Project Management
Secrets
The experts tell all!
Matthew Batchelor
Contents
Good project management is vital to business success
Understand the role of projects
1.2 Understand project constraints
1.3 Understand the project life cycle
1.5 See your stakeholders’ points of view
2.1 Every masterpiece starts with a sketch
3.2 Divide the project into work packages
3.3 First things first (and last things last)
3.5 Add contingency and use it wisely
3.7 Organize and control your project
4.1 Understand the role of finance
4.3 Choose to insource or outsource
4.5 Negotiate the right type of contract
4.6 Make a return on your investment
5.1 Design in success to your project team
5.3 Make the most of matrix working
5.4 Tailor your leadership style
5.5 Communication is more than just words
5.6 Learn to manage difficult conversations
5.7 Manage yourself, then the project
6.3 Get results from team meetings
6.5 Create a balanced project scorecard
6.6 There’s a solution to every problem