Project Management Made Easy
In today's highly competitive business world, more and more work is project oriented. Whether it's a marketing campaign, a sales proposal, development of a new product, or installation of a new information system, most work today has a beginning and an end, requires clearly defined goals and objectives, comes with a predetermined and limited budget of money and resources, and almost always involves coordinating the efforts and time of other people - by any definition, that's a project.
Until now, the tools to manage projects were reserved for the likes of large construction efforts or national defense projects. Project Management Made Easy simplifies these tools and makes them available to anyone working on any kind of project in an easy-to-use format that's guaranteed to make your projects more successful.
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:
- Answer the ten magic questions every project manager should know
- Manage changes in a changing project environment
- Use a project plan flow chart
- Use proper project management terms to describe a project
- Clarify and align your project's goal with your organization's mission
- Work with project clients and stakeholders to stay ahead of their constantly changing demands
- Develop your influencing skills so you can get the resources you need, even when you don't have a lot of official power
- Develop the four key cornerstones of your project goal that will help you make cost-effective, customer-pleasing changes down the road
- Use a flexible, easy-to-use responsibility matrix
- Identify project tasks and assign resources in a way that will keep you from getting the "Flat Forehead" syndrome
- Use traditional project scheduling tools in a fresh, more effective manner
- Determine contingencies that will keep you on track when the market changes
- Use a simple formula to increase the accuracy of your time estimates
- Successfully manage a project budget
- Conduct a "what if" analysis to avoid project pitfalls
- Set up a simple, effective system for reporting and tracking progress
- Motivate team members to complete their parts of the project on time and within budget
