If you're new to project management or need to refresh your knowledge, Project Management Essentials, Third Edition, is the quickest and easiest way to learn how to manage projects successfully. The simple techniques and templates in this book provide you with the essential tools you'll need to be an effective project manager. It's as simple as that. Read the book and discover: How to plan well - to decide on the right things to do; The key skills and knowledge you'll need to be effective; How to create an effective charter to start projects off right; Guidelines for building a usable project plan; Tips for breaking project work into manageable pieces; Techniques for estimating project cost and schedule; How to build a team; Strategies to deal with conflict, change, and risk; How to report on the progress of the project and keep everyone concerned happy. Project Management Essentials is written in short, clear chapters to make project management more easily understood. The authors, all valued senior faculty of PM College, use both their business experience and their academic backgrounds to make these chapters come alive. This updated edition complies with the latest project management standard, the PMBOK Guide 5th Edition.

Project Management Essentials: A Quick and Easy Guide to the Most Important Concepts and Best Practices for Managing Your Projects Right

Athayde, William P.

Elswick, Ruth

Lombard, Paul

Religion & Spirituality

Maven House

If you’re new to project management or need to refresh your knowledge, Project Management Essentials, Fourth Edition is the quickest and easiest way to learn how to manage projects successfully. The concepts presented are not rocket science. They are all common sense. Yet they require knowledge and discipline – a framework to manage projects right and the will to adhere to it. If you consistently use the simple tools and templates provided you’ll succeed. It’s as simple as that. In this book you’ll discover:
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<li>The key skills and knowledge you’ll need to be an effective project manager</li>
<li>How to create an effective charter to start your project off right</li>
<li>Guidelines for building a usable project plan</li>
<li>Tips for breaking your project work into manageable pieces</li>
<li>Techniques for accurately estimating project cost and schedule</li>
<li>Help in building a team and different leadership styles you might apply to manage them</li>
<li>Strategies to deal with conflicts, change, uncertainty, and risk</li>
<li>How to report on the progress of the project and keep everyone concerned happy</li>
</ul>
Project Management Essentials is purposefully written in short, clear chapters to make project management more easily understood. The authors, all valued senior faculty of PM College, bring both their business experience and their academic background to make these chapters come alive. This updated edition offers even more templates and content than the widely used earlier editions and complies with the latest project management standard, the PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition.

Project Management Essentials, Fourth Edition: A Quick and Easy Guide to the Most Important Concepts and Best Practices for Managing Your Projects Right

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Management & Leadership

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