Visualizing Project Management A Model for Business and Technical Success

Name: Visualizing Project Management A Model for Business and Technical Success
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ISBN: 9780471357605

ISBN-10: 047135760X

ISBN-13: 9780471357605

Edition: 2nd 2000

Authors: Kevin Forsberg, Howard Cotterman, Hal Mooz

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"The authors' technical skill and work-environment experience are abundantly apparent in the real-world methodology they bring to the study and understanding of the importance of project management to the success of any organization."-From the Foreword by Norman R. Augustine. Chairman of the Executive Committee, Lockheed-Martin Corporation Effective project management is an essential skill in virtually every professional and technical setting and, like any skill, it is best mastered through the right combination of in-depth, expert training and hands-on experience.Visualizing Project Management, Second Edition is today's best resource for both. Delivered by a trio of authors whose combined… project management experience is unequaled in the field-a team that has been an integral part of the development of project management from the 1950s to the present-the processes and techniques in this landmark book have been confirmed through the experiences of over 30,000 working project managers and over 100 corporations.Profound in its simplicity yet unique in its completeness, the integrated approach presented in Visualizing Project Management focuses on the four essential elements of project management:1. Common Vocabulary: Terms and jargon are defined as they are introduced, minimizing the vocabulary problems that can lead to conflict and undermine otherwise successful teamwork.2. Teamwork: Each of the fundamentals of real teamwork-from common conduct to shared rewards-is discussed, along with strategies to strengthen this vital component.3. The Sequential Project Cycle: Valuable lessons are provided to enable you to develop a template for project-unique tactics as well as achieve project-to-project continuity.4. Management Elements: The authors provide all the techniques and tools you need to guide a project to its successful conclusion-the achievement of stated objectives, within budget and time constraints.Visualizing Project Management shows you how to breathe life into each of these inanimate project elements. The result is a working guidebook for total project management success-and a tangible model for moving your organization and career forward into the exciting new millennium. An Integrated Approach to Results-Oriented Project ManagementBetter . . . Faster . . . Cheaper . . .Today's take-no-prisoners competitive environment has made this the project management mantra for 2000 and beyond. Enlightened project managers know: Unless you can identify accurately the correct benchmark and correctly isolate how to surpass it, your organization will succeed only in producing a better, faster, cheaper failure.The bestselling Visualizing Project Management first set the standard for effective project management in 1996, and introduced models that have been adopted by over 100 leading government and private organizations. In this Second Edition, the authors have revised the tools and techniques that changed the foundations of project management in order to help you better understand, compete, and win in today's lightning-fast global business arena.A few short years ago, the insights and ideas in Visualizing Project Management invented the wheel. Now, its pioneering authors refine your understanding of the project management wheel, as they simplify and clarify the complexities of project management and system engineering.Also includes a dynamic CD-ROM-Visual Project Management (Visual PM)-providing an interactive software version of the book's revolutionary process model, a guided tour of a commercial project cycle, vocabulary definitions, sample document templates, and more.

Book details

List price: $50.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/24/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 355
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



Introduction: A Successful Future Depends on Successful Projects


Visualizing Project Management: Realizing Success


Why Is Project Management a Critical Issue?


The Future of Most Organizations Depends on Successful Projects


It's Alarmingly Commonplace for Project Teams to Fail--Some Do Well, But Most Do Not


Why Do Projects Have a Dismal Performance Record?


Why Is Project Management So Difficult?


Exercise: Project Successes and Failures


Why Model Project Management?


Why Model Anything?


The Essentials of a Project Management Model


The Limitations of Current Models


Exercise: Project Management Models


Visualizing Project Management


The Four Essentials for Every Project


A Common Vocabulary--Conspicuous by Its Absence


Project Teamwork


The Sequential Project Cycle


The Situational Project Management Elements


Visualizing the Project Management Process


Exercise: Project Management Techniques


The Essentials of Project Management


Project Vocabulary


To Succeed at Project Management, You First Have to Communicate Clearly


We All Speak English, Don't We?


Each Project Needs Its Own Terminology Baseline


Some Critical Control Gates Have Critically Confused Titles


A Few Words for the Book (This Book, That Is)


You Can Lead a Horse to Water...


Exercise: Vocabulary


Teamwork


Why Do So Many Teams Fail?


The Fundamentals of an Effective Teamwork Environment


Techniques for Building and Sustaining Teamwork: The Work of Teamwork


When Is Your Group Really a Team?


Exercise: Teamwork


Team Structure Exercise


The Project Cycle


Define a Project Cycle or Wander through the Institutional Forest


The Study Period Yields a High Return on Investment


The Implementation Period Is for Acquisition or Development


The Operations Period Is for Fulfilling the Users' Needs


The Importance of Control Gates


The Three Aspects of the Project Cycle: Business, Budget, and Technical


System Engineering Is Vitally Important to the Technical Aspect


The Vee Model: A Tool for Managing the Technical Aspect


Applications of the Technical Aspect


Baseline Management


Tailoring the Project Cycle


Shortening the Project Cycle Time


Project Cycle Exercise


The Project Management Elements


Project Requirements


The Potential for Low-Risk Hardware and Software Solutions


Requirements Element Exercise


Organization Options


Organization Options Exercise


The Project Team


Project Team Exercise


Project Team Exercise Answer


Project Planning


Planning Element Exercise


Risks and Opportunities


Opportunity and Risk Element Exercise


Project Control


Project Control Element Exercise


Project Visibility


Project Visibility Exercise


Project Status


Using TPMs and Margin Management to Obtain Technical Status


Corrective Action


Project Leadership


Leadership Element Exercise


The Implications for a Successful Future


The Future Waves and Undercurrents


Exposing the Undertow--the Hidden Enemies of Project Management


So Much to Learn--So Little Time


The Payoff


Applying the Process


"Better, Faster, Cheaper"


Clementine


Mars Pathfinder


The Buyer Project


The Therac-25 Project


General Observations


Back to Basics


Notes


Acronyms


Index