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by Mark Thomas, Sam Elbeik
Project Skills
Front Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Series editor's preface
Acknowledgements
1 Real world project management
Why is this book different?
People make the project team
Leading and motivating the team
Project team structures
Small project structures
Larger project structures
Roles and responsibilities
Essential project activities
2 Understanding projects
What is a project?
Three main project dimensions
The functional expert
Rapid change governs how projects are managed
Key to successful projects
Main stages and activities of any project
3 Project stage 1 define
Building a good sponsor relationship
Recording project objectives in the terms of reference
Terms of reference
4 Project stage 2 plan
Creating a work breakdown structure
Creating the team structure and individual responsibilities
Estimating effort and duration for each task
Preparing the schedule
Allocating resource to tasks
Determining the budget
Risk analysis and contingency
How to measure risk
The complete plan
5 Project stage 3 team building
But what is a team
Team development the classic phases
High performance teams
Team roles and functions
Belbins team types
Belbins team roles questionnaire
Applying the Belbin approach to project teams
6 Project stage 3 leading
Behaviours and emotions
Managing performance and setting team objectives
Overall project objectives
Leading projects what good project managers do
Project leadership a quick checklist of behaviours
Managing projects self analysis
Stakeholder analysis
7 Project stage 3 motivitation
The three basic motivators
Getting project sponsors on side
Motivation issues within the project team
Identifying someone’s motivational profile
8 Project stage 4 control
Maintaining control
Process control
Environmental control
9 Project stage 5 communications
Communication templates
10 Project stage 6 review and exit
Signalling the end
The review process
Planning what information to gather
Conducting interviews
Presenting the review report
11 Assessing your skills
Skills needed to manage projects
Eight project management skills dimensions
Part 1 checklist of questions
Part 2 preparing and analysing your score
Personal development your task now
Further reading
Index
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