MAKING IT HAPPEN: A NON-TECHNICAL GUIDE TO PROJECTMANAGEMENT
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Making It Happen: A Non-Technical Guide to ProjectManagement provides a fresh and clear approach to projectmanagement. Written in the form of a novel, it covers the basics ofproject management in a friendly, interesting, and memorable way.
Will Campbell, a reasonably competent middle manager, issuddenly thrust into managing a high-profile project that couldmake or break his career. With no project management experience,and armed only with the guidance of his eccentric menror, Martha,Will learns the hard way. As Will navigates the rough seas ofcompany politics, treacherous competition, and a project swirlingout of control, he narrowly evades many pitfalls, and masters someindispensable project management tools along the way.
Against the backdrop of this personal drama, a simple, rationalapproach to project management unfolds. Will's ability to graspthese principles is the key to his survival, and could be the keyto yours. Making It Happen enables the reader to transformrisky, real-life situations into success.
* Provides a simple, non-technical approach, useful to anybusiness person involved in teams or managing projects
* Offers practical tools and principles that will make anyproject a success: from office moves to product roll-outs, systemsimplementations to training program delivery, and everything inbetween
* Boxes, definitions, and charts highlight key points andpractical project management tips.
Will Campbell, a reasonably competent middle manager, issuddenly thrust into managing a high-profile project that couldmake or break his career. With no project management experience,and armed only with the guidance of his eccentric menror, Martha,Will learns the hard way. As Will navigates the rough seas ofcompany politics, treacherous competition, and a project swirlingout of control, he narrowly evades many pitfalls, and masters someindispensable project management tools along the way.
Against the backdrop of this personal drama, a simple, rationalapproach to project management unfolds. Will's ability to graspthese principles is the key to his survival, and could be the keyto yours. Making It Happen enables the reader to transformrisky, real-life situations into success.
* Provides a simple, non-technical approach, useful to anybusiness person involved in teams or managing projects
* Offers practical tools and principles that will make anyproject a success: from office moves to product roll-outs, systemsimplementations to training program delivery, and everything inbetween
* Boxes, definitions, and charts highlight key points andpractical project management tips.
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Mackenzie Kyle is the Principle of the Beringer Group and an associate at Manageering, a firm specializing in project management consulting and training. He has spent the last 15 years working on a variety of project management related assignments at organizations in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.
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Preface
Part One: GENESIS
Chapter 1: Sink or Swim
Chapter 2: Grasping the Scope
Chapter 3: What is a Project?
Chapter 4: The Team Meets
Chapter 5: Sifting Through the Mess
Chapter 6: Asking the Right Questions
Chapter 7: Writing the Objective Statement
Chapter 8: The Project Manager Faces the Board
Part Two: THE PROJECT TEAM
Chapter 9: The Team's Roles
Chapter 10: Company Politics
Part Three: THE DESIGN PHASE
Chapter 11: What is Design, and How Long Does it Take?
Chapter 12: Organizing the Design Process
Chapter 13: The User's Needs
Chapter 14: Charts, Costs, and Other Puzzles
Chapter 15: More Problems with Schedules
Part Four: EXECUTION PLANNING
Chapter 16: Tasks
Chapter 17: A Dependency Chart
Chapter 18: Finding and Fixing Mistakes
Part Five: EXECUTION
Chapter 19: Altering Plans
Chapter 20: On a Crash Course
Chapter 21: A New Assignment
Part Six: THE REVIEW PROCESS
Chapter 22: Assessing Assignments
Part Seven: THE PROJECT MANAGER'S SURVIVAL MANUAL
Chapter 23: Recording the Fundamentals
Part Eight: NEW FRAMEWORKS
Chapter 24: Checking Assumptions
Epilogue
Part One: GENESIS
Chapter 1: Sink or Swim
Chapter 2: Grasping the Scope
Chapter 3: What is a Project?
Chapter 4: The Team Meets
Chapter 5: Sifting Through the Mess
Chapter 6: Asking the Right Questions
Chapter 7: Writing the Objective Statement
Chapter 8: The Project Manager Faces the Board
Part Two: THE PROJECT TEAM
Chapter 9: The Team's Roles
Chapter 10: Company Politics
Part Three: THE DESIGN PHASE
Chapter 11: What is Design, and How Long Does it Take?
Chapter 12: Organizing the Design Process
Chapter 13: The User's Needs
Chapter 14: Charts, Costs, and Other Puzzles
Chapter 15: More Problems with Schedules
Part Four: EXECUTION PLANNING
Chapter 16: Tasks
Chapter 17: A Dependency Chart
Chapter 18: Finding and Fixing Mistakes
Part Five: EXECUTION
Chapter 19: Altering Plans
Chapter 20: On a Crash Course
Chapter 21: A New Assignment
Part Six: THE REVIEW PROCESS
Chapter 22: Assessing Assignments
Part Seven: THE PROJECT MANAGER'S SURVIVAL MANUAL
Chapter 23: Recording the Fundamentals
Part Eight: NEW FRAMEWORKS
Chapter 24: Checking Assumptions
Epilogue
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"...a novelty in helping non-project managers understand what aproject is and, above all, the art and science of projectmanagement. Easy to read, it captures an approach I would recommendto anyone."
-- Dr. Calin Popescu, Professor of Engineering and ProjectManagement, University of Texas at Austin
"[Mackenzie Kyle has] put a proven process for planning andmanaging projects into a great read."
-- Richard Pearson, Managing Director, Priority ManagementHong Kong
"Making It Happen is not only an easy read, laying outthe fundamentals of organizing projects, but also brings to lifethe concepts."
-- Gary Hamer, BC Gas "...a novelty in helping non-project managers understand what a project is and, above all, the art and science of project management. Easy to read, it captures an approach I would recommend to anyone."
— Dr. Calin Popescu, Professor of Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin
-- Dr. Calin Popescu, Professor of Engineering and ProjectManagement, University of Texas at Austin
"[Mackenzie Kyle has] put a proven process for planning andmanaging projects into a great read."
-- Richard Pearson, Managing Director, Priority ManagementHong Kong
"Making It Happen is not only an easy read, laying outthe fundamentals of organizing projects, but also brings to lifethe concepts."
-- Gary Hamer, BC Gas "...a novelty in helping non-project managers understand what a project is and, above all, the art and science of project management. Easy to read, it captures an approach I would recommend to anyone."
— Dr. Calin Popescu, Professor of Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin
"[Mackenzie Kyle has] put a proven process for planning and managing projects into a great read."
— Richard Pearson, Managing Director, Priority Management Hong Kong
"Making It Happen is not only an easy read, laying out the fundamentals of organizing projects, but also brings to life the concepts."
— Gary Hamer, BC Gas
