Overview | |
The Four Phases of Project Management | p. 3 |
What's involved in planning, build-up, implementation, and closeout-and how these processes overlap | |
The Cast of Characters | p. 31 |
Who's who in project management | |
Planning | |
A Written Charter | p. 41 |
Your marching orders | |
Dealing with a Project's "Fuzzy Front End" | p. 47 |
you can't eliminate uncertainty in the early stages of a complex project-but you can manage it | |
Performing a Project Premortem | p. 53 |
Learn from your project while it's still alive and well | |
Will Project Creep Cost You-or Create Value? | p. 57 |
Set strict limits on scope, but be flexible when major opportunities arise | |
Build-Up | |
Setting Priorities Before Starting Your Project | p. 65 |
Three steps for staying on track | |
Boost Productivity with Time-Boxing | p. 73 |
Tips for getting your team's calendars-and yours-under control | |
Scheduling the Work | p. 77 |
Put the horse before the cart | |
HBR Case Study: A Rush to Failure? | p. 87 |
When does speed trump quality? | |
Getting Your Project Off on the Right Foot | p. 101 |
Set your project up for success with a well-planned launch | |
The Discipline of Teams | p. 107 |
Mutual accountability leads to astonishing results | |
Implementation | |
Effective Project Meetings | p. 113 |
Run your meetings well, and infuse your project with energy and direction | |
The Adaptive Approach to Project Management | p. 117 |
What to do when your usual decision tools cease to be useful in the face of uncertainty | |
Why Good Projects Fail Anyway | p. 123 |
The risks that come with big projects-and how to manage them | |
Monitoring and Controlling Your Project | p. 127 |
Don't be afraid to revise your plan | |
Managing People Problems on Your Team | p. 135 |
Make sure people stay on task, pull their, weight, work together, and meet quality standards | |
The Tools of Cooperation and Change | p. 139 |
What to do when people disagree on goals, how to achieve them, or both | |
Don't Throw Good Money (or Time) After Bad | p. 143 |
How to avoid chasing after sunk costs | |
Closeout | |
Handing off Authority and Control | p. 151 |
Gauge your success before wrapping things up | |
Capturing Lessons Learned | p. 157 |
Four steps to an effective after-action review | |
Glossary | p. 163 |
Index | p. 167 |
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