Effective Executive's Guide to Project 2000

Step 1: Learn the Language. Start here with a refresher on the language of project management and Project 2000.

Step 2: Describe the Project. Describe your project in general terms, including start date, end date and calendar of workdays.

Step 3: Schedule Project Tasks. Break your project down into component tasks, specifying task order and relationships.

Step 4: Identify and Assign Project Resources. Identify and then allocate project resources, such as people and equipment.

Step 5: Review Project Organization. Review your project for structural soundness and reasonableness.

Step 6: Present Project to Stakeholders. Present your plan to project team members and management.

Step 7: Manage Project Progress. Monitor progress and costs, assuring your project stays on course.

Step 8: Communicate Project Status. As the project progresses, keep project team members and other stakeholders apprised of the project's status and communicate important project information and changes.

Effective Executives-Guide to Project 2000 also includes informative appendixes. One presents real-world solutions for dealing with the practical problem of scheduling uncertainties using PERT. Another explains how to customize Project 2000 so it better fits a project manager's specific
requirements.

Table of contents

Introduction

Step 1 Learn the Language

Step 2 Describe the Project

Step 3 Schedule Project Tasks

Step 4 Identify and Allocate Resources

Step 5 Review Project Organization

Step 6 Present Project to Stakeholders

Step 7 Manage Project Progress

Step 8 Communicate Project Status

Appendix A Schedule Project Uncertainties

Appendix B Deal with Project Complexity

Appendix C Work with Multiple Projects

Appendix D Customize Project

Glossary

Index