Painless Project Management: A Step–by–Step Guide for Planning, Executing, and Managing Projects

A simple system for managing even the most complex projects
Project management can be a real pain, but doing it right can mean the difference between a business that soars and one that sinks. Painless Project Management makes it simple by cutting through the jargon, formulas, and needless complexity with an easy, step–based approach for managing virtually any project, big or small, from beginning to end.
Veteran project managers McGhee and McAliney present a comprehensive guide to effective project management, complete with real stories and case studies from actual project managers. The authors reveal how the complexity of project management is not in the process itself, but in the people and organizational relationships that must also be managed. They boil down the basics of project management so you can design a simple, effective plan for any project and follow it through to a successful completion.
Once you do that, they show you how to handle the people and issues that make project management such a challenge, including:
Communicating project plans to colleagues and top management
Delegating, organizing, and coordinating duties
Tracking and reporting on project status
Managing resources, budgets, and timelines
Changing tacks and goals on the fly
Dealing with project disruptions
Includes downloadable forms at www.painlessprojectmanagement.info

Spis treści:
Preface.
PART I: THE PAINLESS FASTER, SIMPLER METHOD FOR SMALLER PROJECTS AND NEWER PROJECTS MANGERS.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management.
Chapter 2: The Project Management Life Cycle, the Work Cycle, and the Business Context.
Chapter 3: Concept–Building the Business Case.
Chapter 4: Planning the Work and Working the Plan.
PART II: THE PAINLESS TRIED–AND TRUE METHOD FOR LARGER, MORE COMPLEX PROJECTS AND EXPERIENCED PROJECT MANAGERS.
Chapter 5: Develop ing the Project Charter fro Larger, More Complex Projects.
Chapter 6: Much, Much, More on WBSs, Networks, and Gantt Charts.
Chapter 7: Status Reporting: What to Tell, When, and to Whom.
Chapter 8: The Management Part of Project Management.
Afterword.
Appendix: Templates.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Pamela McGhee, PMP, President and owner of McGhee Enterprises, a project management and IT consulting firm, has consulted with thousands of project managers at Fortune 500 companies. She is a long–standing faculty member at the American Management Association, where she conducts project management and IT seminars. Ms. McGhee is also an adjunct instructor at Baruch College in New York, where she teaches basic and advanced project management.
Peter McAliney, PMP, CMC, is President of Chenery and Company, Inc., which specializes in strategy implementation and project management. He has worked with such corporations as Coca–Cola and GM, as well as with several academic institutions. He is currently developing online project management education programs and assists organizations with cross–cultural communications challenges on virtual team projects.

Okładka tylna:
A simple system for managing even the most complex projects
Project management can be a real pain, but doing it right can mean the difference between a business that soars and one that sinks. Painless Project Management makes it simple by cutting through the jargon, formulas, and needless complexity with an easy, step–based approach for managing virtually any project, big or small, from beginning to end.
Veteran project managers McGhee and McAliney present a comprehensive guide to effective project management, complete with real stories and case studies from actual project managers. The authors reveal how the complexity of project management is not in the process itself, but in the people and organiza tional relationships that must also be managed. They boil down the basics of project management so you can design a simple, effective plan for any project and follow it through to a successful completion.
Once you do that, they show you how to handle the people and issues that make project management such a challenge, including:
Communicating project plans to colleagues and top management
Delegating, organizing, and coordinating duties
Tracking and reporting on project status
Managing resources, budgets, and timelines
Changing tacks and goals on the fly
Dealing with project disruptions
Includes downloadable forms at www.painlessprojectmanagement.info