The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right

Today’s projects are more complex and challenging than ever, and project managers need all the help they can get to succeed amid shifting priorities, interruptions, inadequate funding, expectations of multiple stakeholders, and other obstacles.

A practical on-the-job resource for project managers in any industry, this fully revised and updated edition of The Project Management Tool Kit is packed with results-oriented, practical tips on:

Activity definition and delegation • Estimating and refining project schedules and risks • Resource planning and funding • Selecting and using project metrics • Documentation and project monitoring • Working with new teams and new technology • Handling inherited projects • Forecasting project completion • Special situations, contingencies, and project cancellations • Project cause-and-effect analysis • And much more

Complete with checklists, examples, and clear graphics, The Project Management Tool Kit offers 100 practical, use-them-now strategies for mastering any project challenge.

People responsible for managing projects are busy. And their jobs are made more difficult by time pressures, project complexity, and a lack of resources. Their ability to execute a project efficiently and well, especially in unexpected or new situations, is compromised. But it needn't be.

The Project Management Tool Kit presents proven project management techniques in an accessible, easy-to-apply format. Based on the approaches used by successful project managers in many fields, the Tool Kit offers step-by-step methodologies for managing every conceivable project step. Professionals at all levels will get the latest on:

• cost estimating and budgeting
• communications and technology
• goals for individuals and project teams
• negotiation and decision making
• establishing and retaining management support
• implementing change and process improvement
• quality assurance and control
• risk assessment and management
• scheduling and time management
• and more — 100 subject areas in all!

Complete with checklists and other tools for quick implementation, here is a practical and complete guide to mastering any project challenge.

Author Biography: Tom Kendrick (San Carlos, CA) is currently a program manager with Hewlett-Packard. He has nearly 30 years of project management experience, 12 of which were spent with the HP Project Management Initiative. He is the author of Identifying and Managing Project Risk.

TOM KENDRICK, PMP, (San Carlos, CA) is currently an internal project management consultant for Visa Inc. His experience includes more than three decades of directing projects in the United States, Europe, and Asia for Hewlett-Packard, General Electric, and DuPont, and as an independent consultant. He is author of Results Without Authority (978-0-8144-7343-6) and Identifying and Managing Project Risk (978-0-8144-1340-1).