Managing projects : create your schedule, monitor your budget, meet your goals

Harvard Business Review Press (Added Author).

Summary: Succinctly delivers information on managing projects, including drawing up a realistic schedule and project plan, monitoring key tasks and benchmarks, and communicating with stakeholders.

Record details

ISBN: 9781625270832 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1625270836 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
ix, 129 p. ; 18 cm.
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Basics -- What constitutes a project -- What project management involves -- four phases of every project -- Planning Your Project -- Define the real problem -- Identify your stakeholders -- Set the project's goals -- Prepare for trade-offs -- Spell out the tasks -- Building Up Your Project -- Assemble your team -- Set the schedule -- Develop a budget -- Managing Your Project -- Delegate---but track results -- Monitor progress against the schedule -- Monitor progress against the budget -- Ensure quality control -- Report progress to stakeholders -- Dealing with Your Project's Problems -- Scope creep -- Delays -- Budget overruns -- People issues -- Bringing Your Project to a Successful Conclusion -- Prepare the handoff -- Conduct a post-project evaluation -- Develop a useful final report -- Thank everyone---and prepare for the next project.