

Part V: Accelerating the Learning Curve.Even More.Methods for Ending a Contract or a Project.Project End Checklist: 13 Important Steps.Twelve Key Project Management Skills for Better Vendor Management.Ten Proven Principles of Vendor Management.Proven Techniques for Leading Virtual Projects.Proven Techniques for Leading Cross-Cultural Projects.Proven Techniques for Leading Cross-Functional Projects.Proven Techniques for Better Team Performance.Requirements Management-The Difference Maker.Project Planning and Control Elements-A Quick Review.Essential Elements of Managing Expectations.Seven Master Principles of Expectation Management.Value of Reviewing Stakeholder Expectation Management.Tips for Email (and Other Text-Only) Communications.Best Practices of Effective Project Communicators.The Importance of Project Communications.Twelve Keys to Better Project Leadership.Where Is Leadership Needed on a Project?.Powerful Tools and Techniques for Project Quality.Unique Aspects of Managing Project Quality.The Essential Process for Managing Project Risks.Key Features of Issue Management Systems.The Goals, Objectives, and Principles of Project Issue Management.Identify, Protect, and Track: The Principles of Managing Work Products.“Managing Project Deliverables” Means What, Exactly?.Common Project Change Control Challenges.Powerful Techniques for Minimizing Project Changes.Essential Elements of a Project Change Control System.Fundamentals for Managing Project Change.Relation to Configuration Management and Organizational Change Management.What Exactly Is a Project Change and What’s the Big Deal, Anyway?.Leveraging Earned Value Management Concepts.Powerful Techniques for Project Control.Management Fundamentals for Project Control.Determining Task Relationships (Sequencing the Work).The Goal of the Schedule Development Process.Powerful Estimating Techniques and Methods.Managing the Risk, Managing the Estimates.Next Step in the Schedule Development Process.Different Types of Breakdown Structures.Key Differences Between the WBS and the Project Schedule.Isn’t WBS Just Another Name for the Project Schedule?.Summary of Supplemental Project Plan Components.Important Questions Project Planning Should Answer.How Does Defining a Project Relate to Project Planning?.Essential Elements for Any Successful Project Qualities of Successful Project Managers.Growing Demand for Effective Project Managers.What Is the Value of Project Management?.
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Know how to respond to real-life situations, not just what they teach you in school.Gain key insights that will accelerate your learning curve.Get started with agile and “critical chain” project management.Make the most of Microsoft Project and new web-based alternatives.Work successfully with vendors and Project Management Offices.Manage cross-functional, cross-cultural, and virtual projects.Organize and lead high-performance project teams.Manage project communications and stakeholder expectations.Smoothly manage project changes, issues, risks, deliverables, and quality.Use powerful control and reporting techniques, including earned value management.Create budgets and schedules that help you manage risk.Build a usable project plan and an accurate work breakdown structure (WBS).Set the stage for success by effectively defining your project.Learn from troubled, successful, and “recovered” projects.Avoid 15 most common mistakes new project managers make.Lead projects, don’t just “manage” them.

