Performance evaluations, 226
Performing stage, 86, 87–88
Personality differences, 89
Personal objectives, 21
Personal recognition, 91–92, 226,
233
Personal traits of project man-
agers, 38–41
Perspectives, differing, 89
PERT calculations, 152–53
Pessimistic estimates, 152, 153
Physical progressing methods,
175–76
Pilot testing, 66
Planning
assessing adequacy, 105–7
as basic project phase, 12
common mistakes, 101–5
documentation, 219–22. See
alsoDocumentation
estimating, 108–12
overview of, 97–101
preliminary, 50, 68–70
project control and, 163
Policies and procedures, 196
Potential Problem Analysis, 222
Precedence Diagramming Method
(PDM), 124
Precision of information, 169
Predecessor activities, 122
Predictability, 162
Preferred supplier programs, 193
Preliminary planning schedules,
69–70
Preliminary Project Execution
Plan, 68–69, 218
Preparation
for communications, 207
for meetings, 212–13
Prevention of risk, 150
Probability, of problems occur-
ring, 148, 149
Probability curves, 156, 157
Problems. See alsoRisk; Risk
management
common to projects, 146
formally describing, 55
high-threat, 16, 149–51
identifying, 13, 50, 51–55, 222
learning from, 182–83
lessons learned from. See
Lessons learned studies
root causes, 237
uncertainty and, 144. See also
Uncertainty
Problem-solving, 27
Process skills, 36–37, 40, 41
Program Evaluation and Review
Technique (PERT), 152–53
Progress, gauging, 103. See also
Project control
Progress reports, 223
Project change notices, 223
Project Charter, 73–74, 219
Project Completion Checklist,
235, 236
Project control
action guidelines, 178–83
analysis, 169–78
information gathering, 164–69
measurement baselines,
163–64
overview of, 160–63
Project Control Schedule,
220–21. See alsoScheduling
Project Definition Document
elements of, 68–69, 218
purposes of, 14, 67
team-building from, 78–79
Project interfaces
external stakeholders, 192–94
internal stakeholders, 188–92
organizations and agencies,
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