Leading project teams : an introduction to the basics of project management and project team leadership

CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION Project Fundamentals Overview of Book CHAPTER TWO: DETERMINING THE DIRECTION AND INITIAL SPECIFICATIONS OF A PROJECT The Project's Mission Statement Stakeholders in the Project's Mission The Baltimore Project The Project's Objectives and Deliverables Project Parameters: Scope, Costs, and Timeline Developing and Signing Off on the Project's Charter The Project Plan CHAPTER THREE: THE WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE The Work Breakdown Structure and its Project Role Producing a WBS Using the Output of a WBS CHAPTER FOUR: PROJECT SCHEDULING Project Schedules: Types and Components Components of project schedules How to Develop a Project Schedule: Focus-Gantt Charts Using the Output of a Project Schedule Revision of planning assumptions and estimates for the project plan Making adjustments to the plan throughout the project Command and control CHAPTER FIVE: DEVELOPING PROJECT TEAMS What is a What is a successful team? Fundamentals of Team Structure Team Development CHAPTER SIX: THE PROJECT TEAM'S ENVIRONMENT Stakeholders Developing and Using Project Networks CHAPTER SEVEN: LEADING PROJECT TEAMS The Roles of a Project Leader Project Leadership and the Project's Life Cycle Project Leadership and Individual Project Members CHAPTER EIGHT: WRITING PROJECT REPORTS Know Your Readers and What They Want The Project Report The Body The Backend: Supporting appendices APPENDIX A: CALCULATING THE CRITICAL PATH USING THE CRITICAL PATH METHOD APPENDIX B: EARNED VALUE ANALYSIS