Project Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know (Self-Learning Management Series)

Product Description Simplified explanation of concepts Chapter SummariesSolutions to Practice ExercisesPractical approaches for application Best PracticesProject Management TemplatesA short, simple, and practical guide to understanding how to manage all kinds of projects!As employees move into a project management role, they need to learn new skills. These would include management of several different dimensions of a project to deliver the project successfully. Project Management Essentials You Always Wanted to Know: 5th Edition provides the core information about how to manage the complexity of modern projects with improved easy-to-understand explanations, a new WBS template and a new chapter on Agile. The new edition, includes topics such as:Project management overviewProject Initiation - Constraints, Stakeholders, PMO, Life CyclesProject Planning - WBS,CPM, Budgeting, Quality, Resources, Communications, Risk, Procurement, StakeholdersProject Execution - Audits, Resources, CommunicationsProject Monitoring & Controlling - Tracking, Quality Control, Change ControlProject ClosureAgile Overview (new)About the SeriesThe Self-Learning Management series is designed to help students, new managers, career switchers and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons. This series is designed to address every aspect of business from HR to Finance to Marketing to Operations, be it any industry. Each book includes basic fundamentals, important concepts, standard and well-known principles as well as practical ways of application of the subject matter. The distinctiveness of the series lies in that all the relevant information is bundled in a compact form that is very easy to interpret. Review A quick reference guide for project management professionals Easy to learn best practices for effective and successful project delivery Presented in structured way using a step by step process oriented approach Key concepts and terminology aligned to PMI (USA) methodology Ready to use templates enable managing of projects easier-Cmde Parambath PrabhakaranAdjunct Faculty in Project Management Centre at S.P. Jain Institute of Management & ResearchProject Management is a skill that we all need in both our work and home settings. Project Management Essentials takes you through every step of managing a project, including project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and finally, project closure. Filled with easily digestible information and a bonus glossary of terms, Project Management Essentials is a useful tool for anyone who is looking to be a better project manager, leader, or learner.-Marisa Soltz, MLISReference Supervisor, Canby Public LibraryEveryone needs project management skills because everything in this world is essentially a project-including your career and your life. As a scholar and practitioner in project management, I found that this book provides pragmatic knowledge in managing projects and also prepares you to get a certificate from Project Management Institute (PMI) if you are interested to become a professional in project management. You can gain experience by reading this book and apply more than ten templates to manage your projects. There are also many well-designed practical examples to help you have a deep understanding of what you learn. In short, I recommend this book to people who want to know how to manage projects and even become a professional in project management.-Weichu Xu MBA, Ph.DAssociate Professor of Business ManagementEast Stroudsburg UniversityThank you for the opportunity to preview this book! Offering just the right amount of detail balanced with practical advice, this book is a 'how to' resource for anyone new to project management and an excellent refresher for the seasoned pro!-Lindy WilliamsChief Creative OfficerTalent DimensionsThe book overall explanation is good and easy to understand.-Allen LimAssistant Professor of Business ManagementEast Stroudsburg University