List of Project Workouts
Foreword by Robert Heller
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Part One: Challenges to be faced
Chapter 1 Challenges we need to face
Chapter 2 Advice the best organisations give us
Chapter 3 Projects in the context of businesses
portfolios and programmes
Part Two: A walk through the project lifecycle
Chapter 4 The Project Framework: an overview of its gates and stages
Chapter 5 Who does what? Chapter 6 The Proposal: identify the need! Chapter 7 The Initial Investigation Stage: Have a quick look at it! Chapter 8 The Detailed Investigation Stage: Promising . . . Let's have a closer look
Chapter 9 The Develop and Test Stage: Do it! Chapter 10 The Trial Stage: Try it out
Chapter 11 The Release Stage: Let's get going! Chapter 12 The Post-Implementation Review: How did we do? Chapter 13 Applying the staged framework
Chapter 14 A Few Related Projects: Simple programmes
Part Three: The essentials you need to know
Chapter 15 Project teams and style
Chapter 16 Project governance
Chapter 17 Project setup
Chapter 18 Monitoring and controlling your project
Chapter 19 Managing benefits
Chapter 20 Managing the schedule
Chapter 21 Managing resources
Chapter 22 Managing the finances
Chapter 23 Managing what might go wrong (or right): Risks
Chapter 24 Managing what has gone wrong (or right!): Issues
Chapter 25 Let's do it differently: Change control
Chapter 26 Keeping your stakeholders engaged
Chapter 27 Reviews and more reviews
Chapter 28 Coping with all that documentation
Chapter 29 Closing the project
Part Four: Making project management work for you
Chapter 30 Being a project manager
Chapter 31 Project management method
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Document outlines
Appendix C: Method and standards commentary
Appendix D: Good meetings
Appendix E: Brainstorming
Index
