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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Outline | |
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| About PSO projects | |
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| Goal Directed Project Management | |
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| Project characteristics | |
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| A unique task | |
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| Attainment of a specific result | |
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| Requires a variety of resources | |
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| Time constraints | |
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| Project management | |
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| Pitfalls in project management | |
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| Cracks in the foundation | |
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| Pitfalls in planning | |
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| Pitfalls in organizing | |
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| Pitfalls in controlling | |
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| Pitfalls in execution of project work | |
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| Avoiding pitfalls | |
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| Foundation of the project | |
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| Purpose and goals of the projects | |
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| Mission breakdown structure | |
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| Stakeholders and stakeholder analysis | |
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| Project mandate | |
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| Division of responsibility between base and project: the principle responsibility chart | |
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| Small example: Project 'Excellent physical work environment' | |
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| Global planning - milestone planning | |
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| Principles of projects planning | |
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| Segmentation of project | |
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| Practical milestone planning | |
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| Global organizing - milestone responsibility chart | |
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| Principles of project organization | |
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| Responsibility charts | |
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| Milestone responsibility chart - responsibilities for achieving milestones | |
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| Time scheduling and resource estimation at global level | |
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| Uncertainties of the project | |
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| Detail planning and detail organization | |
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| Principles of project activity planning | |
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| Activity planning | |
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| Project control | |
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| What is control? | |
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| Principles of project control | |
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| Controlling activities | |
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| Controlling milestones | |
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| Financial control of projects | |
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| Cost-benefit analysis | |
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| Cost-benefit and financial control | |
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| Project budget | |
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| Financial reporting and control | |
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| Quality in project work | |
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| Significance of project quality | |
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| Procedures to increase quality | |
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| Quality of planning documents | |
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| Project culture | |
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| A Good project culture | |
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| Top management | |
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| Line management | |
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| Project owner | |
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| Steering committee | |
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| Project manager | |
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| Elected representatives | |
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| A projectivity programme | |
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| Goal Directed Project Management - example and summary | |
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| Forms | |
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| IT support | |
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| Example project 'New possibilities in new premises' | |
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| Is the 'requirement specification' fulfilled? | |
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| Final comments | |
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| Sources | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |