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Your ultimate go-to project management bible
Perform Be Agile! Time-crunch! Right now, the business world has never moved so fast and project managers have never been so much in demand--the Project Management Institute has estimated that industries will need at least 87 million employees with the full spectrum of PM skills by 2027. To help you meet those needs and expectations in time, Project Management All-in-One For Dummies provides with all the hands-on information and advice you need to take your organizational, planning, and execution skills to new heights.
Packed with on-point PM wisdom, these 7 mini-books--including the bestselling Project Management and Agile Project Management For Dummies--help you and your team hit maximum productivity by razor-honing your skills in sizing, organizing, and scheduling projects for ultimate effectiveness. You'll also find everything you need to overdeliver in a good way when choosing the right tech and software, assessing risk, and dodging the pitfalls that can snarl up even the best-laid plans.
* Apply formats and formulas and checklists
* Manage Continuous Process Improvement
* Resolve conflict in teams and hierarchies
* Rescue distressed projects
List of contents
Introduction 1
Book 1: In the Beginning: Project Management Basics 5
Chapter 1: Achieving Results with Project Management 7
Chapter 2: Involving the Right People 23
Chapter 3: Developing Your Game Plan 43
Book 2: Steering the Ship: Planning and Managing a Project 71
Chapter 1: You Want This Project Done When? 73
Chapter 2: Starting Your Project Team Off on the Right Foot 111
Chapter 3: Monitoring Progress and Maintaining Control 129
Chapter 4: Bringing Your Project to Closure 155
Book 3: Helping Out: Using Tools on a Project 167
Chapter 1: Considering Checklists and Templates 169
Chapter 2: The Key Documents for Managing a Project 179
Chapter 3: Working with Microsoft Project 2019 185
Chapter 4: Surveying Cool Shortcuts in Project 2019 197
Book 4: A New Method: Agile Project Management 203
Chapter 1: Applying the Agile Manifesto and Principles 205
Chapter 2: Defining the Product Vision and Product Roadmap 233
Chapter 3: Planning Releases and Sprints 253
Chapter 4: Working throughout the Day 285
Chapter 5: Showcasing Work, Inspecting, and Adapting 309
Book 5: A Popular Agile Approach: Running a Scrum Project 321
Chapter 1: The First Steps of Scrum 323
Chapter 2: Planning Your Project 339
Chapter 3: The Talent and the Timing 359
Chapter 4: Release and Sprint Planning 377
Chapter 5: Getting the Most Out of Sprints 399
Chapter 6: Inspect and Adapt: How to Correct Your Course 417
Book 6: The Next Level: Enterprise Agility 425
Chapter 1: Taking It All In: The Big Picture 427
Chapter 2: Sizing Up Your Organization 443
Chapter 3: Driving Organizational Change 463
Chapter 4: Putting It All Together: Taking Steps toward an Agile Enterprise 485
Book 7: Making It Official: PMP Certification 503
Chapter 1: Introducing the PMP Exam 505
Chapter 2: It's All about the Process 519
Chapter 3: Reviewing the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct 541
Index 553
About the author
Stanley E. Portny, PMP Mark C. Layton, MBA2, CST, PMP, SAFe SPC Steven J. Ostermiller, CSP, PMP Nick Graham Cynthia Snyder Dionisio David Morrow, CSP, ICP-ACC Doug Rose, CSP-SM, PMI-ACP, PMP, SAFe SPC
Summary
Your ultimate go-to project management bible
Perform Be Agile! Time-crunch! Right now, the business world has never moved so fast and project managers have never been so much in demand--the Project Management Institute has estimated that industries will need at least 87 million employees with the full spectrum of PM skills by 2027. To help you meet those needs and expectations in time, Project Management All-in-One For Dummies provides with all the hands-on information and advice you need to take your organizational, planning, and execution skills to new heights.
Packed with on-point PM wisdom, these 7 mini-books--including the bestselling Project Management and Agile Project Management For Dummies--help you and your team hit maximum productivity by razor-honing your skills in sizing, organizing, and scheduling projects for ultimate effectiveness. You'll also find everything you need to overdeliver in a good way when choosing the right tech and software, assessing risk, and dodging the pitfalls that can snarl up even the best-laid plans.
* Apply formats and formulas and checklists
* Manage Continuous Process Improvement
* Resolve conflict in teams and hierarchies
* Rescue distressed projects
