Your Successful Project Management Career

Your Successful Project Management Career

Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
PARTI: U NDERSTANDING PROJECTMANAGEMENT TODAY 1
1. Understanding What Project Management Is All About 3
Projects and Programs 3
The Project Manager 7
The Path to Success 10
Deciding if Project Management Is for You 11
2. Introducing the Principal Organizations 12
Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) 14
Association for Project Management (APM) 15
American Society for the Advancement of Project Management
(asapm) 16
International Project Management Association (IPMA) 17
Project Management Institute (PMI) 18
American Management Association (AMA) 19
Standards Organizations 20
Technical Standards Organizations 20
3. Considering the Project Management Organizations 22
The Current State of the Art 22
Where Is Project Management Going from Here? 22
Selecting the ‘‘Right’’ Organization for You 24
4. Speaking the Language 26
Project and Program Types 27
Project and Program Skill Sets 30
Leadership Roles 31
PARTII: ACQUIRING PROJECTMANAGEMENT SKIllS 35
5. Acquiring Preparatory Skills 37

Personal Skill Set 37
Company/Customer/Industry Skill Set 41
Enterprise Policies, Plans, and Procedures 41
Customer Standards 43
Industry Standards and Regulations 43
6. Acquiring Project and Program Skills 45
Basic Skill Set 47
Advanced Skill Set 51
Expert Skill Set 58
Specialty Skill Set 66
Principal Skill Set 70
PARTIII: IMPROVING YOURPROJECTMANAGEMENT ABILITIES 77
7. Expanding Your Knowledge 79
Assessing Your Capabilities 79
Expanding Your Knowledge 88
Expanding Your Education 88
Expanding Your Training 96
Certification 98
8. Improving Your Abilities 102
Gaining Experience 102
Developing Your Persona 103
Improving Your Abilities 105
Improving Your Performance 106
PARTIV: A PPLYING YOURSKILLS TO PROJECTS AND
PROGRAMS 109
9. Matching the Skill Sets to Projects and Programs 111
A Small Project 112
An Intermediate Project 120
A Large Project 125
A Program 130
A Virtual Project or Program 141
An International Program 145
A Large-Scale Project or Program 153
10. Are You Ready for the Next One? 162
What Will the Next One Be? 162
How Will You Get There? 164
PARTV: MAKING YOURCAREER MOVES 165
11. Meeting Market Needs 167
Assessing the Market 167
Addressing the Market 170

12. Getting Settled 174
Getting the ‘‘Lay of the Land’’ 174
The Organization 176
The Power Structure 178
Making Friends and Alliances 180
Taking Over a Project 181
PARTVI: KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING 183
13. Applying Your Skills to Other Activities 185
Gathering Leading-Edge Ideas 186
Mentoring and Training 186
Policies, Processes, Plans, and Procedures 187
A Project Management Office? 187
14. Continuing Your Success! 189
Glossary 191
Index 203

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