How to run successful projects in Web time
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How to run successful projects in Web time
（Artech House computing library）
Artech House, c2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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The author compares the movie industry and high-tech industries with regard to project management. He believes that the way to shorten projects is to find the critical path and often project management software doesn't provide such crucial information.
Table of Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part One: First Things First - You Must Really Want To Do It - Introduction. How Much Planning Do We Actually Do? And Now the Bad News. So Why Do Projects Take So Much Time? How the Movies Do It - Shooting Movies in the Shortest Possible Time. Multitasking.And the Result of All This? Convincing the Others - Introduction. Building A Profit Model. Show Them the Money. What if it Runs Over? Reference. Part Two: Answer the Need- Identify the Right Project - Introduction. What's Our Project? Will This Keep the Stakeholders Happy? Worked Example. References.Part Three: Build the Plan- Identify the Work To Be Done - How to Build a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). How to Build a WBS From Reusable Components. Estimating. Worked Example. Jobs, Dependencies, Effort. Summary. References. Add in the Project Management - Introduction. A Rule of Thumb. Worked Example. What If I Don't Have Enough Time? References. Get People To Do the Work - Introduction. People. Peoples' Availability. Strengths and Weaknesses. Worked Example. Put Contingency Into the Plan - Introduction. Putting Contingency in the Plan. Worked Example. Reference. Do a Risk Analysis - Introduction. Doing a Risk Analysis. Worked Example. Reference. Part Four: Turbocharge the Plan-Prepare To Shorten the Plan - Introduction. The Strip Board. Worked Example. Reference. Shorten the Plan - Introduction. Worked Example. Epilogue. Sell the Plan- Introduction. The Team.The Powers-That-Be.Worked Example-Pitching to the Team. Worked Example-Pitching to the Higher-Ups. References. Part Five: Execute the Plan- Monitor, Control, and Report - Monitoring and Control. Continue to Shorten the Project. Where to Put Your Project Management Effort. Status Reporting. Worked Example. References. Do a Post-Mortem - Introduction. Worked Example-The Informal Post-Mortem. Worked Example- The Real Post-Mortem. Introduction. Reference. Part Six: Bringing It All Together- Run Multiple Projects - Introduction. Worked Example. References. Implementing These Ideas in Your Organization - Where Do I Start? How Do I Continue? Bibliography - Other References. About the Author. Index.
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