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| Preface | |
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| Who Should Read This Book? | |
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| What's Covered In This Book? | |
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| The Book's Web Site | |
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| Project Management Cheat Sheets | |
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| Updates and Errata | |
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| The SitePoint Forums | |
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| The SitePoint Newsletters | |
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| Your Feedback | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Conventions Used In This Book | |
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| Tips, Notes, and Warnings | |
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| So What Is Project Management Anyway? | |
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| What Is Project Management? | |
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| Understanding the Project Life Cycle | |
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| Failure to Launch ... or Land | |
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| Negative Perceptions of Project Management | |
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| It's Boring | |
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| It Takes Too Long | |
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| It's Too Hard | |
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| What Project Management Isn't | |
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| Why You Need PM Skills | |
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| What's In It for Me? | |
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| The Underlying Principles of Project Management | |
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| Doing PM Right Is an Investment In Making the "Real Work" Matter | |
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| People Problems Can't Be Solved with Software | |
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| If it Doesn't Add Value, it Won't Get Done | |
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| The Best Tool Is the One that Works and Gets Used | |
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| The Best Way to Communicate Is the Way That Gets You Heard | |
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| Choosing the Right Tools and Processes Is the PM's Most Important Job | |
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| Summary | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Discovery: Finding the Projects | |
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| Picking the Best Projects | |
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| Identifying the Opportunities | |
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| Comparing the Opportunities | |
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| Ranking and Choosing Opportunities to Pursue | |
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| Spotting Bad Projects | |
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| Project, or Day-by-day Improvement? | |
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| Discovery Tools and Practices | |
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| Who Are All These People? | |
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| Stakeholders | |
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| Stakeholder Tools and Best Practices | |
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| Initiating Your Project | |
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| The Purpose of Initiating | |
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| The Process of Initiating | |
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| Initiation Tools and Best Practices | |
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| Seven Essential Steps for a Successful Initiation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Getting The Job Done | |
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| Planning | |
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| Why Plan? | |
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| What to Plan | |
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| How to Plan | |
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| Tools and Best Practices | |
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| Executing | |
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| Let Your Team Have Ownership | |
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| The Link to Personal Productivity | |
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| Tools and Best Practices | |
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| Controlling | |
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| Are You on Track? | |
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| Measuring Deliverables | |
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| Measuring Everything Else | |
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| Risks, Issues, and Bugs | |
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| Verification Versus Validation | |
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| Looping Back to Plan | |
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| Tools and Best Practices | |
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| Summary | |
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| Keeping It Smooth | |
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| Communication and Collaboration | |
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| Communication | |
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| Collaboration | |
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| Tools and Best Practices | |
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| Managing Change | |
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| Types of Change | |
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| Change Control | |
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| Tools and Best Practices | |
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| Summary | |
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| Following Through | |
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| Closing the Project | |
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| Knowing When You're Done | |
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| Handling a Total Disconnect | |
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| Closing a Project | |
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| Tools and Best Practices | |
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| What Comes Next? | |
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| Defining Your Role | |
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| The Superstar Handover | |
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| Tools and Best Practices | |
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| Summary | |
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| Looking to the Future | |
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| The Next Project ... and the Rest | |
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| Tools | |
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| Initiating | |
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| Project Proposal Template | |
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| Measuring Value Creation | |
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| Project Organization Chart | |
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| Communication Plan Template | |
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| Project Initiation Document | |
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| Typical Kickoff Meeting Agenda | |
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| Planning, Executing, and Controlling | |
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| Project Plan Template | |
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| Work Breakdown Structure | |
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| Gantt Chart | |
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| Risk Management Plan Template | |
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| Balance Quadrant | |
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| Estimation Techniques | |
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| Issue List Template | |
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| Project Status Update Template | |
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| Change Request Template | |
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| Planning Software | |
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| Tracking Software | |
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| Closing | |
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| Project Sign-off Template | |
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| Customer Feedback Questionnaire Template | |
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| Lessons Learned Summary Template | |
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| Project Documentation Template | |
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| Resources | |
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| Books | |
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| Blogs and Web Sites | |
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| Professional Qualifications | |
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| Associations and Qualifications | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |