Product Description
Successful project management is not rocket science but is based on two elements: sound common sense and proven methods and processes. This book covers both and deals with successful project management in a way that is easy to follow for novice project managers while still providing a valuable source of inspiration for the more experienced.
It covers a well-proven approach to risk management, together with valuable insights on how to plan, lead, organise and control a project.
The book takes the reader through the typical project stages with helpful lists of applicable tasks and deliverables. This effectively provides a blueprint for planning an entire project.
From the Publisher
The whole series is designed to save learning time and guaranteed to give the best value. This proven approach to learning computers is now being offered to develop other skills.
Written in a jargon-free, easy-to-follow style with helpful graphics, the In Easy Steps books explain everything you need to know to develop your skill-set.
About the Author
John Carroll is a former project management consultant with many years experience of managing successful projects for a wide range of clients including government, finance, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, software development and the emergency services. He has trained many other project managers and run successful project management courses for the past fifteen years. John is currently working for the University of Exeter (UK) as a Senior Project Manager, running a multi-million pound project to upgrade the University's data communications network to provide a leading-edge, state of the art service to the students and staff. John is also the author of Project 2007 in easy steps