Successful project management : applying best practices and real-world techniques with Microsoft Project /

Explains how to use the project management software to build a project schedule, work with a budget, manage project resources, communicate information, manage risk, and archive historical information.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Biafore, Bonnie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media, ©2011.
Colección:Business skills series (Redmond, Wash.)
Temas:
Microsoft Project.
Microsoft Project (Computer software)
Project management > Computer programs.
COMPUTERS > Desktop Applications > Project Management Software.
Project management > Computer software.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Getting a Project Started
  • 1. Meet Project Management
  • 2. Obtaining Approval for a Project
  • Planning a Project
  • 3. Planning to Achieve Success
  • 4. Building a Work Breakdown Structure
  • 5. Project Resources
  • 6. Building a Project Schedule
  • 7. Working with a Budget
  • 8. Executing the Project Plan
  • 9. Evaluating Project Performance
  • 10. Managing Project Resources
  • 11. Communicating Information
  • Controlling Projects
  • 12. Managing Project Changes
  • 13. Modifying the Project Schedule
  • 14. Balancing the Budget and Other Project Variables
  • 15. Managing Risk
  • 16. Learning Lessons
  • 17. Closing a Project
  • 18. Archiving Historical Information
  • Beyond Projects
  • 19. Selecting and Prioritizing Projects
  • 20. Other Project Management Approaches.
  • Introduction
  • Getting a Project Started
  • Meet Project Management
  • What Is a Project
  • A Unique Endeavor
  • A Specific Goal
  • Clear-Cut Start and Finish Dates
  • Within Budget
  • Something's Gotta Give
  • What Is Project Management
  • Project Management Processes
  • The Benefits of Project Management
  • Bottom-Line Benefits
  • Benefits for the Project Team
  • Summary
  • Obtaining Approval for a Project
  • Summarizing a Project
  • Defining the Problem
  • Identifying the Problem
  • Documenting the Problem
  • Project Goal and Objectives
  • Types of Objectives.
  • Characteristics of Good ObjectivesProject Strategy
  • Identifying Alternatives
  • Factors for Selecting a Project Strategy
  • Choosing the Project Strategy
  • Gathering Requirements
  • Deliverables
  • Success Criteria
  • The Scope Statement
  • Preventing Scope Creep
  • Assumptions and Risks
  • Working with Project Stakeholders
  • Identifying Stakeholders
  • How Planning Tasks Help Identify Stakeholders
  • Project Customer
  • Project Sponsor
  • Functional Manager
  • Team Member
  • Project Manager
  • Documenting Project Stakeholders
  • Obtaining and Maintaining Commitment
  • The Project Charter: Publicizing a Project
  • Summary.
  • Planning a ProjectPlanning to Achieve Success
  • What Is Project Planning
  • Pointing the Team in the Right Direction
  • Tracking Progress
  • Plans Change
  • Project Planning Step by Step
  • The Components of a Project Implementation Plan
  • Summary
  • Building a Work Breakdown Structure
  • What's a Work Breakdown Structure
  • The Benefits of a WBS
  • Building a WBS
  • How to Build a WBS from the Top Down
  • When to Stop Building a WBS
  • Building a WBS from the Bottom Up
  • Recording a WBS
  • Creating the WBS in Project
  • Pasting Tasks into Project
  • Detailing Work Packages
  • Summary
  • Project Resources.
  • The Responsibility MatrixResponsibility Levels
  • Creating a Responsibility Matrix
  • The Project Organization Chart
  • Putting a Project Team Together
  • Creating Resources in Project
  • Types of Resources
  • Adding Resources to Project
  • Resource Information
  • Summary
  • Building a Project Schedule
  • Estimating
  • Duration or Effort
  • Sensible Estimating Practices
  • Top-Down Planning
  • Defining the Sequence of Work
  • Types of Task Dependencies
  • Identifying the Correct Dependency Type
  • Creating Task Dependencies
  • Keeping Dependencies Flexible
  • Setting Specific Start and Finish Dates
  • Setting Deadlines.
  • Adding Schedule MilestonesTypes of Milestones
  • Creating Milestones
  • Assigning Resources to Tasks
  • Assigning Resources in the Task Sheet
  • Assigning Resources in the Task Form
  • Using the Assign Resources Dialog Box
  • Building Reality into a Schedule
  • Accounting for Nonproject Time
  • Adjusting Tasks for Resource Productivity
  • Managing Part-Time Workers and Multitaskers
  • Scheduling Around Nonworking Time
  • Shortening a Project Schedule
  • The Fast-Track to an Early Finish
  • Choosing Tasks to Fast-Track
  • Part ial. Overlaps
  • Running Tasks in Parallel
  • A Crash Course on Project Crashing
  • Reducing Scope.

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