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Index
Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Book 1: In the Beginning: Project Management Basics
Chapter 1: Achieving Results with Project Management
Determining What Makes a Project a Project
Defining Project Management
Knowing the Project Manager’s Role
Chapter 2: Involving the Right People
Understanding Your Project’s Stakeholders
Developing a Stakeholder Register
Determining Whether Stakeholders Are Drivers, Supporters, or Observers
Displaying Your Stakeholder Register
Confirming Your Stakeholders’ Authority
Assessing Your Stakeholders’ Power and Interest
Chapter 3: Developing Your Game Plan
Divide and Conquer: Breaking Your Project into Manageable Chunks
Creating and Displaying Your Work Breakdown Structure
Identifying Risks While Detailing Your Work
Documenting What You Need to Know about Your Planned Project Work
Book 2: Steering the Ship: Planning and Managing a Project
Chapter 1: 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
Chapter 2: 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 Post-Project Evaluation
Chapter 3: Monitoring Progress and Maintaining Control
Holding the Reins: Project Control
Establishing Project Management Information Systems
Putting Your Control Process into Action
Reacting Responsibly When Changes Are Requested
Chapter 4: Bringing Your Project to Closure
Staying the Course to Completion
Handling Administrative Issues
Providing a Smooth Transition for Team Members
Surveying the Results: The Post-Project Evaluation
Book 3: Helping Out: Using Tools on a Project
Chapter 1: Considering Checklists and Templates
Using Checklists Properly
Understanding Checklist Types
Trying Templates
Reviewing Project Structure
Chapter 2: The Key Documents for Managing a Project
Kicking Off
Project Planning
Controlling a Project
Thinking About What You Need
Chapter 3: Working with Microsoft Project 2019
Connecting Project 2019 to Project Management
Getting to Know You
An Updated Feature: Tell Me What You Want to Do
Chapter 4: Surveying Cool Shortcuts in Project 2019
Task Information
Resource Information
Frequently Used Functions
Subtasks
Quick Selections
Fill Down
Navigation
Hours to Years
Timeline Shortcuts
Quick Undo and Repeat
Book 4: A New Method: Agile Project Management
Chapter 1: Applying the Agile Manifesto and Principles
Understanding the Agile Manifesto
Outlining the Four Values of the Agile Manifesto
Defining the 12 Agile Principles
Adding the Platinum Principles
Seeing Changes as a Result of Agile Values
Taking the Agile Litmus Test
Chapter 2: Defining the Product Vision and Product Roadmap
Agile Planning
Defining the Product Vision
Creating a Product Roadmap
Completing the Product Backlog
Chapter 3: Planning Releases and Sprints
Refining Requirements and Estimates
Release Planning
Preparing for Release
Sprint Planning
Chapter 4: Working throughout the Day
Planning Your Day: The Daily Scrum
Tracking Progress
Understanding Agile Roles in the Sprint
Creating Shippable Functionality
Implementing Information Radiators
Wrapping Up at the End of the Day
Chapter 5: Showcasing Work, Inspecting, and Adapting
The Sprint Review
The Sprint Retrospective
Book 5: A Popular Agile Approach: Running a Scrum Project
Chapter 1: The First Steps of Scrum
Getting Your Scrum On
The Power in the Product Owner
Why Product Owners Love Scrum
The Company Goal and Strategy: Stage 1
The Scrum Master
Common Roles Outside Scrum
Chapter 2: Planning Your Project
The Product Roadmap: Stage 2
Breaking Down Requirements
Your Product Backlog
Product Backlog Common Practices
Chapter 3: The Talent and the Timing
The Development Team
Getting the Edge on Backlog Estimation
Your Definition of Done
Common Practices for Estimating
Chapter 4: Release and Sprint Planning
Release Plan Basics: Stage 3
Sprinting to Your Goals
Planning Your Sprints: Stage 4
Your Sprint Backlog
Chapter 5: Getting the Most Out of Sprints
The Daily Scrum: Stage 5
The Team Task Board
The Sprint Review: Stage 6
The Sprint Retrospective: Stage 7
Chapter 6: Inspect and Adapt: How to Correct Your Course
The Need for Certainty
The Feedback Loop
Transparency
Antipatterns
External Forces
In-Flight Course Correction
Testing in the Feedback Loop
A Culture of Innovation
Book 6: The Next Level: Enterprise Agility
Chapter 1: Taking It All In: The Big Picture
Defining Agile and Enterprise Agility
Achieving Enterprise Agility in Three Not-So-Easy Steps
Chapter 2: Sizing Up Your Organization
Committing to Radical Change
Understanding What Culture Is and Why It’s So Difficult to Change
Identifying Your Organization’s Culture Type
Laying the Groundwork for a Successful Transformation
Chapter 3: Driving Organizational Change
Choosing an Approach: Top-Down or Bottom-Up
Driving Change from Top to Bottom with the Kotter Approach
Driving a Grassroots Change: A Fearless Approach
Overcoming Obstacles Related to Your Organization’s Culture
Chapter 4: Putting It All Together: Taking Steps toward an Agile Enterprise
Step 1: Identifying Your Organization’s Culture
Step 2: Listing the Strengths and Challenges with Changing Your Culture
Step 3: Selecting the Best Approach to Organizational Change Management
Step 4: Training Managers on Lean Thinking
Step 5: Starting a Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE)
Step 6: Choosing a High-Level Value Stream
Step 7: Assigning a Budget to the Value Stream
Step 8: Selecting an Enterprise Agile Framework
Step 9: Shifting from Detailed Plans to Epics
Step 10: Respecting and Trusting Your People
Book 7: Making It Official: PMP Certification
Chapter 1: Introducing the PMP Exam
Going Over the PMP Exam Blueprint
Digging into the Exam Domains
Applying for and Scheduling the Exam
Taking the Exam
Preparing for the Exam
Chapter 2: It’s All about the Process
Managing Your Project Is a Process
Understanding Project Management Process Groups
Before the Project Begins
The Ten Knowledge Areas
Mapping the Processes
Chapter 3: Reviewing the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Beginning with the Basics of the Code
Responsibility
Respect
Fairness
Honesty
Keeping Key Terms in Mind
Index
About the Authors
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