Synopsis
Making It A Non-Technical Guide to Project Management provides a fresh and clear approach to project management. Written in the form of a novel, it covers the basics of project management in a friendly, interesting, and memorable way. The book enables the reader to transform risky, real-life situations into success. The story follows the learning experience of Will Campbell, a middle manager with no project management experience. Suddenly plunged into managing a career-threatening project, Will must learn the hard way, experiencing all the frustration and fulfillment of mastering some indispensable project management tools along the way. Readers will not only relate to each pitfall, but will also discover a simple mental framework to avoid them all. About The Mackenzie Kyle is the Principle of the Beringer Group and an associate at Manageering, a firm specializing in project management consulting and training. He has spent the last 15 years working on a variety of project management related assignments at organizations in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. Table Of Preface Part Genesis ?Sink or Swim ?Grasping the Scope ?What is a Project? ?The Team Meets ?Sifting Through the Mess ?Asking the Right Questions ?Writing the Objective Statement ?The Project Manager Faces the Board Part The Project Team ?The Team&'s Roles ?Company Politics Part The Design Phase ?What is Design, and How Long Does it Take? ?Organizing the Design Process ?The User&'s Needs ?Charts, Costs, and Other Puzzles ?More Problems with Schedules Part Execution Planning ?Tasks ?A Dependency Chart ?Finding and Fixing Mistakes Part Execution ?Altering Plans ?On a Crash Course ?A New Assignment Part The Review Process ?Assessing Assignments Part The Project Manager&'s Survival Manual ?Recording the Fundamentals Part New Frameworks ?Checking Assumptions Epilogue Special Project Manager
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