Contents of this The New Project Management: Tools for an Age of Rapid Change, Complexity, and Other Business Realities Tutorial guide Book
- 1. The New Business Environment and the Need for a New Project Management.
- Part One: Managing in the New Business Environment.
- 2. Managing Complexity: Techniques for Fashioning Order out of Chaos.
- 3. Engaging Change: Knowing When to Embrace, Accept, or Challenge.
- 4. Managing Risk: Identifying, Analyzing, and Planning Responses.
- 5. Satisfying Customers: Knowing Who They Are, What They Want, and When They Are Right or Wrong.
- 6. Defining Requirements That Bridge the Customer-Developer Gap.
- Part Two: Tools for the New Project Management.
- 7. Acquiring Political Skills and Building Influence.
- 8. Building Teams with Borrowed Resources.
- 9. Selecting Projects That Will Lead to Success.
- 10. Estimating Realistic Costs, Schedules, and Specifications to Ensure Project Success.
- 11. Scheduling Projects with New Tools: The Time-Boxed and Critical Chain Scheduling Techniques.
- 12. Outsourcing to Control Costs, Focus on Core Work, and Expand Resources.
- 13. Integrating Cost and Schedule Control to Measure Work Performance.
- 14. Evaluating Projects to Maintain Goals, Strengthen Accountability, and Achieve Objectives.
- 15. Understanding and Using Performance Metrics: Measuring the Right Stuff.
- 16. Establishing and Maintaining a Project Support Office to Strengthen Project Management Capabilities.
- 17. Carpe Diem: Seize the Day!
- References.
- Index.
