Project Management Essentials

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Project Management Essentials
Contents
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Project Management
	What Is Project Management?
	What Is Project Success?
	What Is a Project Life Cycle?
	Key Roles in Project Management
	Overview of Remaining Chapters
	Summary
CHAPTER 2: Selecting and Initiating a Project
	Portfolio Management
	Project Management Office
	Initiating Projects with a Charter
	Summary
CHAPTER 3: Engaging Your Team and Other Stakeholders
	Your Team
	Identify and Prioritize Stakeholders
	Summary
CHAPTER 4: Determining What Your Project Will Deliver
	Collect Requirements
	Define Scope
	Work Breakdown Structure
	Managing Risks
	Establishing Change Control
	Summary
CHAPTER 5: Project Scheduling
	Defining Work Activities
	Sequencing Work Activities
	Estimating Activity Duration
	Developing the Project Schedule
	Showing Your Schedule on a Gantt Chart
	Assigning Workers
	Identifying Resource Overloads
	Using Software
	Summary
CHAPTER 6: Budgeting and Baselining Your Project
	Estimate Cost
	Determine Budget
	Consolidate Schedule, Budget, Scope, and Resources into Integrated Plan
	Kickoff Project
	Baseline Consolidated Project Plan
	Summary
CHAPTER 7: Directing Project Performance
	Continued Planning and Directing
	Maintaining Momentum
	Manage Communications
	Close Project
	Summary
APPENDIX 1: Templates
APPENDIX 2: Selecting, Prioritizing, and Resourcing Projects
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