Practical Guide to Project Planning

Series:
ESI International Project Management Series
Published:
October 01, 2007 by Auerbach Publications - 232 Pages
Author(s):
Ricardo Viana Vargas, Macrosolutions SA, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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ISBN 9781420045048
Cat# AU4504
 

Features

  • Discusses project scoping and risk assessment
  • Covers budgeting, staffing, scheduling, and quality assurance
  • Provides project-planning templates that can be customized to any type of project

    • Summary

    Practical Guide to Project Planning is filled with project documents and templates ready to use for planning and managing project. It explains project analysis and modeling techniques so these documents and templates can be used for effective project management. In addition, the book is also a guide to best practices that comply with the PMI’s PMBOK ® 3.0.

    Throughout the book, a real-world, practical project plan is used to explain all management issues related to a project, including scope, time, costs, quality, human resources, communication, risks, procurement, and integration. This example also covers every stage of implementing a project management office (PMO), from initial analysis to post-deployment review.

    The text is filled with insightful tips on using the most popular project management tools and software, including Mindmanager for initial planning sessions, Milestone Project Companion for report generation, and Microsoft Project, the most widely used tool for project planning. Project documents discussed in the book are on the accompanying CD ROM, so readers can use them to develop and track their own projects. 

    Table of Contents

    BASIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS
    What is a Project
    Project Characteristics  
    Project Management Benefits  
    Causes of Project Failure
    Project Life Cycle  
    The Project Life-Cycle Phases  
     
    PROJECT PLANNING USING THE PMBOK® GUIDE 3RD EDITION  
    Introduction  
    Breaking down the PMBOK Guide through MINDMAPS®
    Project Management Areas  
    Integration Management  
    Scope Management  
    Time Management
    Cost Management
    Quality Management  
    Human Resources Management
    Communication Management
    Risk Management  
    Procurement Management
     
    PROJECT PLAN DOCUMENTS  
    Introduction  
    Integration Management  
    Scope Management  
    Time Management
    Cost Management
    Quality Management  
    Human Resources Management
    Communication Management
    Risk Management  
    Procurement Management
    NEW FRONTIERS PROJECT PLAN  
    Version 3.0
    Project Integration Management  
    Project Scope Management  
    Project Time Management
    Project Cost Management  
    Project Quality Management  
    Project Human Resources Management  
    Project Communications Management
    Project Risk Management  
    Project Procurement Management  
    INDEX

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