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Fast Projects: Project Management When Time Is Short

Published by Pearson (November 6, 2013) © 2014

Fergus O'Connell
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    ISBN-13: 9780273747468

    Fast Projects ,1st edition

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    Language: English

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    We are all faced with projects going off the rails, veering far from what we initially set out to do, costing ten times as much and taking far too long to complete - this is just part of everyday working life. Honing our general skills in project management seems like the obvious answer, but Fast Projects promises a quicker and easier solution - cutting the time to get projects done in the first place.

    Learning to operate within a short schedule not only cuts costs and improves revenue and cash flow, but it also sets you aside as a sharper and slicker operation. How to build, shorten and execute a realistic plan in the shortest time possible is covered in detail along with a specific focus on ensuring you have clearly defined goals and are making accurate project predictions with a successful tracking progress.

    Using worked examples and tried and tested techniques, Fast Projects is your practical guide to ensuring projects not only succeed, but are delivered early. If you want to get the most out of your team and take control of your workload, resources and time, this book is for you.

     

    Acknowledgements
    List of figures
    About the author
    Introduction

     

    Chapter One – Say 'We’ll take a look at it'

    Chapter Two – Figuring out the goal of your project

    Chapter Three – Figuring out what work has to be done

    Chapter Four – Getting people to do the work

    Chapter Five – Making the plan bulletproof

    Chapter Six – Selling the plan

    Chapter Seven – What to do if the project is impossible

    Chapter Eight – Executing the plan

    Chapter Nine – Assessing a project in five minutes

    Chapter Ten – Scoping and planning a project in a day

    Chapter Eleven – An actual scoping and planning session

    Chapter Twelve – Why projects fail

     

    Appendix - Figures 11.1 and 11.2

    Bibliography

    Index

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