Modern Project Management

MODERN PROJECT MANAGEMENT helps them do that, filling in the knowledge gaps and answering the questions of this often misunderstood process. By going through project management step-by-step, the book presents an integrated approach that balances theory, methods, psychology, and practice, and helps even novice project managers achieve superior results. Readers will learn how to:

• Plan the project to maximize productivity
• Motivate others to execute the plan
• Analyze the actual results
• Rework and tune the plan as the project is executed.

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Project Planning

• 2.1 Subdivision of the Work
• 2.2 Quantification of the Work
• 2.3 Using Modern Project to Create a WBS
• 2.4 Sequencing the Work
• 2.5 Budgeting (Estimating) the Work
• 2.6 Scheduling the Work
• 2.7 The Baseline Chart

• 3.1 Collecting Actual Expenditures
• 3.2 Cost Reports
• 3.3 Progress Tracking
• 3.4 Progress and Status Reports
• 3.5 Scientific Forecasting

• 4.1 How Is Performance Evaluated?
• 4.2 Performance Evaluation Reports
• 4.3 Variance Analysis

• 5.1 Unit Rates
• 5.2 The Productivity Ratio
• 5.3 The Productivity Report
• 5.4 The Importance of Productivity Measurement

• 6.1 Expanding the Task List
• 6.2 The Expanded Cost Accounts
• 6.3 The Expanded Transaction Lists
• 6.4 Expanded Budget and Cost Reports
• 6.5 The Organizational Breakdown Structure

• 7.1 Task Sequencing with Microsoft Project
• 7.2 Resource Scheduling
• 7.3 Pros and Cons of an Automated Interface
• 7.4 The Interface to Microsoft Project

• 8.1 Historical Perspective
• 8.2 Government Project Management Models
• 8.3 Government Project Management Vocabulary

• 9.1 Quantification of Risk
• 9.2 Contingency Draw-down
• 9.3 Statusing Contingency Package
• 9.4 Risk Management Summary

• 10.1 Determining What Went Wrong
• 10.2 Project Definition
• 10.3 Translating a Definition into a Plan
• 10.4 Replanning