Project Management Checklists For Dummies

Takes the intimidation out of project management, and shows you step by step how to use rigorous self-check questions to save significant time - and headaches - in managing your projects effectively. This book gives you to-do lists, hands-on checklists and helpful guidance for managing every phase of a project from start to finish. Learn to: Develop projects with confidence Use checklists and self-check questions to save time in your projects Make sure all key actions and steps are carried out Complete vital project documents (with handy templates) Your ready-made tool for project management success Want to become a master of planning, organising, motivating and controlling resources to meet your goals? Packed with handy checklists, this easy-to-use guide takes the pain out of project management, showing you step by step how to use rigorous self-check questions to save significant time – and headaches – in managing your projects effectively. Got projects? Check! – get expert guidance and find out how to use checklists in line with best practices and the ISO standard Sketch it out – get lots of checklists that will help you think a project through, from identifying the benefits and justification of the potential project to who should do what if the project goes ahead It’s a plan – use handy checklists and templates to develop the range of plans you’ll need in your project: resource, risk, quality, communications, stakeholder and procurement Be in control – discover helpful checklists for keeping control of your project through every stage of its lifecycle Master the miscellany – take over someone else’s project partway through or audit someone else’s project with ease and confidence Open the book and find: How to use checklists and templates in projects The best way to kick off a project Checklists and templates for planning The importance of roles and responsibilities Time-tested project management techniques worth knowing Ten convincing reasons to use a method Your must-have tool for perfect project management Want to take your career to the next level and be a master of planning, organising, motivating and controlling resources to meet your goals? This easy-to-use guide has you covered! Project Management Checklists For Dummies takes the intimidation out of project management, and shows you step by step how to use rigorous self-check questions to save significant time—and headaches—in managing your projects effectively. Project Management Checklists For Dummies gives you to-do lists, hands-on checklists and helpful guidance for managing every phase of a project from start to finish. Before you know it, you'll be a star project manager as you organise, estimate and schedule projects in today's time-crunched, cost-conscious global business environment. Includes useful to-do lists and checklists to ensure all the necessary steps are completed Offers simple exercises to help clarify needs and requirements along the way Provides templates to complete, which can also be downloaded from Dummies.com and customised to suit your unique requirements Supplies hints and tips to help you along the way If you're a project manager—or any professional charged with managing a project and wondering where to start—Project Management Checklists For Dummies is your ready-made tool for success.