Foreword / by Robert Heller
Acknowledgments
About the author
Introduction
Challenges to be faced
Challenges we need to face
Advice the best organisations give us
Projects in the context of businesses, portfolios and programmes
A walk through the project lifecycle
The project framework : an overview of its gates and stages
Who does what?
The proposal: identify the need!
The initial investigation stage : have a quick look at it!
The detailed investigation stage : promising
: let's have a closer look
The develop and test stage : do it!
The trial stage: try it out
The release stage : let's get going!
The post-implementation review : how did we do?
Applying the staged framework
A few related projects : simple programmes
The essentials you need to know
Project teams and style
Project governance
Project setup
Monitoring and controlling your project
Managing benefits
Managing the schedule
Managing resources
Managing the finances
Managing what might go wrong (or right): risks
Managing what has gone wrong (or right!): issues
Let's do it differently : change control
Keeping your stakeholders engaged
Reviews and more reviews
Coping with all that documentation
Closing the project
Making project management work for you
Being a project manager
Project management method
Appendix a: glossary
Appendix b: document outlines
Appendix c: method and standards commentary
Appendix d: good meetings
Appendix e: brainstorming
Index.