What is project management?
It doesn’t matter whether you typically use an agile or waterfall project life cycle, sooner or later you’ll realise that from the moment your project gets underway you’ll have to deal with things that don’t according to plan. That’s why the most important skill that you can learn as a project manager is how to keep your project, and your project team, on track despite the obstacles that will get in your way.
Forget the job description: about 95% of project management is about what you do after project initiation. It’s about executing the basics, week in, week out. It’s the handful of small things that you do that make the difference between success and failure.
It’s more important than knowing how to use project management apps, tools and software. It’s about knowing how to motivate people, lead a team and drive them towards a successful result. This book will give you the skills and the confidence to become a more successful project manager.
This is real agile project management, the kind that you need to learn instead of blindly following a project plan that is no longer fit for purpose and won’t help to deliver.
You’ll learn:
- How to coach team members so that they are engaged and motivated to succeed
- How to hold an effective meeting so that you create a high-performance team
- How to avoid common project pitfalls, so that you deliver projects faster
- How to manage project risks so that they don’t go on to become issues that threaten your scope
- The 3 key project management tools that you’ll need to succeed, none of which costs more than $100.
This book is for you whether you are brand new to project management and have taken a few free courses online, or are studying for your PMP exam to achieve PMI certification. There are ideas in this book that you can apply today to become a more confident project manager and set you on the path towards greater success, an increased salary and promotion to program manager.
Table of contents:
- Foreword
- Task Assignment, Coaching and Mentoring
- Testing and Quality Assurance
- Reviewing Project Progress
- Managing Project Dependencies
- Managing Resources
- Managing Costs and Budgets
- Managing Project Risks
- Earned Value Management
- Stakeholder Communications
- Conclusion
- References
- Further Reading
- About the Author
- Project Closure
Whether you are new to project management and working towards certification, an experienced project management professional, or a program manager looking to develop the project managers working in your program, you’ll love this no-nonsense approach to project delivery.
If you’re ready to learn the skills that will make you a more confident and successful project leader then buy this book now.