How to Run Successful Projects in Web Time

How to Run Successful Projects in Web Time......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
Part 1 First Things First......Page 24
Introduction......Page 26
How Much Planning Do We Actually Do?......Page 27
So Why Do Projects Take so Much Time?......Page 28
Shooting Movies in the Shortest Possible Time......Page 32
And the Result of All This?......Page 36
Introduction......Page 38
Building a Profit Model......Page 39
Show Them the Money......Page 42
What if it Runs Over?......Page 44
Reference......Page 47
Part 2 Answer the Need......Page 48
Introduction......Page 50
What\'s Our Project?......Page 51
Will This Keep the Stakeholders Happy?......Page 53
Worked Example......Page 54
References......Page 63
Part 3 Build the Plan......Page 64
How to Build a Work Breakdown Structure......Page 66
How to Build a WBS From Reusable Components......Page 71
Estimating......Page 75
Worked Example......Page 76
Summary......Page 93
References......Page 96
Introduction......Page 98
What If I Don\'t Have Enough Time?......Page 99
References......Page 101
People......Page 102
People\'s Availability......Page 103
Strengths and Weaknesses......Page 106
Worked Example......Page 107
Introduction......Page 114
Worked Example......Page 115
Reference......Page 116
Doing a Risk Analysis......Page 118
Worked Example......Page 119
Reference......Page 123
Part 4 Turbocharge the Plan......Page 124
Introduction......Page 126
The Strip Board......Page 128
Worked Example......Page 132
Reference......Page 138
Introduction......Page 140
Worked Example......Page 141
Epilogue......Page 158
The Team......Page 160
The Powers-That-Be......Page 162
Worked Example-Pitching to the Team......Page 163
Worked Example-Pitching to the Higher-Ups......Page 186
Part 5 Execute the Plan......Page 190
Monitoring and Control......Page 192
Continue to Shorten the Project......Page 193
Where to Put Your Project Management Effort......Page 194
Worked Example......Page 195
References......Page 230
Introduction......Page 232
Worked Example-The Information Post-Mortem......Page 236
Worked Example-The Real Post-Mortem......Page 237
Introduction......Page 238
Reference......Page 240
Part 6 Bringing It All Together......Page 242
Introduction......Page 244
References......Page 255
Worked Example......Page 246
Where Do I Start?......Page 256
How Do I Continue?......Page 257
Bibliograhpy......Page 258
About the Author......Page 260
Index......Page 262