Synopsis
Project management is a discipline that is in great and ever-increasing demand across all industries and within organizations of all sizes. It has now evolved from a specialized technical skill to a life skill. Despite its wide proliferation, there remain key concepts that apply to all projects, regardless of size or budget.The Basics of Good Project Management is a way to learn the fundamental skills required to successfully manage projects through simple examples and every day terminology, to make project management theories more easily understood. The authors use both their business experience and their academic backgrounds to make these project concepts applicable to projects of all sizes and complexities.This book will outline these key principles to help readers understand what is involved in successfully managing a project, from determining the scope and planning the project, to reporting on and monitoring progress of the effort, and ultimately delivering a successful result. It also addresses the importance of interpersonal skills and ethical behavior.
About the Author
Greta Blash PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA Greta Blash is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)® with extensive experience as an executive and consulting IT professional, both domestically and internationally. Her experience enables her to concurrently manage multiple high-risk, high-tech projects. Her areas of experience include program management, project management, agile scrum, customer relationship management, business intelligence and systems development. She also holds an agile certification (PMI-ACP)® and business analysis certification (PMI-PBA)® from Project Management Institute (PMI®), the world’s leading professional association for the project, program and portfolio management profession. Greta has taught project management, agile and business analysis essentials and certification courses worldwide. She has held various volunteer positions at several PMI chapter and regional levels. Steve Blash, PMP, PMI-ACP Steve is a senior consultant with Facilitated Methods and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)® and a Certified Agile Practitioner, (PMI-ACP)® with exceptional Information Technology knowledge and project management experience managing all aspects of large complex projects. His areas of expertise include strategic business alignment, business requirements analysis, business re-engineering, business intelligence, and system development methods. Steve is a past president for the PMI® chapter in Las Vegas (PMI-SNC). He has written numerous articles for ProjectTimes.com, BATimes.com, and AllPM.com as well as for the PMI chapter’s newsletter. He has spoken on project management for various PMI chapters and organizations including the PMI® Congress 2015 - North America Conference.
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