How to Manage a Great Project

<p>About the author </p> <p>Acknowledgements</p> <p>How to manage a great project </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>How managing a great project works</p> <p>Defining what we are talking about </p> <p>The project manager</p> <p>How projects work</p> <p>A guide to How to Manage a Great Project </p> <p>Lessons from the real world</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Step 1&nbsp; What do you want?</p> <p>Essential practices of Step 1</p> <p>Before you start: Step Zero</p> <p>What do you want?</p> <p>How do you want it?</p> <p>How much of it do you want?</p> <p>What does it need to look like?</p> <p>Putting it all together </p> <p>Lessons from the real world</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Step 2 &nbsp;Does it stack up?</p> <p>Essential practices of Step 2</p> <p>Balancing pros and cons</p> <p>Documenting the rationale</p> <p>Evaluating the pros</p> <p>Evaluating the cons</p> <p>Weighing the balance</p> <p>Making the decision</p> <p>Lessons from the real world</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Step 3 &nbsp;Who cares?</p> <p>Essential practices of Step 3</p> <p>People matter</p> <p>Governance</p> <p>Stakeholders</p> <p>Plan your communication</p> <p>Lessons from the real world</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Step 4 &nbsp;How will you get what you want?</p> <p>Essential practices of Step 4</p> <p>The Book of the Plan</p> <p>Determine key points along the way</p> <p>Break down your work into chunks</p> <p>Arrange the chunks into a sequence</p> <p>Schedule the chunks of work</p> <p>Identify what you need to do the job</p> <p>Planning for quality</p> <p>Lessons from the real world</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Step 5 &nbsp;Who will help?</p> <p>Essential practices of Step 5</p> <p>Why you need help</p> <p>Planning your support</p> <p>Sourcing your support</p> <p>Managing</p> <p>Leading</p> <p>Lessons from the real world</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Step 6 &nbsp;What if it goes wrong?</p> <p>Essential practices of Step 6</p> <p>Things go wrong</p> <p>Prevention is better than cure</p> <p>What could go wrong?</p> <p>How serious is it?</p> <p>What could we do about it?</p> <p>Let’s act!</p> <p>Lessons from the real world</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Step 7 &nbsp;How is it going?</p> <p>Essential practices of Step 7</p> <p>Sitting on a sofa</p> <p>Monitoring</p> <p>Controlling</p> <p>Reporting</p> <p>Controlling change</p> <p>Leading the project </p> <p>Delivering what you promised</p> <p>Lessons from the real world</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Step 8 &nbsp;How did it go?</p> <p>Essential practices of Step 8</p> <p>Handover</p> <p>We can’t seem to finish</p> <p>Learning lessons</p> <p>Closing down</p> <p>Saying thank you</p> <p>Project closure memo</p> <p>Lessons from the real world</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Learn the lingo</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Good fortune! </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Glossary </p> <p>Who else needs to manage a great project?</p> <p>Mike can help your team to manage a great project </p> <p>Also by Mike Clayton</p> <p>Index </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>