Introduction |
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Assessment Test |
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Chapter 1 IT Project Management Overview |
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Common Job Roles for the IT Project Manager |
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Communication among the Various IT Job Roles |
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Defining Project Management |
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Project Management Knowledge Areas |
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General Management Skills |
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Organization and Time Management |
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IT Project Milestones and Checkpoints |
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Organizational Structure Impacts |
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Answers to Review Questions |
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Chapter 2 Project Initiation |
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Receiving a Project Request |
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34 | (3) |
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Documenting the Requirements |
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40 | (3) |
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Project Selection Criteria |
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43 | (8) |
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Other Project Stakeholders |
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Who Are Your IT Project Stakeholders? |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (7) |
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Answers to Review Questions |
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Chapter 3 Scope Planning |
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72 | (5) |
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77 | (2) |
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The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) |
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Evaluating Your IT Project Scope |
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Definition of the Project Deliverables |
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Working with Your Business Clients |
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Success Criteria Tough to Define |
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Sidebar Systems and Undisclosed Process Elements |
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"Mini-Project" Consultant/Vendor Relationships |
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Senior Project Technician Quits or Leaves |
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Project Goes across IT Shops |
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Testing Elements Need Good Definition |
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Answers to Review Questions |
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Chapter 4 Schedule Planning |
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Task Dependency Relationships |
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Creating a Network Diagram |
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108 | (2) |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (6) |
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Schedule Development Techniques |
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110 | (5) |
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115 | (1) |
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Juggling Project Time in the Real World |
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116 | (6) |
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122 | (1) |
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124 | (6) |
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Answers to Review Questions |
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130 | (3) |
Chapter 5 Cost Planning |
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134 | (7) |
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135 | (2) |
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Defining Resource Requirements |
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137 | (4) |
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141 | (7) |
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Cost Estimating Techniques |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (3) |
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148 | (7) |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (1) |
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Using Project Management Software |
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Answers to Review Questions |
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Chapter 6 Other Planning Processes |
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166 | (10) |
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172 | (4) |
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Quality Planning Tools and Techniques |
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182 | (2) |
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185 | (5) |
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Communicating with Project Team Members |
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188 | (1) |
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190 | (7) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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Vendor Selection Criteria |
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193 | (4) |
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197 | (1) |
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199 | (5) |
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Answers to Review Questions |
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204 | (3) |
Chapter 7 Comprehensive Project Plan |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (5) |
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Administrative Components |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (3) |
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213 | (1) |
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Organizing and Writing the Plan |
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214 | (1) |
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Closing Out the Planning Phase |
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216 | (5) |
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223 | (5) |
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Answers to Review Questions |
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228 | (3) |
Chapter 8 Project Execution |
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233 | (8) |
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Building and Managing a Cohesive Team |
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234 | (5) |
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239 | (1) |
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Other Stakeholder Relationships |
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241 | (3) |
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Relationship Management with the Client |
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241 | (1) |
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Managing a Wavering Sponsor |
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242 | (1) |
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Relationships with Functional Managers |
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243 | (1) |
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Perform According to Plan |
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244 | (4) |
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244 | (2) |
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Progress Against Baselines |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (5) |
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248 | (2) |
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250 | (1) |
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Vendor Contract Administration |
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253 | (8) |
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Managing Vendor Disagreements |
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257 | (4) |
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264 | (8) |
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Answers to Review Questions |
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272 | (3) |
Chapter 9 Project Control |
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Integrated Change Control |
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278 | (5) |
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283 | (7) |
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Other Quality Control Tools and Techniques |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (3) |
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Setting Up Your Environmental Processes |
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292 | (1) |
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Risk Monitoring and Control |
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293 | (3) |
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Monitoring Risk Response Results |
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293 | (3) |
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296 | (10) |
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Performance Reporting Tools and Techniques |
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297 | (5) |
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Driving Stakeholder Action |
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302 | (4) |
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306 | (1) |
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309 | (8) |
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Answers to Review Questions |
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317 | (4) |
Chapter 10 Project Closure |
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321 | (22) |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (1) |
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323 | (9) |
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324 | (1) |
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Comprehensive Review (Lessons Learned) |
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325 | (4) |
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329 | (2) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (1) |
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334 | (6) |
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Answers to Review Questions |
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Appendix A Systems Development Life Cycle |
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Comparing the Guide to the PMBOK's Process Groups with the SDLC Phases |
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Appendix B Standard IT Project Documents |
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Initial Project Proposal Analysis Template |
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354 | (1) |
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Risk Identification and Assessment |
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356 | (3) |
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Basic Risk Identification Template |
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356 | (2) |
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358 | (1) |
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Vested Interest Breakdown |
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359 | (1) |
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Human Resources Considerations |
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360 | (3) |
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Human Resources Assessment |
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360 | (1) |
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Skills Inventory Worksheet |
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361 | (1) |
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Responsibility Assignment Document |
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362 | (1) |
Glossary |
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Index |
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