The Professional Project Manager

by Sean Whitaker

Welcome to the world of professional project management, a world where the art and science of project management meet. A world where projects are managed by skilful practitioners using appropriate tools and techniques in the right way at the right time to deliver successful projects. This book is your personal guide to being a more professional project management practitioner and achieving project success.
Written in an easy to understand conversational style it covers all the topics needed to achieve project success, including:
- How to select the right projects
- Assessing organizational project management maturity
- Developing an appropriate project management plan
- Using cost and time estimating techniques
- Developing professional budgets and schedules
- Managing risk, communications, procurement and quality
- Effective team building, stakeholder expectation management and leadership
- Project closure and benefits realization
- How to build your own project management methodology

Deliver more successful projects, more of the time by being a professional project manager.

332 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 21, 2014