Michael Greer

If you want a concise distillation of all the essential tasks an effective project manager should be executing, The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management is the book for you. The author presents a performance support system based on the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge. It reflects the best practices in the emerging field of project management. The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management is a set of worksheets, guidelines, checklists, and other tools for use by novices to perform specific project management tasks in a step-by-step fashion. It's not necessary to read through the entire book to apply a particular tool. The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management allows those new to project management to quickly acquire broad knowledge and skills related to the project management processes, terminology, tools, and techniques.

Selected Contents

Determine Need and Feasibility
Create Project Plan
Create Deliverables Specifications
Create Deliverables
Test & Implement Deliverables
Your Unique Project Life Cycle
Phases, Processes, and Action Items: Pulling It All Together
Your Project Management Action Tools
Demonstrate Project Need and Feasibility
Evaluating Project Scope
Guidelines for Defining and Sequencing Project Activities
Estimate Durations for Activities and Resources Required
Developing the Project Schedule
Building a Budget and Spending Plan
Developing the Project Communications Plan
Keeping Things Moving - "To-Do" List to Help You Execute, Control, and Close Out Your Project
The Project Status Report
Close Out Project Activities
Potential Shortcuts for Low-Risk Projects
When to Kill the Project