Training for Project Management

Volume 2: Methods and Techniques

Publication Date	December 2008
Publisher	Ashgate Publishing
Product Type	Book
Pages	448
ISBN Number	9780566088704
Product Code	ASH00444

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Summary

As projects continue to grow in scale, cost and complexity, the need for consistent and professional project management techniques for planning, organizing, controlling costs, risk management, managing progress, performance and change has never been greater.

These ready-to-use training activities and exercises are designed to stimulate learning in the technical aspects of project management.

The activities in the collection cover five distinct areas:

Value Analysis, Risk Assessment and Project Optimization
Planning and Estimating
Measuring Progress, Testing and Validation
Managing Priorities and Organizational Objectives
Integrating Project Management Skills

Detailed guidance on the standards, tools and techniques for planning, estimating, managing and measuring successful projects is given, together with a wide range of activity types.

The second edition includes five brand new exercises. Two companion manuals, Volume 1: Skills and Principles and Volume 3: Innovation, Value and Performance, are also available.

Content

Introduction
Part One Value Analysis, Risk Assessment and Project Optimization: Functional analysis
Risk analysis
Kick out waste
Petro-world resource levelling
Paper plan engineering
Ball passing revolution
Blues. Part Two Planning and Estimating: The carpet layers
Pert home construction kit
White wedding and used car
Systems development
How much does it cost?
The highest mountain in Australia
The Temple of Oova
Simple planning exercise. Part Three Measuring Progress Testing and Validation: Painting the flat
100% or bust
Productivity analysis
C/SCSC: the 35 Department of Defense criteria
Change of holiday contract
Route planner
Progress iterations. Part Four Managing Priorities and Organizational Objectives
Project audit framework
Balanced portfolio
Heavyweight project managers
Exceptional accountability
Obstacles to project management
Consultancy mission
Steps to change
PM software selection
It's about time. Part Five Integrating Project Management Skills: Egg box micro project
Bridge micro project
Kit construction micro plan
Project script
The autonomous team activity
Project steps
Project quiz
Project entrepreneur.