Fast training and ready-to-use resources for mastering the essentials of effective project management. Includes 25 brand-new, hands-on-tools!.

More and more often, subject specialists are being tapped as project managers. Faced with daunting, wide-ranging new responsibilities, they need quick access to clear information. The Project Manager's Partner provides rookie project managers with the essential skills, knowledge, and practices they need to deliver quality results - on time and on budget.

This jam-packed resources includes worksheets, guidelines, checklists, a glossary, and examples - more than 50 tools in all, with almost half of them brand new to this edition. Designed to help project managers achieve maximim results, the book identifies 20 Action Items crucial to the success of any project process, including:

* Demonstrating project need and feasibility

* Scheduling and costing

* Formal quality planning

* Staffing the project

* Executing and controlling project activities

Plus, special sections on optimizing project management software, implementing low-risk shortcuts, and more.

Based on Project Management Institute standards, this invaluable resource is the authoritative guide for all newcomers to project management.



About the author:

Micheal Greer is the author of The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management and the award-winning ID Project Management : Tools and Techniques for Instructional designers and Developers. In his role a consultant and PM workshop administrator, Greer has helped many organizations redesign their PM practices. His mission is to demystify PM and make it accessible to new and parttime project managers.