Leading project teams
Subtitle: the basics of project management and team leadership
By: Anthony T. Cobb
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: SAGE; Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781412991704
Subjects: Teams in the workplace; Project management
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Leading project teams : an introduction to the basics of project management and project team leadership. c2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Project Fundamentals; title: Defining Characteristics of Projects; title: Projects Are Unique; title: Projects Are Temporary; title: Project Parameters; title: Dimensions of Project Leadership; title: Overview of Book; title: Chapters 2-5: Fundamentals of Project Initiation and Planning; title: Chapter 2: Determining the Direction and Initial Specifications of a Project; title: Chapter 3: The Work Breakdown Structure; title: Chapter 4: Project Scheduling; title: Chapter 5: Managing Project Risk; title: Chapters 6-8: Fundamentals of Project Leadership; title: Chapter 6: Developing Project Teams; title: Chapter 7: The Project Team's Environment; title: Chapter 8: Leading Project Teams; title: Chapter 9: Writing Project Reports; title: Summary; title: Endnotes; title: Key Terms; title: Introduction; title: The Baltimore Project; title: Chapter Overview; title: The Project's Mission Statement; title: What Is a Project Mission Statement and What Role Does It Play?; title: Provides Project Direction; title: Establishes Common Ground; title: Stakeholders in the Project's Mission; title: The Client; title: The Host Organization; title: The Project Team; title: End Users; title: Suppliers; title: Dealing With Stakeholders; title: The Baltimore Project; title: The Project's Objectives and Deliverables; title: What Are Project Objectives and Deliverables?; title: Roles Played by Project's Objectives and Deliverables; title: Helping Clients Define Their Goals; title: Providing Team Direction; title: Securing Stakeholder Agreement; title: The Baltimore Project; title: Project Parameters: Project Scope, Costs, and Timeline; title: Project Scope; title: Costs; title: Timeline; title: The Project Charter; title: The Project Plan; title: Summary; title: Review Questions; title: Exercise; title: Endnotes; title: Key Terms; title: Figure 2.1: Talking Points for the Meeting With Ms. Byrnes; title: Table 2.1: Illustration of John's Mission Statement, a Project Objective, and Its Deliverables; title: Table 2.2: Initiation Check-Off List; title: Introduction; title: The Compliance Project; title: Chapter Overview; title: The Work Breakdown Structure and Its Project Role; title: Roles Played by a WBS; title: Lays Out the Scope of Project Work; title: Provides the Foundation of All Project Estimates; title: Helps to Provide the Organizational Structure of the Project; title: Producing a WBS; title: Core Tasks; title: Support Tasks; title: Project Planning; title: Project Administration; title: Using the WBS; title: Resource, Time, and Cost Estimates; title: Estimating Resources; title: Estimating Time Requirements; title: Estimating Costs; title: Developing a Project Structure; title: Summary; title: Review Questions; title: Exercise; title: Endnotes; title: Key Terms; title: Figure 3.1: Illustration of a Work Breakdown Structure for Golden Years Compliance Project; title: Table 3.1: Project Costs: Illustration of One Task Cost Estimate; title: Table 3.2: Work Breakdown Structure Check-Off List; title: Introduction; title: Dr. Howard's Bio-Informatics Project; title: Chapter Overview; title: Project Schedules: Types and Components; title: Types of Project Schedules; title: The Gantt or Bar Chart; title: The Critical Path Method (CPM); title: The Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT); title: Components of Project Schedules; title: Activities or Project Tasks; title: Dependencies; title: Lag and Lead Times; title: Milestones; title: The Project Network; title: The Critical Path; title: Slack or Float; title: How to Develop a Project Schedule: Focus, Gantt Charts; title: Create a Work Breakdown Structure in Outline Form; title: Review Time Estimates; title: Determine Task Dependencies; title: Construct the Network of Project Activities; title: Determine the Critical Path; title: Using the Output of a Project Schedule; title: Visualizing the Project as a Whole; title: Project Phases; title: Project Dependencies; title: Communication to Stakeholders; title: Revision of Planning Assumptions and Estimates for the Project Plan; title: Making Adjustments to the Plan Throughout the Project; title: Command and Control; title: Summary; title: Review Questions; title: Exercise; title: Endnotes; title: Key Terms; title: Figure 4.1: A Simple Bar Chart, Ordering Supplies in Dr. Howard's Bio-Informatics Project; title: Figure 4.2: A Gantt Chart Illustrating Dr. Howard's Bio-Informatics Project; title: Figure 4.3: A Simple Project Network Diagram Dr. Howard's Study; title: Table 4.1: Schedule Check-Off List; title: Introduction; title: The Crime Tracking Project; title: Chapter Overview; title: Good Risk Management; title: Sources of Risk; title: Risks From Project Management; title: Project Planning; title: Project Execution; title: Risks From the Host Organization; title: Organizational Support; title: Funding and Other Resource Support; title: Organizational Politics; title: Deliverable Risks; title: Technical Problems; title: Other Problems; title: External Risks; title: Clients and End Users; title: Vendors and Other Suppliers; title: Regulatory Problems; title: Market Dynamics; title: The Physical Environment; title: Looking for Risk; title: Risk Assessment; title: Qualitative Assessments of Risk; title: Quantitative Assessments of Risk; title: Risk Responses; title: Accept the Risk; title: Avoid the Risk; title: Reduce the Risk; title: Transfer the Risk; title: Establishing a Risk Response Plan; title: Dealing With Risk in Project Execution; title: Monitor and Respond to Risk; title: Review Risk Performance; title: Summary; title: Review Questions; title: Exercises; title: Endnotes; title: Key Terms; title: Figure 5.1: Overview of the Risk Management Process; title: Table 5.1: Risk Management Check-Off List; title: Introduction; title: The Achievement Project; title: Chapter Overview; title: What Is a Team?; title: What Is a Successful Team?; title: Successful Teams Deliver the Goods; title: Successful Teams Get Better; title: Successful Teams Are Satisfied and Committed; title: Fundamentals of Team Structure; title: Team Size; title: Team Composition; title: Team Governance; title: Team Identity; title: Team Interactions; title: A Common Team Mindset; title: Norms; title: Roles; title: Goals; title: Team Development; title: Forming; title: Storming; title: Norming; title: Performing; title: Adjourning; title: Summary; title: Review Questions; title: Exercises; title: Endnotes; title: Key Terms; title: Table 6.1: Comparison Issues for Best and Worst Teams; title: Introduction; title: The Achievement Project; title: Overview of Chapter; title: Stakeholders; title: Project Clients; title: Host Organization Management; title: The Project Team; title: External Suppliers; title: Internal Suppliers; title: Regulators; title: End Users and Implementers; title: Political Players; title: Developing and Using Project Networks; title: The Nature of Social Capital; title: Developing Social Capital; title: Summary; title: Review Questions; title: Exercises; title: Endnotes; title: Key Terms; title: Figure 7.1: The Social Network of Leanne Phillips's Principal Project Team; title: Figure 7.2: The Social Network of the Achievement Project Organization; title: Figure 7.3: The Social Network of the Achievement Project Organization and Its Larger Stakeholder Network; title: Introduction; title: John's Promotion; title: Chapter Overview; title: The Roles of a Project Leader; title: External Role Requirements; title: Figurehead and Spokesperson; title: Liaison and Monitor; title: Champion and Negotiator; title: Controller; title: Internal Role Requirements; title: Planner and Resource Allocator; title: Coordinator; title: Problem Solver; title: Team Leader; title: Clarifying the Leadership Role; title: Project Leadership and the Project's Life Cycle; title: The Early Stages: Initiation and Planning; title: Project Launch; title: Project Execution; title: The Project Team; title: External Stakeholders; title: Project Closing; title: Project Leadership and Individual Project Members; title: Summary; title: Review Questions; title: Exercises; title: Endnotes; title: Key Terms; title: Sidebar: Conducting Project Meetings; title: Introduction; title: The China Report; title: Chapter Overview; title: Know Your Readers and What They Want; title: What Any Reader Wants; title: What Decision Makers Want; title: What Expert Advisors Want; title: What Implementers Want; title: The Project Report; title: The Front End; title: The Cover Page; title: The Letter of Transmittal; title: The Table of Contents; title: Lists of Tables and Illustrations; title: The Executive Summary; title: The Body; title: The Introduction; title: Major Sections and Subsections of the Report; title: Conclusions and Recommendations; title: References; title: The Back End: Supporting Appendices; title: Summary; title: Review Questions; title: Exercises; title: Endnotes; title: Key Terms; title: Table 9.1: Project Report Check-Off List.