20:20 Project Management How to Deliver on Time, on Budget and on Spec

Name: 20:20 Project Management How to Deliver on Time, on Budget and on Spec
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ISBN: 9780749466084

ISBN-10: 0749466081

ISBN-13: 9780749466084

Edition: 2013

Authors: Tony Marks

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By 2016, 1.2 million project management positions will need to be filled each year, according to a study by The Anderson Economic Group. Much advice exists but Tony Marks – founder of one of the largest project management training and consulting companies in Britain – offers a systematic and practical approach to guiding a project through to success. He firmly focuses on the real world, on practicality, clarity and applicability and uses a wide range of international case studies to demonstrate how best practice is applied in the world's leading organizations.Marks structures his book around the five stages of a project lifecycle. For each phase, Defining, Appraising, Planning, Executing…

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List price: $63.49
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Kogan Page, Limited
Publication date: 10/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Tony Marks is Managing Director of 20:20 Business Insight, the UK's second largest specialist Project Management Training and Consultancy company, with offices in Scotland, England, The United States and The Czech Republic and partners in Scandinavia, West Africa and the Middle East. He has 30 years' experience in project management - delivering high value projects, consulting and teaching in a wide range of sectors including utilities, nuclear, oil & gas, engineering, construction, I.T. and telecoms. Tony is accredited by all three professional bodies including The Project Management Institute (PMI)'s 'Project Management Professional' credential, The Association for Project Management…



Acknowledgements


Using this book


About the author


Introduction



Starting your project


Introduction


The project objectives


The business case


The project management plan (PMP)


The purpose of the project management plan


The project management plan (example)


Project success and benefits management


Benefits vs project success


Key performance indicators (KPIs)


Avoiding project failure


Twenty actions to help ensure project success


Project manager's weekly checklist


Ten tips for guaranteed failure


Financial evaluation in projects


Things to consider


Conclusion


Case study: Starting projects at Subsea 7



Defining your project


Introduction


The product breakdown structure (PBS)


The work breakdown structure (WBS)


The organizational breakdown structure (OBS)


The cost breakdown structure (CBS)


The responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)


Assigning responsibilities to tasks


Steps in developing a breakdown structure


Common-sense guidelines


Requirements management


Why do we need requirements management?


Project programme planning


When to use programmes


How to set them up


Managing programmes


Consolidations


Things to consider when defining your project


Conclusion


Case study: Halliburton and project definition



Planning your project


Introduction


Scope management


Analysing the network


Dependencies


Estimating


The forward pass


Float


Critical path


Project resources


Managing the schedule


Things to consider when planning


Conclusion


Case study: Planning the AMEC way



Executing your project


Introduction


Set the measure


Cost reporting


Information for updating project progress


What are the benefits?


Change control


Project close-out and handover


Things to consider when executing a project


Conclusion


Case study: WGPSN project management framework



Risk and your project


Introduction


Risk cultures


Stage 1: risk identification


Stage 2: risk impact analysis


Stage 3: probability analysis


Stage 4: risk exposure


Stage 5: mitigation strategy


Stage 6: risk monitoring and review


Things to consider with risk and your project


Conclusion


Case study: Managing risk the Mott MacDonald way



Estimating your project


Introduction


The importance of estimating


Estimating techniques


Introduction to estimating


The importance and practical difficulties of estimating


The estimating funnel


Classes of estimate


Estimating techniques


Uncertainty and risk


Summary of the basic rules for estimating


Common mistakes


Things to consider when estimating


Conclusion


Case study: Estimating the AMEC way



Project leadership


Introduction


Leadership vs management


Leading in a project environment


Visionary


Articulation of the vision


Preparing the vision


Tools and approaches


Motivation


Conflict management


Conflict resolution summary


Case study: Leadership at Southwest Airlines



Teams and your project


Introduction


Team requirements


Team development


Developing the project team


Team chemistry


Things to consider


Conclusion


Case study: W L Gore


Team health check


Glossary of terms


Index