10MinuteGuidetoProjectManagementIntroductionAcknowledgmentsLesson1.SoYou'reGoingtoManageaProject?TheElementsofaProjectProjectPlanningImplementationControlPossibleProjectPlayersLesson2.WhatMakesaGoodProjectManager?ADoer,notaBystanderManyHatsAlltheTimePrinciplesToSteerYouSevenWaystoSucceedasaProjectManagerSevenWaystoFailasaProjectManagerLesson3.WhatDoYouWanttoAccomplish?ToLeadandtoHandleCrisesKeyQuestionsOkay,SoWhatareWeAttemptingtoDo?TasksVersusOutcomesTellingQuestionsDesiredOutcomesthatLendThemselvestoProjectManagementLesson4.LayingOutYourPlanNoSurprisesTheHolyGrailandtheGoldenFleeceFromNothingtoSomethingLesson5.AssemblingYourPlanTheCriticalPathforCompletingtheWBSTheChickenortheEgg?IsPlanningItselfaTask?WhatAboutYourHours?InternalResourcesVersusExternalResourcesHelpingYourStaffWhenIt'sOverWhatKindsofTasksComprisetheWBS?KeepingtheBigPictureinMindTheBigPictureVersusEndlessMinutiaFromPlanningtoMonitoringLesson6.KeepingYourEyeontheBudgetMoneyStillDoesn'tGrowonTreesExperiencePaysTraditionalApproachestoBudgetingTraditionalMeasuresSystematicBudgetingProblemsLesson7.GanttChartsChartYourProgressVariationsonaThemeEmbellishmentsOfferDetailGettingaProjectBackonTrackThinkingAheadLesson8.PERT/CPMChartsProjectsCanGetComplexEnterthePERTandCPMAShortCourseWhatIfThingsChange?IFeeltheNeed,theNeedforSpeedLet'sNetworkMeandMyArrowDon'tFallinLovewiththeTechnologyLesson9.ReportingResultsMoreCommunicationsChannelsLeadtoLessAccessibilityIncorporatetheThoughtsofOthersLesson10.ChoosingProjectManagementSoftwareWiththeClickofaMouseLeaveaGoodThingAloneWhoseChoiceIsIt?What'sYourPleasure?DedicatedPMSoftwareHowWillYouUsePMSoftware?Lesson11.ASamplingofPopularProgramsYesterday'sNewsArmedandOnlineLesson12.MultipleBosses,MultipleProjects,MultipleHeadachesParticipatingonMoreThanOneProjectataTimeComplexityHappensADiffusePatternATaleofTwoOfficesExtravaganceisNotNecessaryReportingtoMoreThanOneBossataTimeWorkaholicForHireLesson13.AConstructionMini-CaseHelpingConstructionSiteManagerstoBeMoreEffectiveLet'sAs...