Project Management EBOOK
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT QUICK-START TOOLKIT
A MUST-HAVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT QUICK-START TOOLKIT
AS A PROJECT MANAGER YOU WILL DEFINATELY NEED CERTAIN TOOLS AND
TEMPLATES TO ACCELERATE ALL THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND
TASKS. IN ADDITION TO THIS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THE PRACTICAL GUIDE
PROVIDED FOR YOU TO APPLY RIGHT AWAY.
If you are in or intend to be in the project management profession
or fall into one or more of the following scenarios then you should
continue reading the content as bellows.
Scenario 1: What if you have been promoted to be a Project Manager
and this is your first time managing a project. Probably before that
you are doing more on team lead role. You may feel a bit pressure
because you have not done it before. Don’t worry as this ebook will
be able to help you throughout the whole life-cycle of the project
management by equipping yourself of the followings:
* Project Management experiences
* Methods and best practices
* Tools and templates
* How to avoid pitfalls
Scenario 2:
For every Project Management Office will require certain
documentation to be prepared throughout the life-cycle of the project
management. How to ensure that all these documents are in place and
readily available for audit?
Don’t worry as this ebook will be able to provide some guidelines
to the Project Manager on how these documents should be prepared.
Scenario 3:
What if you need to manage a group of Project Managers but each
Project Manager manages project very differently and documents
provided are way out of standards. Don’t worry and just pass this
ebook to them as Project Management Guide and there are many useful
templates provided for immediate use.
Scenario 4:
What if you are managing a team of IT staff or engineers and you
recently secure a few projects but you have constraints to hire so
many permanent Project Managers but you are indeed require them
urgently. One option is to access your existing team and evaluate
their skill sets whether they fit to lead a project. Even then, how
can you train them overnight to become a Project Manager? Don’t
worry, just pass this ebook to the selected team members and read. You
will surely find this ebook enlightening your problem.
Bear in mind every project is different and every activity needs to
move very fast without compromising efficiency and reliability.
In the current rapid changing market needs, managing projects has
become very challenging responsibility nowadays. For some people,
managing project is not the only responsibility, what about their
existing operation to handle? Everyday there are hundreds on emails to
be responded. That is not easy especially if you are working in a big
organization.
Therefore you need certain tools and templates to accelerate all
these project management activities and tasks. In addition to this and
most importantly is the practical guide provided for you to apply
right away.
Although this book is written more intended to Project Managers,
however it is also applicable to anyone who is interested in the
project management profession. This includes, but is not limited to:
* Project leaders
* Functional managers
* Team members
* Consultants
* Trainers
* Researchers
This book is also intended for new project managers who require
learning of previous experiences to increase their confidence as a
successful project manager through preparation.
I am a certified PMP and my intention is to share with you my
experiences in managing tough IT Projects for over a decade and I
strongly believe you will benefit from it.
I always believe that with right and good preparation in Project
Management, there is no reason to fail. That’s why I am writing this
ebook to help others to achieve the same result.
I started project management with no toolkit where everything we had
to create from scratch on our own. After years of experience, I found
out that there are so many useful tips and tools which I gathered and
can be useful to others in order to quick start a project without
re-inventing the wheel. I am so glad for having a chance to do this.
”That’s what motivates me to writing this ebook”.
The following illustration provides you some snapshots of the
project kick-off slides template. The following illustration provides
you some content snapshots of the ebook. The following illustration
provides you some snapshots of the incident register template use to
manage the system testing. The following illustration provides you
some snapshots of the progress report template. This ebook also comes
with the following Appendices:
Appendix A - Project kick-off slides template
Appendix B - Project minutes of meeting template
Appendix C - Project deliverable diary template
Appendix D - Sample detailed project schedule (Microsoft Project
version)
Appendix E - Sample detailed project schedule (Screen Captured
version)
Appendix F - Change request form
Appendix G - Progress report template
Appendix H - System testing incident register template
Appendix I - User acceptance test incident register template
Appendix J - Sample production cutover plan
Appendix K - Sample production sign-off template
Appendix L - Production issues incident register template
Appendix M - Project closure template
Whether you as a Project Manager come from the vendor environment or
end user, this ebook is still applicable to you.
Read on and see what you can gain from this ebook TODAY! I am sure
you don't want to miss this as there are many tools and templates
available to ease your project management activities/tasks. You will
also find alerts on how to avoid pitfalls.
Not only I am going to share with you some useful templates but also
highlighting to you what is required before you are entering into each
stage of the project life cycle i.e. skill set and information
required, etc.
Attention: You are going to own something easily which you can put to
use now and able to increase your confidence to become a successful
project manager.
Here are some topics that I've covered in this ebook:
* Introduction: A brief introduction will be provided to describe
the objectives of the ebook.
* How to kick good start of a project: This is the first impression
of your work which you are going to give to your audience/customer in
the project kick off meeting. Do you think a good start is important
here? Certainly!. Templates will be provided here to create the
project kick-off presentation slides on the fly. Not only that you
will also be equipped with what needs to be done before the kick-off.
This certainly gives you good preparation.
* How to write minutes of meeting effectively: It is a good practice
to write every single minutes of meeting. As the project progresses,
you will need to cross reference to the minutes as some people may
forget what they have said previously in the meeting. Find out more
how you can write minutes meeting effectively and template will be
provided and put to use immediately. Also dont forget about your
project diary. Find out more from this ebook.
* Scheduling: By now the project plan should have been endorsed by
stakeholders after the project kick-off meeting. The next task would
be to expand the project schedule into more detail for all the
activities. Find out more how you should schedule, optimize,
prioritize, and etc.
* Learn how to capture user requirement effectively: How are you
going to capture user requirement if you are not the domain expert?
Most of the times we don’t have the luxury to hire a domain expert
for a project as the budget will overrun. Find out more where you
should start from capturing the requirement and how you can minimize
misinterpretation of requirement.
* Scope Control: Many projects end up cost overrun due to scope
creep and no proper scope management. Some even failed due to customer
expectation not manage well. As a project manager it would be
necessary to control the project scope in a most tactful manner and
how to achieve this, negotiating skill and prioritization are required
here and find out more details.
* How to report progress effectively: Many project managers like to
use percentage to report the progress, to me I would prefer to measure
in terms of deliverables, completion of activities, issue highlights,
next upcoming activities and etc. Find out more on how you should
report your progress where it will interest your stakeholders.
Templates will be provided to enable you to create a progress report
and present to the project working committee.
* Internal System Testing ">How to monitor and manage hundreds or
even thousand of incidents occurred during the system testing and
deliver up to the quality standards and meet the UAT entrance
criteria. Incident Register excel template will be provided to capture
all incidents comprehensively and categorize with built-in formula
calculation of statistics. Instruction on how to use the template and
sample data also will be provided for ease of understanding.
* System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Test (UAT):
Ideally at this stage the system should be clean from errors and allow
smooth user testing. However that is not normally the case. Errors
will only surface at this stage because of lacking of business
knowledge during the internal system testing. Sometimes there is even
show stoppers incidents encountered because of the mandatory business
requirement. It would be a very challenging for a project manager or
test manager to monitor and manage hundreds of incidents occurred and
meet the UAT exit criteria. Incident Register excel template will be
provided as well to capture all these incidents. Find out more how you
can prevent this from happening and overcome all these obstacles.
* Production Cutover : As the project delivery becomes more complex
due to whatever reason, it would be necessary to break the project
into phases. How to prepare for phase production cutover and at the
same time manage on going UAT without affecting the live
users/customers. A very careful planning of the system environment is
required to avoid any error in subsequent program codes deployment.
Find out more how you can execute this effectively.
* Project Risk Management: As project bounds to have risks, find
out how you can identify project risks and mitigate these risks. To
enable you understand better, some risk samples also provided in this
ebook.
* Project Closure: Once a project has been completed and delivered,
it would be necessary to do an official project closure. Find out more
what needs to be done in order to achieve a complete project closure.
If so far what you have read is applicable to you and you are going
to manage a project soon, then you must order now and don’t wait. As
this Project Management Quick Start Toolkit will help you to shorten
your time spent on the project management task preparation and
execution.
Order now for only USD69 and you don’t have to pay a few hundreds
or even thousand to get all these useful and comprehensive information
and templates.
If you are serious about your project management career, then you
should even order now and there is nothing for you to lose.
You will receive the following once your order is made:
* A copy of the ebook (instant download after payment being made)
* All the above-mentioned appendices
* Email support
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