Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management"O'Reilly Media, Inc.", 2008. gada 25. marts - 410 lappuses In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft project veteran Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Each essay distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice, and the new edition now adds more value for leaders and managers of projects everywhere.
Coming from the rare perspective of someone who fought difficult battles on Microsoft's biggest projects and taught project design and management for MSTE, Microsoft's internal best practices group, this is valuable advice indeed. It will serve you well with your current work, and on future projects to come. |
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... requirements, designs, and constraints. They depend on communication, decision making, and combinations of creative and logical thought. Projects usually involve a schedule, a budget, and a customer. Most importantly, the central task ...
... requirements gathering), shepherding the project through design and development work (communication, decision making, and mid-game strategy), and driving the project through to completion (leadership, crisis management, and end-game ...
... requirements and customer demands, the work is divided into phases that have allocated time for design, implementation, and quality assurance. If a new issue arises, it can be considered for the current phase or put in the bucket of ...
... requirement, or gets hit by a bus, it's the schedule (and the person responsible for it) that catches the blame. If ... requirements are understood and high-level design is well underway, a project manager has too little information to ...
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Where ideas come from | 89 |
What to do with ideas once you have them | 113 |
Part Two | 133 |
What to do when things go wrong | 213 |
Part Three | 239 |
Why leadership is based on trust | 241 |
Making things happen | 259 |
Middlegame strategy | 279 |
Endgame strategy | 301 |
Power and politics | 329 |
A guide for discussion groups | 353 |
Writing good specifications | 135 |
How to make good decisions | 155 |
Communication and relationships | 175 |
process email and meetings | 193 |
index | 373 |
About the Author | 393 |