Michael Harding Roberts
Chapter 1 - Introduction and Principles
Chapter 2 - Projects and Stages
Chapter 3 - Roles and Responsibilities
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Chapter 4 - Project Definition
Chapter 10 - Tracking, Controlling and Reporting
Chapter 11 - Change and Issue Management
Chapter 12 - Quality Management
Chapter 13 - Stage and Project End
Chapter 14 - Project Management Routemap
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Project Management Book - Preface Organisations whose primary business is doing projects employ professional project managers, have well worn project management procedures and are culturally project-friendly. Organisations whose primary business is not project-based still need to do projects, but the management culture is attuned to managing everyday operations. People asked to manage projects in these process-based organisations may be accountants, IT professionals, engineers, medical professionals, etc. They are not first and foremost project managers. Yet they are expected to manage projects - even major projects that will determine the organisation's future - in an environment that may not be project-friendly. Some project management books and methodologies start from the presumption that the project team is available and all team members will work full time on the project. In process-based environments this overlooks some of the major challenges that project managers face: for many team members projects are not their "proper job"; they may be assigned to a project for only part of their time and being assigned to a project may be viewed as a career limiting move; senior managers may not always give projects and project managers the support they need. This project management book will also be of interest to non-IT people who find themselves involved in "IT" projects.
"IT" in quotes because there is no such thing as an IT project, only business projects - some of which happen to involve IT.
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