The Project Manager S Desk Reference 3e

In this Third Edition of The Project Manager's Desk Reference, top project management consultant James Lewis arms you with today's most comprehensive and understandable project management resources, showing you how to conduct a project of any size or nature-from the office move to building new facilities. Using results-oriented language and easy-to-understand examples, this comprehensive, quick-reference guide presents specific situations taken from today's fast-moving business environment, walking you through proven solutions designed to keep the project moving forward. This ready-access toolbox shows you how to: Plan, execute, and control a project from beginning to end; Choose project managers, leaders, and teams; Develop project plans using Work Breakdown Structures, PERT, CPM, and Gantt schedules; Conduct risk analysis; Design a project control system; Use earned value analysis to track projects; Communicate effectively with all levels of your team; Conduct the essential post-project 2lessons learned3 review. Serving as the perfect supplement to Lewis's bestselling PM bible, Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control, The Project Manager's Desk Reference provides you with the foundation you need to manage any project to its successful completion. - Publisher.

Move step-by-step through proven solutions guaranteed to keep all your projects on track. The Project ManagerÆs Desk Reference, Second Edition, by James P. Lewis, gives you a template for managing projects of any size from start to finish, a 16-step process for planning, monitoring, and controlling any project. As you explore specific situations taken from today's fast-moving business environment, the author's easy-to-understand approach shows you how to confidently put together a project plan using Work Breakdown Structures, PERT, CPM, and Gantt schedules. You learn how to conduct risk analysis, and assemble and manage a problem-solving team to eliminate potential stumbling blocks and complete the project on time and within budget. In the second edition of this hands-on toolbox, you get updated examples, illustrations and figures, checklists for every stage, plus lists of associations and powerful websites.

"The ability to skillfully manage a project is essential in today's business world, both for the successes of the projects and for the project managers themselves - whose successes are generally recognized and rewarded. Whether you are currently involved in planning or executing a project, or just want to prepare yourself for the next opportunity, The Project Manager's Desk Reference will provide a template for managing your next project to its successful conclusion."--Jacket.

A guide to PMI's 9 functional areas of project management. Based on the Project Management Institute's 1996 version of the Project Management Body of Knowledge; a handy reference for your projects.