If you want a concise distillation of all the essential tasks an effective project manager should be executing, The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management is the book for you.

The author presents a performance support system based on the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge. It reflects the best practices in the emerging field of project management. The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management is a set of worksheets, guidelines, checklists, and other tools for use by novices to perform specific project management tasks in a step-by-step fashion. It's not necessary to read through the entire book to apply a particular tool. The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management allows those new to project management to quickly acquire broad knowledge and skills related to the project management process, terminology, tools, and techniques.

Selected Contents

• Determine Need and Feasibility
• Create Project Plan
• Create Deliverable Specifications
• Create Deliverable Test & Implement Deliverables
• Your Unique Project Life Cycle

Phases, Processes, and Action Items: Pulling It All Together:

• Your Project Management Action Tools
• Demonstrate Project Need and Feasibility
• Evaluating Project Scope
• Guidelines for Defining and Sequencing Project Activities
• Estimate Durations for Activities and Resources Required
• Developing the Project Schedule
• Building a Budget and Spending Plan
• Developing the Project Communications Plan
• Keeping things Moving - "To-Do" List to Help You Execute, Control, and Close Out Your Project
• The Project Status Report
• Close Out Project Activities
• Potential Shortcuts for Low-Risk Projects
• When to Kill the Project