Software Project Management is perceived by most people, including many of its practitioners, as a black art. This book overturns that notion. There is a method underlying all successful projects, and if you follow this method, your project will almost certainly succeed. We have called this method Structured Project Management. Structured Project Management has the same relationship to conventional project management that Structured Analysis and Design has to analysis and design, and Structured Programming has to programming, that is, it replaces a process which is highly individualistic, with a process that is standard, repeatable, predictable and consistent. Key Features of Structured Project Management: Structured Project Management is about people; it has in-built self-checking mechanisms - it lets you know at the beginning before the costs really spiral, whether or not your project is configured for success; it is complete - it is everything you have to do for a successful project; and it is simple to learn and easy to use. How to Run Successful Projects is essential reading for project managers in the IT field, and for everyone charged with managing a venture structured as a project.

How to Run Successful Projects (Bcs Practitioner)

Business & Money

O’Connell, Fergus

Management & Leadership

PRENTICE/HALL

Author identifies seven 'common sense' principles for becoming dramatically more effective. He shows how those sometimes surprising solutions flow naturally from simple common sense.

The Competitive Advantage of Common Sense: Using the Power You Already Have (Financial Times Prentice Hall Books)

Economics

Ft Pr

A step-by-step guide to successful software project management.Outlines ten steps that lead to project success. Presents a Probability Success Indicator that has been proven in more than 500 projects. Includes a simplified, easy-to-implement treatment of software estimation. Shows how time management plays a critical role in project success. Helps project managers avoid running late, running over budget, or failing to deliver what was promised.Anyone involved in project management, especially software project managers.

How to Run Successful Projects (2nd Edition)

Computers & Technology

Builds on the success of the first and second editions and reminds us all, in the post dot com era, just how important good project management practices are. New third edition now compares the Ten Steps of structured project management with any other methodology. Softcover.

How to Run Successful Projects III: The Silver Bullet (3rd Edition)

Addison-Wesley

The world is full of smart, experienced, skilled, brilliant people. However, many people - even smart ones - are lacking a set of essential skills that when pulled together can be termed "common sense." Simply Brilliant features a set of seven principles to make the bright better. Principles of common sense that can be adapted for attacking many of the problems that you encounter every day, be it in work or outside.

Simply Brilliant: The Competative Advantage Of Common Sense

Science & Math

Technology

Forget work life balance - discover how to be great at your job AND have a life. By the author of best selling Simply Brilliant.   Hot topic: articles are printed daily about how we are spending more and more time at work and under stress. For example, July, 2004 Irish Independent, "one of the main causes of stress-related absence among employees is the pressure to meet targets, which 41% of bosses identified as a reason for people being out of work."  There are books on time management but Fergus highlights that work/life balance is not about time management. Fergus puts a twist on this topical work issue.  There's a real need for this book - people struggle with wanting to do a good job, be successful and have a life - it's a national preoccupation.  Clear and powerful title pitch offering a clear promise.  This book is witty, warm and wise - just like the author's bestseller Simply Brilliant.    

How to do a great job... AND go home on time

Job Hunting & Careers

Pearson Education Canada

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.

Fast Projects: Project Management When Time Is Short

Overwhelmed  by life and work pressures? Feel like there are never enough hours in the day to get everything done? Not anymore. Light on theory and heavy on practice, this book shows you an easy and immediate way that not only gets you back on top of things, but helps you to achieve even more on a daily basis. Based on a seven day week, each day you will learn a new principle,so in one week you will have mastered a set of practical set of skills that ensures you achieve more and feel less stressed. Plus extra chapters are included to give added support to your skill set - such as how to create extra time in your life and establishing what your working patterns are. Manage your life. Do everything you want to do. Get more out of your day.

How to Get More Done: Seven Days to Achieving More

Self-Help

Life is complicated enough. Yet we go out of our way creating hoops to jump through and tough problems to wrestle with. We're so busy with the rush of everyday business that we often forget to use the most powerful weapon around - common sense. Simply Brilliant makes common sense common practice, offering up a simple set of principles to attack problems you encounter every day, in and outside of work. You'll discover how to look for simple solutions and direct approaches. Even the smartest people need the simple to be truly brilliant.

Simply Brilliant: The Competitive Advantage of Common Sense

Head banging against a brick wall? Nagging problem you just can’t solve? You’re not the only one. An astonishing number of intelligent people struggle to find solutions to some of the complex, varied and often frustrating problems we face in our day-to-day work. Whether it’s a major project, a minor quibble or something in between, a short, sharp dose of Fergus O’Connell’s simply brilliant advice gives you the tools to tackle problems head-on and join the few who manage to make common sense common practice. Through seven simple steps you’ll learn how to: <ul>
<li>Break down the complex and think outside the box </li> <li>Look for simple solutions and direct approaches </li> <li>Save yourself time and get results</li> </ul>

Simply Brilliant: The Common-sense Guide to Success at Work

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