Managing Performance Improvement Projects
Preparing, Planning, Implementing

Jim Fuller (Author)

9780787909598, Wiley

Hardback, published 23 April 1997

256 pages
24.3 x 18.4 x 2.6 cm, 0.64 kg

Lead work projects from beginning to end . . . and make humanperformance technology happen!

Copublished with the International Society for PerformanceImprovement (ISPI)

Project teams are growing rapidly as performance improvementsolutions become more complex. Project management methods arebecoming necessary to successfully coordinate these large teams.Develop the skills you need to effectively manage your budget,time, and the quality of work on human performance technologyprojects. All the essential aspects of project development areaddressed, and the process is broken down into three main areas:preparing, planning, and implementing.

You'll develop the skills to:
* Define projects
* Accelerate project development
* Obtain sponsorship
* Act as a consultant
* Plan infrastructures
* Create work breakdown structures
* Identify depAndency relationships
* Manage resources and optimize the plans
* Analyze risks and plan for contingencies
* Estimate schedules . . . and more!

Learn what needs to be done after you finish a project to ensuresuccess. Don't just squeak by with mediocre management. Mediocremanagement can stifle the development of great ideas. Ideas willget projects started. But you won't achieve superior resultswithout effective management.

Implement Fuller's project management process today and getresults!

Acknowledgments.

About the Author.

Introduction: A Call for Project Management.

PREPARING THE PROJECT.

Defining the Project.

Accelerating Project Development.

Obtaining Project Sponsorship.

Acting as a Consultant.

Planning the Infrastructure.

PLANNING THE PROJECT.

Creating the Work Breakdown Structure.

Estimating the Schedule.

Identifying Dependency Relationships.

Managing Resources and Optimizing the Plan.

Analyzing Risk and Planning for Contingencies.

IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN.

Managing the Vendor.

Managing the Project.

Completing the Project.

Conclusion.

References.

Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]