1Preface
883.5 Demand Forecasting
2Chapter
893.5.1 Trend Projection Method
31 Introduction to Project Management
903.5.2 Consumption Level Method
41.1 Leadership & project management
913.5.3 End-use Method
51.2 Leadership theory and styles
923.5.4 Leading Indicator Method
61.2.1 Situational Theories
933.5.5 Econometric Method
71.2.2 Trait Theories
943.6 Uncertainties In Demand Forecasting
81.2.3 Behavioral Theories
953.6.1 Data About Past and Present Market
91.2.4 Participative Theories
963.6.2 Methods of forecasting
101.2.5 Contingency Theories
973.6.3 Environmental Changes
111.3 Role of leadership in project management
983.7 Coping With Uncertainties
121.4 Leadership and team-building
993.8 Summary
131.5 Leadership and motivation
1003.9 Exercise
141.6 What can a good leader do to motivate the teamwork?
101Chapter
151.7 Leadership and Communication
1024 Small and Medium - Sized Projects - SMPs
161.8 Sum up
1034.1 Why SMPs are So Important
171.9 Project Managers
1044.2 What Separates the Large and Resource-Consuming Projects from SMPs?
181.9.1 Why Project Managers Stumble as Leaders
1054.2.1 Large and Complex Projects
191.9.2 The All Too Common Leadership Mistakes of Project Managers
1064.2.2 SMPs
201.10 Leadership Maturity
1074.3 What is SMP?
211.10.1 Strategic Awareness
1084.4 Creating New Project Ideas
221.10.2 Questions Include
1094.5 Ranking Ideas
231.10.3 Executive Presence
1104.6 Selecting the Best Idea
241.10.4 Core Issues
1114.7 Turning the Idea into an SMP
251.10.5 Execution Orientation
1124.7.1 The Levels are
261.10.6 How to Develop Your Skills and Abilities in the Four Universal Areas
1134.7.2 Conference SMP
271.10.7 Ideas to Help You Get Going
1144.7.3 How to Prepare SMPs
281.11 Credibility
1154.7.4 Practical Reflections
291.11.1 Nine Power Techniques to Help Grow Your Leadership Credibility
1164.7.5 Conclusions
301.11.2 Why Project Managers Must Be Strategy Advocates
1174.8 Appointing the Core Team Members
311.11.3 Guidance
1184.9 Deciding on the Mission and Goal : 4.9.1 Some Good Reasons for this are
321.12 Culture sensing
1194.10 The Role Distribution
331.12.1 The Importance of Culture Sensing
1204.11 Exercise
341.12.2 Practice, Practice, Practice
121Chapter
351.13 Managing sponsors
1225 Managing Project Risks
361.13.1 5 Best Practices for Managing Your Sponsor
1235.1 Introduction
371.13.2 Not Every Sponsor Plays Along—Whatʼs a PM to Do?
1245.1.1 Terrorist Attack
381.13.3 Communication
1255.1.2 Sudden Family Death
391.13.4 Rules for Developing Your Skills as a World-Class Communicator
1265.1.3 Whole Crew Fails Drug Test
401.13.5 Mind the Phase
1275.2 Risk Management Process
411.13.6 No One but a Watchmaker Wants to Know How to Build the Watch
1285.2.1 Risk Identification
421.13.7 Close Encounters with Executives
1295.2.2 Risk Evaluation
431.13.8 Push away from the Keyboard and Desk
1305.2.3 Risk Analysis of Equipment Delivery
441.13.9 No one Likes Status Meetings
1315.2.4 Risk Mitigation
451.13.10 Manage Team P.R.
1325.2.5 Contingency Plan
461.13.11 Feedback
1335.2.6 Roof Left Unfinished for Late Equipment
471.14 High-performance team: 1.14.1 How to Create a High-Performance Team?
1345.3 Project Risk by Phases
481.15 Exercise
1355.3.1 Initiation Phase
49Chapter
1365.3.2 Planning Phase
502 Network Techniques For Project Management
1375.3.3 Execution Phase
512.1 Introduction
1385.3.4 Closeout Phase
522.2 PERT/CPM: BACKGROUND and DEVELOPMENT
1395.4 Project Risk and the Project Complexity Profile
532.2.1 Load Charts
1405.4.1 External Complexity
542.2.2 Project Planning Chart
1415.4.2 Internal Complexity
552.3 Development Of Project Network
1425.4.3 Technological Complexity
562.3.1 Activity Immediate Predecessor
1435.4.4 Environmental Complexity
572.3.2 Activities of the Project ‘Launching a New Product’
1445.5 Exercise
582.4 TIME ANALYSIS: 2.4.1 Time Estimation
145Chapter
592.5 Determination of Critical Path
1466 Managing Project Quality
602.5.1 Calculate the Earliest Occurrence Time (EOT) for each Event
1476.1 Quality and Statistics: 6.1.1 Example: Quality of Gasoline Grades
612.5.2 Calculate the Latest Occurrence Time (LOT) for each Event
1486.2 Development of Quality as a Competitive Advantage
622.5.3 Calculate the Slack for each Event
1496.2.1 Statistical Control Before World War II
632.5.4 Calculate the Activity Floats
1506.2.2 Statistical Control in the United States During World War II
642.6 Scheduling
1516.2.3 Deming and Postwar Japan
652.6.1 Early Start Schedule
1526.2.4 Quality Management in America
662.6.2 Late Start Schedule
1536.2.5 Trade and International Standards
672.7 PERT Analysis Variability in Time Estimates
1546.2.6 Planning and Controlling Project Quality
682.8 Variance and Standard Deviation of activities
1556.3 Measurement Terminology
692.8.1 Variance and Standard Deviation of Critical Path
1566.3.1 Example: Tolerance in Gasoline Production
702.8.2 Probability of Completion by a Specified Date
1576.3.2 Defining and Meeting Client Expectations
712.9 Resource Analysis And Allocation: 2.9.1 Scheduling in view of Resource Constraints
1586.3.3 Sources of Planning Information
722.10 Scheduling to Match the Release of Funds
1596.3.4 Techniques
732.11 Problems in Scheduling Real-Life Projects
1606.3.5 Quality Management Methodology
742.12 Project Crashing and Time-Cost Trade-offs: CPM Analysis: 2.12.1 Assumptions underlying CPM analysis are
1616.3.6 Flowcharting
752.13 Exercise
1626.3.7 Benchmarking
76Chapter
1636.3.8 Cost-to-Benefit Analysis
773 Market and Demand Analysis
1646.4 Design of Experiments
783.1 Introduction
1656.5 Control Charts
793.2 Information Required For Market And Demand Analysis
1666.6 Cause and Effect Diagrams
803.2.1 Effective Demand in the Past and Present
1676.7 Assuring Quality
813.2.2 Breakdown of Demand
1686.7.1 Process Analysis
823.2.3 Price
1696.7.2 Example: Analyzing Quality Processes in Safety Training
833.2.4 Consumers
1706.7.3 Quality Audit
843.2.5 Governmental Policy
1716.8 Exercise
853.2.6 Supply and Competition
172Appendix
863.3 Secondary Sources Of Information : 3.3.1 Evaluation of Secondary Information
173Glossary
873.4 Market Survey: 3.4.1 Steps in a Sample Survey
174Index
