Great Lessons in Project Management
- 2h 8m
- David Pratt
- Management Concepts
- 2015
Learn from Other Projects to Avoid Pitfalls on Your Projects!
Projects fail at an alarming rate, whether they are information technology, training, construction, or policy development projects. No matter the focus, each year we experience an abundance of challenged projects that either require super-human effort to resuscitate or die an untimely death. Great Lessons in Project Management is a treasure trove of lessons learned from troubled projects and from projects that went well. This collection of stories describes the events surrounding a particular challenge a project manager faced or a tool that another used effectively. Managers of all types of projects can draw on these stories to validate their own good practices and to avoid the pitfalls so many have encountered on their projects.
About the Author
David Pratt, PMP, has more than 20 years of experience managing projects of all types and sizes, in a wide variety of industries as well as in non-profit and service organizations. A retired military officer and hospital administrator, he currently owns DHP Project Services, LLC. Dave is the author of The IT Project Management Answer Book and Pragmatic Project Management: Five Scalable Steps to Success. He currently teaches project management at South Puget Sound Community College in Lacey, Washington, where he led the curriculum design effort for the Project Management Certificate program.
In this Book
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Scope Management: If You Can See It, We Can Build It
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Management and Control: Can You Prove Your Project's Status?
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Project Team Management: Roles and Responsibilities are Critical
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Stakeholder Management: Consensus is the Path to Success
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Project Initiation: Get Your Project Off to a Good Start
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Communications Management: Don't Let Tech-Speak Threaten Your Project
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Quality Management: Make Quality Your Priority
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Time Management: Schedules are Guides for Those Who Do the Work
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Human Resource Management: Build a Realistic Project Team
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Cost Management: Never Lose Track of the Money
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Project Governance: Organizational Support is a Key Success Factor
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Project Initiation: The Charter is the First, Best Tool for Project Clarity
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Procurement Management: Take the Time Necessary to Ensure Project Success
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Project Planning: Those Who Do, Should Plan
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Risk Management: Even the Best Planning Does Not Eliminate Risk
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Risk Management: Always Follow Up on Your Plans
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Project Execution: Sometimes the Napkin Approach Works
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Human Resource Management: Know Your Team
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Project Management Integration: Solution Complexity is Seldom the Issue
