Improving Your Project Management Skills, Second Edition

  • 1h 50m
  • Larry Richman
  • AMACOM
  • 2012

If a full-fledged project management course doesn't fit your schedule or your budget, check out the new edition of Improving Your Project Management Skills. Based on the hugely popular American Management Association seminar of the same name, this ultra practical reference offers powerful and repeatable project initiatives that improve processes, streamline productivity, and cut costs dramatically. You'll get tools, tips, charts, lists, and never-fail advice for: planning and budgeting; defining project scope; project scheduling; implementation; performance measurement; leadership and staff issues; work breakdown structures; alignment with business goals; risk assessment and management; communication; and, project closure. Now completely revised and updated, the book is consistent with the most recent edition of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and includes dozens of current practices and real-world examples. Equal parts learning tool and workplace reference, Improving Your Project Management Skills puts the power of a world-class project management seminar right in your hands.

About the Author

Larry Richman (Salt Lake City, UT) is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) with more than 20 years of experience. He has developed and implemented computer-assisted project management systems and has taught project management for over a decade. He is the author of Project Management Step-by-Step.

In this Book

  • Improving Your Project Management Skills, Second Edition
  • Introduction to the Second Edition
  • The Core Concepts
  • Defining and Authorizing the Project
  • Collecting Requirements and Defining Scope
  • Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
  • Defining and Sequencing Activities
  • Estimating Activities
  • Scheduling Activities
  • Identifying Resources and Budgets
  • Compiling the Major Components of a Project Plan
  • Executing Projects
  • Monitoring and Controlling Projects
  • Leading and Directing Project Teams
  • Managing Risk
  • Closing a Project
  • Learning Resources
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