Your Successful Project Management Career

224 Pages·2005·2.439 MB·English

by  Ronald B. Cagle

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Your Successful
Project Management
Career
Ronald B. Cagle
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Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
PARTI:UNDERSTANDINGPROJECTMANAGEMENTTODAY 1
1. UnderstandingWhatProjectManagementIsAllAbout 3
ProjectsandPrograms 3
TheProjectManager 7
ThePathtoSuccess 10
DecidingifProjectManagementIsforYou 11
2. Introducing thePrincipalOrganizations 12
AustralianInstituteofProjectManagement(AIPM) 14
AssociationforProjectManagement(APM) 15
AmericanSocietyfortheAdvancementofProjectManagement
(asapm) 16
InternationalProjectManagementAssociation(IPMA) 17
ProjectManagementInstitute(PMI) 18
AmericanManagementAssociation(AMA) 19
StandardsOrganizations 20
TechnicalStandardsOrganizations 20
3. ConsideringtheProjectManagementOrganizations 22
TheCurrentStateoftheArt 22
WhereIsProjectManagementGoingfromHere? 22
Selectingthe‘‘Right’’OrganizationforYou 24
4. Speakingthe Language 26
ProjectandProgramTypes 27
ProjectandProgramSkillSets 30
LeadershipRoles 31
PARTII:ACQUIRINGPROJECTMANAGEMENTSKIllS 35
5. AcquiringPreparatorySkills 37
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PersonalSkillSet 37
Company/Customer/IndustrySkillSet 41
EnterprisePolicies,Plans,andProcedures 41
CustomerStandards 43
IndustryStandardsandRegulations 43
6. AcquiringProjectand ProgramSkills 45
BasicSkillSet 47
AdvancedSkillSet 51
ExpertSkillSet 58
SpecialtySkillSet 66
PrincipalSkillSet 70
PARTIII:IMPROVINGYOURPROJECTMANAGEMENTABILITIES 77
7. Expanding YourKnowledge 79
AssessingYourCapabilities 79
ExpandingYourKnowledge 88
ExpandingYourEducation 88
ExpandingYourTraining 96
Certification 98
8. ImprovingYourAbilities 102
GainingExperience 102
DevelopingYourPersona 103
ImprovingYourAbilities 105
ImprovingYourPerformance 106
PARTIV:APPLYINGYOURSKILLSTOPROJECTSAND
PROGRAMS 109
9. MatchingtheSkillSets toProjectsandPrograms 111
ASmallProject 112
AnIntermediateProject 120
ALargeProject 125
AProgram 130
AVirtualProjectorProgram 141
AnInternationalProgram 145
ALarge-ScaleProjectorProgram 153
10. Are YouReadyfortheNextOne? 162
WhatWilltheNextOneBe? 162
HowWillYouGetThere? 164
PARTV:MAKINGYOURCAREERMOVES 165
11. Meeting MarketNeeds 167
AssessingtheMarket 167
AddressingtheMarket 170
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12. GettingSettled 174
Gettingthe‘‘LayoftheLand’’ 174
TheOrganization 176
ThePowerStructure 178
MakingFriendsandAlliances 180
TakingOveraProject 181
PARTVI:KEEPTHEMOMENTUMGOING 183
13. ApplyingYourSkillstoOtherActivities 185
GatheringLeading-EdgeIdeas 186
MentoringandTraining 186
Policies,Processes,Plans,andProcedures 187
AProjectManagementOffice? 187
14. ContinuingYourSuccess! 189
Glossary 191
Index 203
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Preface
Projectmanagementisahottopic.Itisahottopicbecauseprojectsare
thenervecenterofacompany.Itiswherenewproductscomefromand
it’swhereprofitsaremadeorlost.Insimplestterms,companiesliveor
die based on the success of their projects. The single most important
elementin aproject’ssuccessis theleadershipofthe projectmanager.
But what is a project manager? Look at the Job Opportunities pages,
andwhatdoyousee?
ProjectManager
E-MarketingProjectManager
PeoplesoftProjectManager—financials
FacilitiesProjectManager
ProgramManagerSimulationandModeling
ProjectMgr—ITFinance/BA
LogisticsEngineer/ProjectManager
MMSProjectManager
ProjectManager/BusinessAnalyst
ITAnalysisProjectManagers
TelecomNetworkProjectManagers
ConstructionProjectManager
ProgramManager
Itmaypromptyoutoask:‘‘WhatintheworldisanITAnalysisProject
Manager?’’‘‘WhoisaTelecomNetworkProjectManager?’’And:‘‘How
are they different from a Project Manager?’’ All good questions! This
bookwillanswerthesequestionsandawholelotmore.Iwilltalkabout
Project Managers and Telecom Project Managers as well as others and
projectmanagement andprogrammanagement andshowhow theyall
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