97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know

Contents xix Managing Stakeholders Make Project Sponsors Write Their Own Requirements....... 8 Keep It Simple, Simon............ ...

xx Contents Documents Are a Means, Not an End.................. 144 Can Earned Value and Velocity Coexist on Reports?........ 14 ...

Contents xxi Self-Management You Aren’t Special............................... 18 Don’t Skip Vacations for the Project.......... ...

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xxiii In ThEoRy, CREATIng A nEW PRoDUCT or introducing a new process is simple. In reality, those of us who actually do it for a ...

xxiv Preface Based on my firm belief that shared knowledge is power, this book was cre- ated by combining the work of authors fr ...

Preface^1 Safari® Books Online When you see a Safari® Books Online icon on the cover of your favorite technology book, that mean ...

(^2) 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know Get Users Involved As Early As Possible Barbee Davis, MA, PHR, PMP Omaha, Nebra ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 3 in a logical way. For example, 4125 might be a student manual, 4225 was the accompanying st ...

(^4) 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know Avoid Whack-a-Mole Development Venkat Subramaniam Broomfield, Colorado, U.S. So ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 5 Unfortunately, they discover something odd with the features that Bernie imple- mented. Whi ...

(^6) 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know A Word Can Make You Miss Your Deadline Pavel Simsa, PMP Bellevue, Washington, U ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 7 However, be aware that a relatively simple and low-risk last-minute change in the English p ...

(^8) 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know Make Project Sponsors Write Their Own Requirements Miyoko Takeya, PMP Tokyo, Ja ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 9 It’s up to the project manager to spend time with those who are funding the software projec ...

(^10) 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know Favor the Simple Over the Complex Scott Davis Broomfield, Colorado, U.S. AS FA ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 11 Software generally solves complex problems. The question is how much of that inherent comp ...

(^12) 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know Pay Your Debts Brian Sletten Beverly Hills, California, U.S. DEBT, WhEn WEll M ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 13 They do not need to pay debt off immediately, but it is good to gauge the extent of the ne ...

(^14) 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know Add Talents, Not Skills, to Your Team Richard Sheridan Ann Arbor, Michigan, U. ...