10分钟项目管理指南(英文)

10MinuteGuidetoProjectManagementIntroductionAcknowledgmentsLesson1.SoYou'reGoingtoManageaProject?TheElementsofaProjectProjectPlanningImplementationControlPossibleProjectPlayersLesson2.WhatMakesaGoodProjectManager?ADoer,notaBystanderManyHatsAlltheTimePrinciplesToSteerYouSevenWaystoSucceedasaProjectManagerSevenWaystoFailasaProjectManagerLesson3.WhatDoYouWanttoAccomplish?ToLeadandtoHandleCrisesKeyQuestionsOkay,SoWhatareWeAttemptingtoDo?TasksVersusOutcomesTellingQuestionsDesiredOutcomesthatLendThemselvestoProjectManagementLesson4.LayingOutYourPlanNoSurprisesTheHolyGrailandtheGoldenFleeceFromNothingtoSomethingLesson5.AssemblingYourPlanTheCriticalPathforCompletingtheWBSTheChickenortheEgg?IsPlanningItselfaTask?WhatAboutYourHours?InternalResourcesVersusExternalResourcesHelpingYourStaffWhenIt'sOverWhatKindsofTasksComprisetheWBS?KeepingtheBigPictureinMindTheBigPictureVersusEndlessMinutiaFromPlanningtoMonitoringLesson6.KeepingYourEyeontheBudgetMoneyStillDoesn'tGrowonTreesExperiencePaysTraditionalApproachestoBudgetingTraditionalMeasuresSystematicBudgetingProblemsLesson7.GanttChartsChartYourProgressVariationsonaThemeEmbellishmentsOfferDetailGettingaProjectBackonTrackThinkingAheadLesson8.PERT/CPMChartsProjectsCanGetComplexEnterthePERTandCPMAShortCourseWhatIfThingsChange?IFeeltheNeed,theNeedforSpeedLet'sNetworkMeandMyArrowDon'tFallinLovewiththeTechnologyLesson9.ReportingResultsMoreCommunicationsChannelsLeadtoLessAccessibilityIncorporatetheThoughtsofOthersLesson10.ChoosingProjectManagementSoftwareWiththeClickofaMouseLeaveaGoodThingAloneWhoseChoiceIsIt?What'sYourPleasure?DedicatedPMSoftwareHowWillYouUsePMSoftware?Lesson11.ASamplingofPopularProgramsYesterday'sNewsArmedandOnlineLesson12.MultipleBosses,MultipleProjects,MultipleHeadachesParticipatingonMoreThanOneProjectataTimeComplexityHappensADiffusePatternATaleofTwoOfficesExtravaganceisNotNecessaryReportingtoMoreThanOneBossataTimeWorkaholicForHireLesson13.AConstructionMini-CaseHelpingConstructionSiteManagerstoBeMoreEffectiveLet'sAssignIttoaProjectManagerArmChairAnalysisVersusOnsiteObservationTowerofBabelLesson14.LearningfromYourExperienceLifeIsLearning,andsoAreProjectsMastertheSoftwareKeepYourEyesOpenPreparingFortheNextProjectA.GlossaryGlossaryB.FurtherReadingBibliographyIntroductionSupposeyouarearisingstaratworkandthebosshasgivenyouyourfirstassignmenttoheadupaproject.Dependingonthenatureoftheprojectandwhatkindofworkyoudo,youmighthavetoengageinavarietyoftasksthatyouhaven'ttackledbefore,suchasassemblingateamtocompletetheprojectontimeandonbudget,mappingoutaplanandmonitoringyourprogressatkeystepsalongtheway,usingappropriateplanningtoolssuchasprojectmanagementsoftwareorwallcharts,andkeepingyourteammotivatedandontarget.Perhapsyouhavemanagedprojectsbefore,butnotrecently.Or,youhavebeengivenanewkindofprojectyouarenotfamiliarwith,andyouwanttomakesureyouhandlethejobright.Ifso,you'vecometotherightplace.The10MinuteGuidetoProjectManagementgivesyoutheessenceofwhatyouneedtoknow,intermsofsuccessfulprojectmanagementfromAtoZ.Truetotheseries,eachlessoncanbereadandabsorbedinabout10minutes.Wecovercrucialaspectsofprojectmanagementincludingplottingoutyourpath,drawinguponage-oldandcutting-edgesupportingtools,expendingyourresourcescarefully,assemblingawinningteam,monitoringyourprogress,adjustingcourse(ifyouhaveto),andlearningfromyourexperiencesothatyouwillbeevenbetteratmanagingotherprojectsinthefuture.Ifyouarelikemanyprofessionalstoday,youareverybusy!Yourtimeisprecious.Whenyou'rehandedachallengingassignmentandneedsomedirection,youneeditinahurry.Andthatispreciselywhatthe10MinuteGuidetoProjectManagementoffersyou,aquickreferencetool—dividedinto18crucialaspectsofprojectmanagement—thatoffersthebasics.Youwillbeabletodigestalessonortwoeachmorningifyouchoose,beforeeveryoneelsegetstowork.Moreover,withthishandypocketguide,youarenevermorethanafewpagesawayfromhominginonthepreciseinformationthatyouneed.So,let'sgetstartedonthepathtoeffectiveprojectmanagement.Lesson1.SoYou'reGoingtoManageaProject?Inthislesson,youlearnwhataprojectis,essentialskillsforprojectmanagers,andwhatittakestobeagoodprojectmanager.TheElementsofaProjectWhatexactlyisaproject?Youhearthewordusedallthetimeatwork,aswellasathome.Peoplesay,Iamgoingtoaddadeckinthebackyard.Itwillbearealproject.Or,Ourteam'sprojectistodetermineconsumerpreferencesinourindustrythroughtheyear2010.Or,IhavealittleprojectIwouldlikeyoutotackle.Ithinkthatyoucanbefinishedbythisafternoon.TIPWhenyouboilitalldown,projectscanbeviewedashavingfouressentialelements:aspecifictimeframe,anorchestratedapproachtoco-dependentevents,adesiredoutcome,anduniquecharacteristics.SpecificTimeframeProjectsaretemporaryundertakings.Inthisregard,theyaredifferentfromongoingprogramsthatobviouslyhadabeginning,butmaynothaveadesiredend,atleastfortheforeseeablefuture.Projectscanlastyearsorevendecades,asinthecaseofpublicworksprograms,feedingtheworld'shungry,orsendingspacecraftstoothergalaxies.Butmostoftheprojectsthatyoufaceinthework-a-dayworldwillbesomewhereintherangeofhourstoweeks,orpossiblymonths,butusuallynot