The Project Management Minimalist: Just Enough PM to Rock Your Projects! - Softcover

Greer, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1460914708 ISBN 13: 9781460914700

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

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This book is a gentle introduction to project management, including "nuts & bolts" planning tools, inspirational team Challenges, and suggested "best practices" to help project managers maintain their energy, focus on priorities, and manage their own time.My purpose here is to cut through the jungle of broad PM theory and sometimes-arcane PM practices and help you acquire "just enough" PM discipline to get good results in your projects - without heaping on a bunch of burdensome PM stuff that can bury your projects in administrivia and smother the joy out of them. - - - - - - - - - - - - - MAIN SECTIONS include:+++++++++* Quick Start Checklist: The Absolute Least You Can Do!(Your single-page PM guide. Maybe all the PM you need!)+++++++++* 10 Steps to Project Success, including (for each step): 

• Overview - An introduction to what's going on in the Step. 
• Results - The end product of the Step. 
• Process - The specific actions to take to complete the Step. 
• The Minimalist Squeeze [*]- How to "squeeze" this step down until it's as lean & simple as possible. 
• Tool, Worksheet, Guidelines, Samples, etc. - Something you can use to help you complete the step and get top-quality results. 

+++++++++* 10 Sets of Challenges to Inspire Teams, including (for each Challenge): 

• Quotations, war stories, examples, and a little philosophy that can inspire project managers and project team members.-- Reflections for you to think about... as project manager or project leader.
• Team Challenges - Questions and suggestions to challenge your teams to stretch and grow. 
• Project Manager Challenges - Specific actions you can take as project manager or team leader. 
• Learn More... - Books and audio references (with links) that can help you learn more about the topic of each particular set of Challenges. 

+++++++++* Taking Care Of Yourself: Managing Your Priorities, Time, & Energy -- 14 specific "best practices" that will help you, as project manager, keep your edge and stay on top of things! Organized into these sub-sections: 

• Back To Basics: Manage Your Energy 
• Leverage Your Signature Strengths 
• Manage Your Time 
• Understand And Manage Your Stress 

+++++++++* Additional references and info, include: 

• PM Minimalist Values: A Framework for Rethinking PM 
• PM Minimalist Values Explained 
• The PM Minimalist Integration Guide: Adopting Project Management Minimalism in Your Organization 
• Hundreds of live links (just click and go!) to valuable online project management resources, including free video and audio resources that are custom-made to support PM Minimalism. 

+++++++++I hope you like it!  -- Michael Greer, author, The Project Management Minimalist 2nd Edition December 2018 update: Recently I have re-organized my free, web-based support resources. 
* All my "PM Minimalist Support System & Freebies" are here: greerspmresources.blogspot.com/p/grid-test.html 
* All my podcasts (formerly hosted at my Inspired Project Teams site), as well as lots of other stuff related to managing and inspiring teams, are here:  inspiredprojectteams.blogspot.com/p/inspirational-articles-posts.html 
* Links to loads of other PM-related tools and articles are here: greerspmresources.blogspot.com
* My latest articles and tools on all sorts of topics, as well as a large collection of downloadable PDFs are here:  mikegreersworthsharing.blogspot.com

About this title

About the Author

For nearly three decades, I've been helping new project managers become more effective. Through my books, articles, workshops, websites, and public speaking appearances, I've tried to demystify project management (PM) and make it accessible to everyone. My step-by-step PM texts have been adopted by many universities, businesses and public sector organizations. For many years, I managed teams of contractors working with new product developers to create training and performance improvement systems for major corporations such as Xerox, Epson America, and Apple Computer. The projects I planned and coordinated were as simple as a single resource working for 3 weeks and as complicated as 60 people working for more than a year and a half. Deliverables ranged from simple documentation to transcontinental satellite broadcasts incorporating pre-produced video sequences, live executive speakers, and real-time competition among problem-solving teams located all over North America. In recent years I've focused on providing workshops & consulting support to help organizations improve their PM processes, as well creating print & media materials to support PM. See my website for free articles, links to YouTube videos, and info about my customized PM workshops & webinars. If you have comments or suggestions about this book, I'd love to hear from you! Michael Greer * email: pm.minimalist@gmail.com * Phone (24-hour voicemail): (530) 688-6613 Connections: * Website, Michael Greer’s Project Management Resources: http://michaelgreer.biz * Inspired Project Teams: http://www.inspiredprojectteams.com/ * LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/greerspmresources * Twitter: http://twitter.com/michael_greer * Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Project-Management-Minimalist-Michael-Greer/190722300953125 For a complete list of all my books & publications, go to: http://michaelgreer.biz/?page_id=39

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1460914708
• ISBN 13: 9781460914700
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 122