highlights critical components of project planning and equips you with tools, techniques, checklists, and templates you can put to use immediately. By following a realistic case study from start to finish, you'll see how a project manager deals with each task. Ultimately, this book will help you accurately estimate time and resource requirements, enabling you to implement successful projects. Project Manager's Spotlight on Planning teaches you how to Define project objectives, goals, scope, and requirements Draft plans to manage risk, quality, and procurement Build your dream team Finalize estimates and budgets Create the project schedule And much more!

Download or read book The Accidental Project Manager written by Patricia Ensworth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2001-08-09 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do so many software projects fail? The reality is that many of these projects are led by programmers or developers thrown into the role of project manager without the necessary skills or training to see a project through successfully. Patricia Ensworth has written a hands-on survival guide designed to rescue the "accidental project manager" and help them to quickly ramp up on all key areas involved in software project management. This book provides a no-nonsense, jargon-free approach to getting the job done. With the help of useful templates, checklists, and sample forms, as well as pointers to essential resources, Ensworth gives concise, easy-to-understand advice on everything needed to hit the ground running--including phases of project development, role assignment in the development team, the tools of the trade, and criteria for success.

Download or read book Project Manager s Spotlight on Risk Management written by Kim Heldman and published by Wiley + ORM. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear-Cut Ways to Manage Project Risk If you're a typical project manager, you're probably aware of the importance of risk management but may not have the time or expertise to develop a full-blown plan. This book is a quick and practical guide to applying the disciplines of proven risk management practices without the rigor of complex processes. Part of the Project Manager's Spotlight series from Harbor Light Press, this straightforward book offers solutions to real-life risk scenarios. Inside, best-selling author Kim Heldman highlights critical components of risk management and equips you with tools, techniques, checklists, and templates you can put to use immediately. By following a realistic case study from start to finish, you'll see how a project manager deals with each concept. Ultimately, this book will help you anticipate, prevent, and alleviate major project risks. Project Manager's Spotlight on Risk Management teaches you how to Look for and document risk Anticipate why projects fail Prevent scope and schedule risks Analyze and prioritize risks Develop, implement, and monitor risk response plans And much more!

Download or read book ADKAR written by Jeff Hiatt and published by Prosci. This book was released on 2006 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his first complete text on the ADKAR model, Jeff Hiatt explains the origin of the model and explores what drives each building block of ADKAR. Learn how to build awareness, create desire, develop knowledge, foster ability and reinforce changes in your organization. The ADKAR Model is changing how we think about managing the people side of change, and provides a powerful foundation to help you succeed at change.

Download or read book Managing Change in Organizations written by Project Management Institute and published by Project Management Institute. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Change in Organizations: A Practice Guide is unique in that it integrates two traditionally disparate world views on managing change: organizational development/human resources and portfolio/program/project management. By bringing these together, professionals from both worlds can use project management approaches to effectively create and manage change. This practice guide begins by providing the reader with a framework for creating organizational agility and judging change readiness.

Download or read book Project Management for Mere Mortals written by Claudia Baca and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2007-06-25 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book Case Studies in Project Program and Organizational Project Management written by Dragan Z. Milosevic and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ever expanding market need for information on how to apply project management principles and the PMBOK® contents to day-to-day business situations has been met by our case studies book by Harold Kerzner. That book was a spin-off from and ancillary to his best selling text but has gained a life of its own beyond adopters of that textbook. All indications are that the market is hungry for more cases while our own need to expand the content we control, both in-print and online woudl benefit from such an expansion of project management "case content". The authors propose to produce a book of cases that compliment Kerzner's book. A book that offers cases beyond the general project management areas and into PMI®'s growth areas of program management and organizational project management. The book will be structured to follow the PMBOK in coverage so that it can not only be used to supplement project management courses, but also for self sudy and training courses for the PMP® Exam. (PMI, PMBOK, PMP, and Project Management Professional are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.)

Download or read book Program Management for Improved Business Results written by Dragan Z. Milosevic and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need for information on program management is more critical now than ever before. PMIs development of a new standard on program management is driving even greater interest. At the same time, there are few books covering the subject, which provide practical answers, benchmarks, and case studies, however, this book fills the gap. The authors focus on both the macro level of integrating projects and portfolios into the business strategy and the micro level of managing a single program. It contains 6 issue-oriented cases weaved throughout the text, and an additional 5 comprehensive cases in the appendix. The result is a blueprint for the successful implementation of program management.

Download or read book The Social Project Manager written by Peter Taylor and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Project Manager describes a non-traditional way of organising projects, managing project performance and progress. The aim being to deliver, at the enterprise level, a common goal for the business; one that harnesses the performance advantages of a collaborative community. Social elements help mitigate the constraints associated with the control aspect of project management, which is essential for governance. Team collaboration, problem solving and engagement in projects will never come from technology alone but require careful management. Peter Taylor draws on research from projects and the worlds of social media and communication to paint a vivid and practical guide to the why and how of social project management. There is no simple template for you to follow; instead he provides an explanation of the benefits, the tools and the constraints so that readers can navigate through to an approach that is sensitive to the culture of their organization and the nature of the projects that they run. Alongside the author’s ideas, the text features advice and case examples from many of the leading technology providers. The Social Project Manager is a very-readable and down-to-earth guide from one of the most highly-regarded practitioners and commentators on the world of project management.

Download or read book Spotlight on the USA written by Randee Falk and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 1994-05-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book consists of high-interest reading passages on prominent regions across the United States. Each unit is divided into separate readings focusing on topics such as the history, geography, famous personalities, economics and culture of the particular region. Illustrations and photographs in each passage heighten students' interest. Puzzles and games at the end of each passage reinforce the topics and vocabulary. Regular discussion points encourage cross-cultural comparisons. Glossaries at the end of every unit provide students with concise, easy-to-understand definitions. Maps featured throughout the text help students locate the areas highlighted in the readings.

Download or read book Project Management in Health and Community Services written by Zhanming Liang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project management is recognised as a core competency across health and community services environments, yet it can be challenging for new project staff and practitioners to balance the needs of stakeholders and ensure the best outcome for everyone involved. This wholly revised edition of Project Management in Health and Community Services presents the tools and techniques for effective practice, offering practical problem-solving strategies for managing projects based on real-life scenarios. The expert authors use case studies and examples from the field to illustrate topics such as the project life cycle, project planning, execution and evaluation, risk management, handling change and building effective teams. This edition also features a new chapter on the importance of incorporating evaluation into project design and implementation, and how evaluation can impact on future project design and development. Written by highly experienced authors and underpinned by the latest research, this is an essential resource for anyone studying or working in health and community services.

Download or read book PMP Project Management Professional Exam Review Guide written by Kim Heldman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date, concentrated study aide aimed at preparing you for PMP certification The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is the one of the most desired certification in today's IT marketplace. Candidates are required to have thousands of hours of Project Management experience even before taking the PMP exam. As the ideal reading companion to PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide, 6th Edition, this essential review gives you that extra preparation you need to approach the grueling PMP exam with confidence. More than 120 review questions, two bonus exams, electronic flashcards, and a searchable electronic key term database all contribute to your preparation for taking the PMP exam. Works hand in hand with PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide, 6th Edition Maps to the five domain areas of the PMP exam: initiating the project, planning the project, executing the project, monitoring and controlling the project, and closing the project Features an accompanying CD that has the Sybex Test Engine, electronic flashcards, and a searchable PDF of key terms If you're looking to be as prepared as possible before taking the 200-question, 4-hour PMP exam, then this review guide is a must-read.

Download or read book PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide written by Kim Heldman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-07-14 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're a current project manager seeking to validate the skills and knowledge acquired through years of practical experience or a newcomer to the PM field looking to strengthen your resume, the PMP® certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI®) provides you with the means to do so. This updated edition of the best-selling PMP®: Project Management Professional Study Guide was developed to help you prepare for this challenging exam, and includes additional study tools designed to reinforce understanding of critical subject areas. Key Topics Include: Project Initiation. Determining project goals, identifying constraints and assumptions, defining strategies, producing documentation. Project Planning. Refining a project, creating a WBS, developing a resource management plan, establishing controls, obtaining approval. Project Execution. Committing and implementing resources, managing and communicating progress, implementing quality assurance procedures. Project Control. Measuring Performance, taking corrective action, ensuring compliance, reassessing control plans, responding to risk event triggers. Project Closing. Documenting lessons learned, facilitating closure, preserving records and tools, releasing resources. Professional Responsibility. Ensuring integrity, contributing to knowledge base, balancing stakeholder interests, respecting differences. Note:CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. (PMI, PMP and Project Management Professional are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.)

Download or read book PMP Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide written by Kim Heldman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: The book included the incorrect URL to access the online test banks provided with the purchase of this book. The correct URL is: www.wiley.com/go/sybextestprep. The ultimate PMP preparation and self-study experience, updated to align with the new PMBOK® Guide, 6th Edition The PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide, Ninth Edition, provides comprehensive review for the Project Management Institute's (PMI) PMP certification exam. This new ninth edition has been completely revised to align with the latest version of the exam, which includes new tasks that reflect changes to best practices, the role of the project manager, and the growing importance of agile and other adaptive and iterative practices. Detailed discussion draws from the latest A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), 6th edition, to provide the most up-to-date information on critical topics, while hands-on exercises provide insight on real-world implementation. Receive one year of free access to the Sybex online interactive learning environment, to help you prepare with superior study tools, rigorous chapter tests, and two practice exams that allows you to gauge your readiness and avoid surprises on exam day. The PMP certification is arguably the most desired skill in the IT marketplace, but its reach extends into a variety of other industries. Candidates must have extensive project management experience to qualify, but comprehensive study materials, aligned with the PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition, are essential to success on the exam. This study guide provides everything you need to ensure thorough preparation and full exam-day confidence. Study 100% of the objectives for the latest PMP exam Practice applying PMP concepts to real-world scenarios Test your understanding with comprehensive review questions Access online chapter tests, practice exams, electronic flashcards, and more Companies are demanding more of project managers than ever before: skills in technical management, leadership, strategic management, and business management make you more competitive, and the PMP exam reflects their increasing relevance in a rapidly-evolving field. When you're ready to take the next step for your career, the PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide, Ninth Edition, is your ideal companion for ultimate PMP preparation. To register for access to the online test banks included with the purchase of this book, please visit: www.wiley.com/go/sybextestprep.

Download or read book Managing Projects in Organizations written by J. Davidson Frame and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-11-20 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this third edition of Managing Projects in Organizations, J. Davidson Frame updates and expands on his classic book to provide an accessible introduction to the field of project management. Drawing on more than twenty-five years of consulting and training experience, Frame's most current edition of his landmark book includes a wealth of new topics, including: Managing virtual teams The evolving concept of the project manager's role Comanaged project teams The project office Project portfolios Web-based project management International project management

Download or read book Best Practices for Managing BPI Projects written by Gina Abudi and published by J. Ross Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Best Practices for Managing BPI Projects provides process improvement project managers with a toolkit of good ideas and practices that will give them a real step up on mastering this critical discipline. I highly recommend it!” —Paul Harmon, Executive Editor, BPTrends, Author, Business Process Change, 3rd Edition “Based on real-world experience, this book provides a no-nonsense practical approach to running successful business process improvement projects, including the added complexity of managing organizational change. It has lots of useful templates, checklists, anecdotes, and practical advice to ensure your project executes as smoothly as possible.” —Alexey Gerasimov, CTO, My Event Guru, Inc. While there are numerous project management books on the market and a number on business processes and initiatives, there has been a lack of comprehensive guides to successfully manage business process improvement (BPI) projects, until now. BPI projects are some of the most difficult and challenging to manage. Improving results for the business is not an easy task! Doing so requires understanding the vision and long-term goals of an organization. It also requires the ability to engage stakeholders and manage change. Best Practices for Managing BPI Projects is a guide for project managers who want to improve how they manage BPI projects. Using a simple step-by-step, six-phase approach, project managers and others involved in BPI initiatives will increase their confidence and their effectiveness in managing the complexities of business process improvement projects. Special focus is given to the necessary leadership skills required to be successful in driving change by improving processes within an organization to improve business results.