6 Part 2: Planning Time: Determining When and How Much Chapter 7: You Want This Project Done When? Picture This: Illustrating a Work Plan with a Network Diagram Analyzing a Network Diagram Working with Your Project’s Network Diagram Developing Your Project’s Schedule Estimating Activity Duration Displaying Your Project’s Schedule Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 7 Chapter 8: Establishing Whom You Need, How Much of Their Time, and When Getting the Information You Need to Match People to Tasks Estimating Needed Commitment Ensuring Your Project Team Members Can Meet Their Resource Commitments Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 7 Chapter 9: Planning for Other Resources and Developing the Budget Determining Non-Personnel Resource Needs Making Sense of the Dollars: Project Costs and Budgets Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 7 Chapter 10: Venturing into the Unknown: Dealing with Risk Defining Risk and Risk Management Focusing on Risk Factors and Risks Assessing Risks: Probability and Consequences Getting Everything under Control: Managing Risk Preparing a Risk Management Plan Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 7
7 Part 3: Group Work: Putting Your Team Together Chapter 11: Aligning the Key Players for Your Project Defining Three Organizational Environments Recognizing the Key Players in a Matrix Environment Working Successfully in a Matrix Environment Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 7 Chapter 12: Defining Team Members’ Roles and Responsibilities Outlining the Key Roles Making Project Assignments Picture This: Depicting Roles with a Responsibility Assignment Matrix Dealing with Micromanagement Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 7 Chapter 13: Starting Your Project Team Off on the Right Foot Finalizing Your Project’s Participants Developing Your Team Laying the Groundwork for Controlling Your Project Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Announcing Your Project Setting the Stage for Your Project Retrospective Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 7
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Part 4: Steering the Ship: Managing Your Project to Success
Chapter 14: Tracking Progress and Maintaining Control
Holding On to the Reins: Monitoring and Controlling
Establishing Project Management Information Systems
Putting Your Control Process into Action
Reacting Responsibly When Changes Are Requested