Project management for mere mortals : the tools, techniques, teaming, and politics of project management / Claudia M. Baca.

Ch. 1. Setting the project management context -- Ch. 2. You've been assigned a project! -- Ch. 3. How big is this project? -- Ch. 4. Laying out the work -- Ch. 5. The art of estimating -- Ch. 6. Quality - how good does it have to be? -- Ch. 7. Communication - what do you think about my project? -- Ch. 8. Risk - what should you worry about? -- Ch. 9. Creating the schedule -- Ch. 10. Budgeting - how much? -- Ch. 11. The rhythm of project execution -- Ch. 12. Keeping the project on track -- Ch. 13. Controlling changes -- Ch. 14. Success! - closing the project.

"Long-time project manager and trainer, Claudia Baca, walks you through all five process groups of project management: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing. Baca examines each process group from the perspectives of the working project manager and team member, highlighting the organizational issues most likely to arise and offering proven solutions. For each process group, she presents tools you can start using right now - and demonstrates those tools at work in a realistic running case study." "This guide takes you from the absolute basics through advanced techniques, such as measures of performance and change control." "This book has been crafted to support professionals who are new (or almost new) to project management, as well as experienced project managers who want to handle complex projects and organizational politics more effectively."--BOOK JACKET.