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Improving your project management skills

Every project is unique, a specific set of tasks aligned to meet stated requirements. But a skilled project manager uses universal processes, terms, and metrics to bring consistency and results to one project after another. Whether you are a veteran project professional or a rookie, you too can adopt these core project management principles and improve execution of tasks and entire projects in any environment
eBook, English, 2006
American Management Association, New York, 2006
xv, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780814408759, 0814408753
1058058702
Ch. 1. The core concepts
Ch. 2. Leading and directing project teams
Ch. 3. Defining project scope and requirements
Ch. 4. Developing the project work plan : the work breakdown structure
Ch. 5. Defining activity dependencies and creating network diagrams
Ch. 6. Estimating work
Ch. 7. Producing a project plan
Ch. 8. Monitoring and controlling projects
Ch. 9. Closing a project
"Based on the best-selling seminar by the American Management Association"--Cover