The Project Manager S Cookbook

The purpose of the Project Manager's Cookbook is to make the knowledge behind successful project management exciting, easy to understand, and applicable in every area of our lives. It is a means of initiating conversations and generating discussions that help us to find our paths in thelast job we will all have. We are all project managers, we just didn't know what it was, nor how to find and properly understand the theoretical methodology behind it all.How do we shrink the gap of project failures that still remains in spite of the 650000 PMI trained and certified project, program, and portfoliomanagers? Everyone involved in project management within the organization needs a baseline understanding of the organizations project management methodology. Organizational Project Management strategies have allowed a golden opportunity to pass without seizing it. The missed opportunity does come with a giant lost opportunity price tag. Project management knowledge and access to career path must be open to everyone within a project based organization (PBO).The employees above and outside the Portfolio, Program, or Project management levels also need the requisite baseline knowledge to unleash the total power of project management through changing an organization's skill level, establishing entry levels for employees who have demonstrated the desire and the acumen to enter the project management field and who have distinguished themselves in the roles they have held within the organization.This then becomes the project management internal talent pool. Buy-in occurs when an organization grows its own project managers and changes the entire organization through access, inclusion, and gaining incremental and sustainable increases in capability.How do we change the world? Do something to change yourself first. If you have fears that this methodology won't stick and take off whereyou are, demonstrate repeated success, build high performing teams, provide the type of customer experience that you expect when you exchange your hard earned money for services or products.These are exciting times, roll your sleeves up, do the hard work that no one see's to achieve the level of success they just can't stop talking about.The world needs more project managers... We can still be that shining light by the side of the mountain...."Saving the World One PMP at a Time" -The PMP Whisperer

Grounded in practicality, this book explains the procedures for running a successful project and highlights the finer points of managing and controlling the project. Written specifically for those responsible for the hands-on managing of projects, it is also useful to program managers and senior executives. Project managers will gain the confidence that comes from following a good recipe for success. Program managers will gain a perspective on the myriad of activities their project managers must perform to achieve a well-disciplined project.

Perhaps you want to know more about project management but can't afford the £1,000's you need to invest in the training courses. We have used many methods, techniques and different ways to present the information for you to use in a really affordable and easy to digest format.

THE PROJECT MANAGER’S GUIDE TO MASTERING AGILE Updated guide to Agile methodologies, with real-world case studies and valuable frameworks for project managers moving to Agile The Project Manager’s Guide to Mastering Agile helps project managers who are faced with the challenge of adapting their project management approach to an Agile environment, showing how these approaches can work jointly to improve project outcomes in any project, with discussion topics and real-world case studies that facilitate hands-on learning. It also provides project managers with the fundamental knowledge to take a leadership role in working with companies to develop a well-integrated, enterprise-level Agile Project Management approach to fit their business. The original edition of this book has been very successful and is used as a graduate-level textbook in several universities. This new edition builds on the success of the original edition and includes updated content from the latest PMBOK Guide, updated sections on stakeholder management, value-driven delivery, adaptive planning, and distributed project management, with an all-new chapter on Hybrid project management. It also includes new case studies on applying an Agile Hardware Development at Tesla and Project Management in a non-software environment. Sample topics covered in The Project Manager’s Guide to Mastering Agile include: Bridging the chasm in project management philosophies, impact on the project management profession, evolution of Agile and Waterfall, and learning to see Agile and traditional plan-driven project management as complementary to each other rather than competitive The roots of Agile and understanding Agile at a deeper level including the Agile manifesto from 2001, adapting an Agile approach to fit a business, and Scrum overview, roles, framework, principles, and values Time-boxing, Kanban, and theory of constraints, Agile estimation overview and estimation practices, and velocity and burn-down/burn-up charts Scaling Agile to an enterprise level, including challenges, obstacles to overcome, implementation considerations, management practices, and enterprise-level Agile transformations With comprehensive, accessible, and highly practical coverage of Agile, a leading project management platform, The Project Manager’s Guide to Mastering Agile is a highly valuable resource for professional project managers, students studying project management, and those studying for PMI’s Agile Certified Practitioner Certification (PMI-ACP).

Der Projektmanager nimmt in der IT-Branche eine zentrale Stellung ein. "Project Management Nation" ist eine Sammlung praktischer Tipps, Ratschläge und Techniken, die IT Projektmanagern helfen, ihre Fähigkeiten im Projektmanagement zu verbessern. Schwerpunkte liegen dabei sowohl auf der Geschäftsstrategie als auch auf der Geschäftsanalyse. Das Buch ist ideal geeignet für Einsteiger und für erfahrene IT Projektmanager, die mit IT-Projekten für Kunden aus verschiedenen Branchen betraut sind. Mit Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen für jede Projektphase. "Project Management Nation" - eine wahre Fundgrube praxiserprobter Ratschläge, Tipps und Techniken.

This practical guide reveals the project management methodology and processes that will give you the advantage to ensure your projects’ success--and advance organizational goals. As a seasoned project management consultant and instructor for the American Management Association, author Jack Ferraro has gained years of experience bridging the gap between project managers and functional managers to help countless teams improve their performance. In this book, he demystifies the jargon and processes of project management, encouraging functional managers to jump into the PM arena and arming them with step-by-step guidelines for mastering the most critical PM skills. In Project Management for Non-Project Managers, you will discover: business analysis techniques, work breakdown structures, program sequencing techniques, and risk management methods. Great managers are experts at getting bottom-line results, but often do not understand their role in the success or failure of their organization's projects. As projects become more strategic and collaborative, managers with even basic project-management knowledge are most capable of keeping projects business-focused. By switching gears from passive bystander to active owner of project strategies, you’ll keep your team’s projects on track and, as a result, increase their business value.

Part of the Howto Marketing series, The Little Cook Book of Project Management provides a light-hearted guide to the 'ingredients' and 'recipes' of project management.

A sobering new statistic indicates that less than half of all projects assigned to management are completed, done correctly, finished on time, and under budget. Project management is the discipline of organising and managing resources so that projects meet their defined scope, time, and cost constraints. As a manager or assistant manager, you will be responsible for many projects, and you will be evaluated on their planning, co-ordination, and control from inception to completion, including meeting their quality requirements on time and within cost. Projects are critical to the success of any business or organisation. They are the activities that result in new or changed products and services. They increase sales, improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs, improve the work environment, and result in countless other benefits. As a manager or assistant manager, you will be evaluated on the success of your project management skills. In this easy-to-read and comprehensive book, you will learn planning strategies for each phase of project management and for everything from the start-up meeting, to the project's execution and closure, including its scope and information gathering requirements. You will learn how to create a project plan, assess its risk, manage multiple projects, manage organisation-wide initiatives, implement project management concepts, and schedule, control, and manage contracts. The information in this new book will help you make the most of your time by efficiently handling your workflow. Managing time effectively within your company will serve to deliver projects on time and increase profits and will make you stand out to your supervisors. You can succeed in real-world project management. The Internet, software, and technology have dramatically changed the way traditional projects have been managed. Online project management software helps your organisation share, store, and manage key project information through a central, online location accessible to everyone. There is a complete review of this new technology in this book. In addition, we spent thousands of hours interviewing, e-mailing, and communicating with hundreds of today's most successful project management experts. This book contains their secrets and proven successful ideas, including actual case studies. If you are interested in learning hints, strategies, and secrets for implementing highly effective project management skills, then this book is for you.