Project Management for Mere Mortals

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Praise for Project Management for Mere
Mortals®
“Project Management for Mere Mortals is a must read for
all project managers with responsibilities for large or small projects,
regardless of industry or product. Baca has cleverly taken the (sometimes)
difficult lexicon of project management and distilled it into easy-to-read,
understandable concepts. Her case study examples lead Project Managers from
Project Initiation through Project Close–and those between–with ease. In
today’s growing discipline of Project Management, we must understand the
potential hurdles and where to capitalize on prior knowledge. Baca is a
Project Management guru. No person involved with the execution of projects
should be without this book…ever.”
–Lisa Marie Jacobsen, CAPM, Project Manager, Newtown
Square, Pennsylvania
 
“Project Management for Mere Mortals is an excellent
book for the beginning as well as the experienced project manager. At the
elementary level, the concepts are clearly explained, and at the advanced
level, hints and tips are explained that give new insight to the concepts. I
especially liked the case studies that applied each chapter’s lessons.”
–Kaaren A. Walsh, PMP
 
“This book is an excellent learning tool for beginning
Project Managers and a terrific resource for experienced Project
Managers.”
–Janene A. Luders, PMP
 
Project Management for Mere Mortals® strips
away the myths and mysteries of effective project management, giving you the
skills, tools, and insights to succeed with your next project–and every
project after that.
 
Long-time project manager and trainer, Claudia Baca,
walks you through all five process groups of project management: initiation,
planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing. Baca examines
each process group from the perspectives of the working project manager and
team member, highlighting the organizational issues most likely to arise and
offering proven solutions. For each process group, she presents tools you can
start using right now–and demonstrates those tools at work in a realistic
running case study.
This guide takes you from the absolute basics through
advanced techniques, such as measures of performance and change control.
You’ll learn how to
 
• Accurately scope projects and build workable
timetables
• Create trustworthy budgets and use them to manage
your project
• Organize work assignments for maximum efficiency
• Build project teams, and keep them motivated
• Intelligently assess quality goals, and decide “how
good it has to be”
• Identify and mitigate the real risks your project
will encounter
• Control changes and stay on track, no matter what
surprises occur
• Close projects successfully, and learn lessons for
future projects
• Gain crucial skills you’ll need for PMI
certification
 
This book has been crafted to support professionals who
are new (or almost new) to project management, as well as experienced project
managers who want to handle complex projects and organizational politics more
effectively. Whatever your role or assignment, it’s your fastest route to deep
project management mastery. 
Table of
Contents

Foreword by Kim Heldman, PMP  xv
Preface  xvii
Acknowledgments  xxv
About the Author  xxvii
Chapter 1   Setting the Project Management
Context  1
Chapter 2   You’ve Been Assigned a Project!
 19
Chapter 3   How Big Is This Project?
 53
Chapter 4   Laying Out the Work  99
Chapter 5   The Art of Estimating
 131
Chapter 6   Quality–How Good Does It Have to
Be?  169
Chapter 7   Communication–What Do You Think
About My Project?  207
Chapter 8   Risk–What Should You Worry About?
 257
Chapter 9   Creating the Schedule
 291
Chapter 10 Budgeting–How Much?  331
Chapter 11 The Rhythm of Project Execution
 369
Chapter 12 Keeping the Project on Track  397
Chapter 13 Controlling Changes  421
Chapter 14 Success!–Closing the Project  441
Answers to the Review Questions  457
Glossary  471
Bibliography  477
Index
 479