Real Project Planning: Developing a Project Delivery Strategy (eBook)

Trish Melton (Autor)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
368 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-055599-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Successful projects are the basis for a successful company, but many professionals lack the basic skills required to accomplish this. The IChemE Project Management Subject Group has recognized the need to provide resources to deliver these skills, and has developed a series of books to share the latest best practice - engineering essentials.

This second title, though primarily written from the perspective of engineering projects within the process industries, is generic enough to support project managers in many other disciplines. It provides for those starting out in project management, is ideal for students as a university textbook and is also an indispensable reference for established project managers.

. Get up and running on your project quickly and effectively: books focus one step at a time on the needs of engineering, industrial and process projects for career project managers and those involved with project intermittently
. Practical, hands-on guides for those tasked with capital, product development or operational projects, aligned with the industry-standard PMP body of knowledge
. Accompanied by online project planning and delivery tools, templates, workflow organizers and data sheets, plus check-lists, case studies and copious expert know-how

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Successful projects are the basis for a successful company, but many professionals lack the basic skills required to accomplish this. The IChemE Project Management Subject Group has recognized the need to provide resources to deliver these skills, and has developed a series of books to share the latest best practice - engineering essentials. This second title, though primarily written from the perspective of engineering projects within the process industries, is generic enough to support project managers in many other disciplines. It provides for those starting out in project management, is ideal for students as a university textbook, and is also an indispensable reference for established project managers. Get up and running on your project quickly and effectively Focuses one step at a time on the needs of engineering, industrial and process projects for career project managers and those involved with projects intermittently

Inhalt

Front cover 1
Real project planning 4
Copyright page 5
Contents 16
About the author 6
About the Project Management Essentials series 8
Foreword 10
Acknowledgements 12
How to use this book 14
Chapter 1 Introduction 20
The project lifecycle 20
Aims 21
What is project delivery planning? 22
Why a PDP is needed 24
The planning hierarchy 28
The project delivery plan 30
And remember… 33
Chapter 2 Business planning 34
What is a project business plan? 35
How to develop a project business plan? 35
Tool: Stakeholder Contracting Checklist 37
Sponsorship 41
Tool: Sponsor Contract Planning Tool 46
Tool: The Project Charter 50
Tool: Communications Planning Tool 56
Benefits management 59
Tool: Benefits Realization Plan 64
Business change management 66
Tool: The Sustainability Plan 76
Business plan case study – production capacity improvement 78
Handy hints 90
And finally… 91
Chapter 3 Set-up planning 92
What is a project set-up plan? 93
How to develop a project set-up plan? 93
Selecting a Project Manager 93
Tool: Project Manager Selection Checklist 101
Project organization 103
Tool: Team Selection Matrix 108
Tool: Project Team Role Profile 115
Tool: Team Start-up Checklist 117
Project type 124
Tool: Roadmap Decision Matrix 126
Funding strategy and finance management 130
Tool: Finance Strategy Checklist 133
Scope definition 135
Tool: Activity Plan 142
Tool: Scope Definition Checklist 148
Set-up plan case study – purchasing business process improvement 150
Handy hints 162
And finally… 163
Chapter 4 Control planning 164
What is a project control plan? 165
How to develop a project control plan? 165
Risk management strategy 169
Tool: Project Scenario Tool 174
Tool: SWOT Table 183
Tool: Critical Path of Risks Table 185
Tool: Risk Management Strategy Checklist 186
Contract and supplier strategy 188
Tool: Contract Plan 200
Tool: Supplier Selection Matrix 202
Project control strategy 204
Project review strategy 225
Control plan case study – construction project 230
Handy hints 241
And finally… 242
Chapter 5 The project delivery plan 244
Why we need a formal document 244
Who develops the PDP? 245
The PDP lifecycle 245
PDP style, format and content 249
Projects, portfolios and programmes 250
Example PDPs 252
And remember… 253
Chapter 6 Case Study One: capital engineering project 254
Situation 254
Project Delivery Plan 259
Conclusions 271
Lessons learnt 271
Chapter 7 Case Study Two: strategic consultancy assignment 272
Situation 272
Assignment Delivery Plan 274
Conclusions 291
Lessons learnt 292
Chapter 8 Case Study Three: organizational change programme 294
Situation 294
Project Delivery Plan (PDP) 296
Conclusions 333
Lessons learnt 333
Chapter 9 Appendices 334
Appendix 9-1 – ‘Why?' Checklist 335
Appendix 9-2 – 'How?' Checklist 336
Appendix 9-3 – Project Delivery Plan (PDP) Template 339
Appendix 9-4 – Simple Benefits Hierarchy Tool 346
Appendix 9-5 – Benefits Specification Table 347
Appendix 9-6 – Stakeholder Management Plan 347
Appendix 9-7 – Benefits Tracking Tool 348
Appendix 9-8 – Sustainability Checklist 349
Appendix 9-9 – RACI Chart 350
Appendix 9-10 – Table of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) 350
Appendix 9-11 – Project Scorecard 351
Appendix 9-12 – Risk Table 352
Appendix 9-13 – Risk Matrix 353
Appendix 9-14 – Glossary 354
Appendix 9-15 – References 354
Appendix 9-16 – Project Management Skills Toolkit Assessment 355
Index 360
A 360
B 360
C 360
D 361
E 361
F 361
G 361
H 361
I 361
K 361
L 361
M 361
O 361
P 361
Q 362
R 362
S 362
T 362
U 363
V 363
W 363

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.4.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• ISBN-10: 0-08-055599-3 / 0080555993
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-055599-7 / 9780080555997