Adrienne watt project management

Project Management

Project Management

Adrienne Watt

BCCAMPUS

VICTORIA, B.C.

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Contents

Accessibility Statement vi

About the Book viii

Introduction x

Preface xi

1. Project Management: Past and Present 1 2. Project Management Overview 11 3. The Project Life Cycle (Phases) 24 4. Framework for Project Management 27 5. Stakeholder Management 42 6. Culture and Project Management 54 7. Project Initiation 57 8. Overview of Project Planning 73 9. Scope Planning 76 10. Project Schedule Planning 91 11. Resource Planning 105 12. Budget Planning 132 13. Procurement Management 147 14. Quality Planning 158 15. Communication Planning 170 16. Risk Management Planning 176 17. Project Implementation Overview 187 18. Project Completion 189 19. Celebrate! 194

Appendix 1: Project Management PowerPoints 195

Appendix 2: Chapter Questions 196

Appendix 3: Chapter Audio Files 204

About the Author 205

Versioning History 206

List of Links by Chapter for Print 208

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About the Book

About the Book

Project Management by Adrienne Watt and published by BCcampus Open Education is a remix and adaptation of the following works:

• 100 Percent Rule by Pabipedia licensed under © CC BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike).

• Communication Plans by Inte6160 Wiki licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence.

• Decision Matrix Method and Project Charter by Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia licensed under CC BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike).

• Gantt Chart by Wikipedia licensed under CC BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike).

• How to Build Relationships with Stakeholders by Erin Palmer licensed under CC BY (Attri- bution).

• Planning a Project by OpenLearn Labspace licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence.

• Project Decelerators – Lack of Stakeholder Support by Jose Solera licensed under CC BY (Attribution).

• Project Management by Merrie Barron and Andrew Barron licensed under CC BY (Attribu- tion).