PRACTICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

by Emanuela Giangregorio

Overview

Project Management is fast becoming one of the most sought-after skills across industries and job functions. Many professionals are attracted to project management as a career choice. Knowing how to implement a tried and tested approach the complements all popular methodologies such as PRINCE2, Agile and the PMI's PMBOK, is essential for all project managers.

Based on Emanuela's internationally best-selling course "Practical Project Management", this book condenses best practice project management methods into a practical and useful guide. Learn from her real-world experience and get started on your projects with a comprehensive set of tools and templates covering the entire project life cycle.

Armed with the benefits of the various methods and tools, you should be able to convince colleagues of their importance to deliver projects successfully. If you aim to complete a project qualification such as PRINCE2 or the PMI's PMP, this book is highly recommended as pre-reading to first understand all key project management concepts and their practical implementation.

This book introduces you to the concept of project management and walks you through the full project life cycle. It follows a logical thinking approach and provides worked examples. If you follow Emanuela's teaching in this book, you will be equipped to deliver projects more confidently, professionally and successfully.
You will learn how to adapt the approach to different types of projects in terms of their nature and complexity.

Some of the many Templates included in this book are a:

• Project Brief


• Project Business Case


• Project Plan


• Governance Structure


• Responsibility Matrix


• Risks Management Log


• Stakeholder Mapping


• Project Communication Plan


• Project Actions Tracker and Gantt Chart


• Task Dependency Mapping


• Budget Breakdown and Tracker


• Kick-Off Meeting Agenda


• Scope Change Management Log


• Issues Management Log


• Status Report


• Benefits Realisation Review


• Lesson Learnt Log


• Project Manager Skills Self-Assessment

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: EMANUELA is a performance improvement consultant with over 20 years' experience in project management. She has trained over 5,000 people on the subject around the world and understands how to explain complex topics simply. Whether training in-person or virtually, she engages individuals and teams with energy, enthusiasm, and passion for continuous improvement.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163020478
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	09/07/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

A multi-disciplinary, multi-industry,
multi-national consultant.


Emanuela is a performance improvement consultant with over twenty years’ practice delivering bespoke business training, coaching, team building and management consulting. She is South African with Italian heritage, based in the UK, and practice internationally.

She helps organisations, teams and individuals be better at what they do, leading to greater fulfillment of personal and organisational goals.

She has written and delivered training programmes in generalist and specialist fields, including topics on strategic leadership, project management, change management, virtual collaboration, and personal effectiveness.

Emanuela is tenaciously results-focused, and engage individuals and teams with real-world practical experience, energy, enthusiasm, and my passion for continuous improvement.