Project Management QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Precise Planning, Strategic Resource Management, and Delivering World Class Results
- 10h 20m 29s
- Chris Croft
- ClydeBank Media LLC
- 2023
The ultimate beginner's guide to learning project management–includes a comprehensive online library of project management tools!
Now more than ever, organizations are looking for flexible, profitable, and efficient ways to achieve their goals, and effective project management is the answer. Not only is it an in-demand skill in nearly every industry, but it’s also one of the most transferable skills you can acquire.
In Project Management QuickStart Guide, author, speaker, trainer, and project management expert Chris Croft draws on his 30+ years of experience to deliver a comprehensive guide for would-be project managers, experienced project planners, and everyone in between.
As one of the UK’s leading business, project management, and leadership trainers Chris knows how break down the sometimes-complex world of project management into actionable and easy-to-digest concepts. Insights from his dozens of courses that have reached over ten million students across the globe can be found within Project Management QuickStart Guide.
Project Management QuickStart Guide Explains:
- How to use modern project management principles to tackle any project, no matter its level of complexity
- How savvy project managers set themselves up for success from the very beginning to stay organized and stay on track
- How to use deceptively simple project management tools and methods to lead your team and crush your goals - all while keeping spending in check
- How to use careful planning and project management best practices to spot and minimize risks while avoiding the common pitfalls that sink projects
About the Author
Chris Croft is an author, speaker, project manager, and one of the UK's leading business, project management, and leadership trainers. Chris's courses have reached hundreds of thousands of thrilled students around the globe and have even been integrated into corporate training at companies like Nasdaq, Volkswagen, Eventbrite, and more. With a decade's worth of experience in the advanced manufacturing sector, Chris knows what it takes to deliver world-class value on time and under budget. Connect with him at www.chriscroft.co.uk.
In this Audiobook
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 - What Is a Project?
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Chapter 2 - Project Management Methodologies
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Chapter 3 - Define the Project – Step 1
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Chapter 4 - List the Tasks – Step 2
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Chapter 5 - Set the Running Order – Step 3
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Chapter 6 - Put Estimates on the Tasks – Step 4
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Chapter 7 - Crash the Plan – Step 5
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Chapter 8 - Gantt Charts – Step 6
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Chapter 9 - Resource Planning – Step 7
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Chapter 10 - Risk Planning – Step 8
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Chapter 11 - Monitor Progress – Step 9
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Chapter 12 - Monitor Costs – Step 10
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Chapter 13 - Modify the Plan – Step 11
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Chapter 14 - Review – Step 12
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Chapter 15 - Planning of Larger Projects
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Chapter 16 - Top Ten Mistakes You’ll Now Avoid
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Chapter 17 - Remember the People Side of Project Management
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Chapter 18 - Managing a Project Manager
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Chapter 19 - Careers in Project Management
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Conclusion
