Project Management​: An Introduction Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Lesson Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Concept Development and Activities / Content Presentation . . . . . . . 20 The Roles of a Project Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 The Characteristics of Excellent Project Managers . . . . . . . . . . 22 Specific Duties and Responsibilities of a Project Manager ....24 Activities for Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Activities for Intervention and Enrichment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Activities for Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Connections and Applications / Relevance of the Lesson . . . . . . . . . 31 Summary of Key Concepts and Key Takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Connections and Applications / Relevance of the Lesson . . . . . . . . . 18 Summary of Key Concepts and Key Takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Roles and Tasks of a Project Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Lesson 3
CONTENTS CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Nature of Project Management Prepare Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lesson 1 The Definition of a Project ............ 2 Learning Outcomes .......................................2 Lesson Objectives ........................................2 Concept Development and Activities / Content Presentation .......2 What Is a Project? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Differentiating a Project from Non-project Endeavors . . . . . . . . . 5 Activities for Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Activities for Intervention and Enrichment .....................7 Activities for Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Connections and Applications / Relevance of the Lesson . . . . . . . . . . 8 Summary of Key Concepts and Key Takeaways ..................9 Dedication.................................................xiii Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Lesson 4
The Project Management Life Cycle ........................35
Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Lesson Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Concept Development and Activities / Content Presentation . . . . . . . 35 Overview of the Project Management Life Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Project Initiation Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Project Planning Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Project Implementation Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Project Monitoring and Control Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Project Closure Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Activities for Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Activities for Intervention and Enrichment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Activities for Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Connections and Applications / Relevance of the Lesson . . . . . . . . . 45 Summary of Key Concepts and Key Takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Equip Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Assess Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Apply Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Develop Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Chapter 2 Starting a Project Prepare Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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Lesson 2
Project Management Work . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Lesson Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Concept Development and Activities / Content Presentation . . . . . . . 10 The Nature of Project Management Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Tasks That Comprise Project Management Work . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Activities for Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Activities for Intervention and Enrichment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Activities for Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connections and Applications / Relevance of the Lesson . . . . . . . . . 18 Summary of Key Concepts and Key Takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Roles and Tasks of a Project Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Lesson 3 Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Lesson Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Concept Development and Activities / Content Presentation . . . . . . . 20 The Roles of a Project Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 The Characteristics of Excellent Project Managers . . . . . . . . . . 22 Specific Duties and Responsibilities of a Project Manager ....24 Activities for Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Activities for Intervention and Enrichment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Activities for Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Connections and Applications / Relevance of the Lesson . . . . . . . . . 31 Summary of Key Concepts and Key Takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lesson 1
The Initiation Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Lesson Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Concept Development and Activities / Content Presentation . . . . . . . 58 What the Initiation Phase Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Documenting the Initiation Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 OutputoftheInitiationPhase...........................65 Activities for Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Activities for Intervention and Enrichment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Activities for Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Connections and Applications / Relevance of the Lesson . . . . . . . . . 68 Summary of Key Concepts and Key Takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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Lesson 2
Understanding the Stakeholders of a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Lesson Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Concept Development and Activities / Content Presentation . . . . . . . 70 The Stakeholders of a Project and Their Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Creating the Stakeholder Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Understanding and Prioritizing Stakeholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Influencing Stakeholders ..............................80 Activities for Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Lesson 4
The Project Management Life Cycle ........................35
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Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Lesson Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Concept Development and Activities / Content Presentation . . . . . . . 35 Overview of the Project Management Life Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Project Initiation Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Project Planning Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Project Implementation Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Project Monitoring and Control Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Project Closure Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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