Project Manager's Spotlight on Planning -- Frontmatter -- About the Author -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: Initiating the Project Plan -- Small vs. Large Projects -- Initiating a Project -- Understanding the Initiating Process Group -- Preparing for Planning -- Introducing the Project Plan -- Drafting the Project Plan -- Case Study -- CHAPTER 2: Defining Project Objectives, Goals, Scope, and Requirements -- Setting Project Objectives and Goals -- Project Objectives -- Business Justification -- Team Goals -- Defining Project Goals -- SMART Goals -- Measuring Your Goals -- Critical Success Factors -- Assumptions -- Delineating Scope -- Baseline Deliverables List -- Requirements -- Requirements Collection -- Reason for Requirements -- Approval for Scope -- Scope Management Plan -- Case Study -- Project Objectives -- Goals -- Scope -- Not in Scope -- Deliverables -- Requirements -- Assumptions -- CHAPTER 3: Defining Your Risk Management Plan -- Planning for Risk Management -- Defining Your Risk Management Plan -- Creating Your Risk Management Plan -- Creating a Risk Response Plan -- Identifying Risks -- Analyzing Risks -- Defining Your Risk Response -- Monitoring and Controlling -- Getting Risk Management Response Plan Resistance -- Case Study -- CHAPTER 4: Drafting Your Dream Team -- Identifying Your Organization -- Team Composition -- Defining Skills -- Negotiating for Your Team -- Team Development Stages -- Project Hiring -- Defining Team Roles and Responsibilities -- Sponsor -- Project Manager -- Project Team Members -- Project Stakeholders -- Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) -- Project Communication -- Creating the Communication Management Plan -- Meeting Communication -- Case Study -- CHAPTER 5: Finalizing Estimates and Budgets -- Building a Bottom-Up Estimate -- Work Breakdown Structure.

Methods of Estimating -- Historical Data -- Who Creates the Estimate? -- Performing an Estimate Analysis -- Precision vs. Accuracy -- Estimating Pitfalls -- Creating the Project Budget -- Just Add It Up -- Capital Expenditures -- Non--Project-Specific Costs -- Approval -- Case Study -- CHAPTER 6: Creating the Project Schedule -- Introducing Activity Sequencing -- Defining the Network Diagram -- Estimating Activity Durations -- Deciding on the Details -- Entering Tasks into Scheduling Software -- Defining Activity Precedence -- Finish to Start -- Finish to Finish -- Start to Start -- Developing the Schedule -- Critical Path -- Analyzing Float -- Schedule Compression -- Seeing How We Really Do It -- Scheduling Programs or Spreadsheets -- Scheduling Reports -- Keeping the Critical Path Visible -- Case Study -- CHAPTER 7: Defining Your Quality Management Plan -- Implementing Quality Processes -- International Organization of Standards (ISO) -- Total Quality Management (TQM) -- Six Sigma -- Capability Maturity Model (CMM) -- Using Quality Resources -- Quality Department -- Quality Measurement -- Quality Process Tools -- Audits -- Creating a Quality Management Plan -- Case Study -- CHAPTER 8: Defining the Procurement Management Plan -- Purchasing Goods and Services -- When to Use Your Purchasing Department -- Typical Purchasing Flow -- Types of Purchasing Agreements -- Purchasing Requirements -- Knowing When Should You Use an Attorney -- Contract Attorneys -- Contract Types -- Typical Flow and Timeline for Legal Processes -- Protecting Intellectual Property -- Case Study -- CHAPTER 9: Formalizing the Plan -- Creating the Project Kickoff Meeting Agenda -- Facilitating the Kickoff Meeting -- Case Study -- APPENDIX A: Nine Knowledge Areas Refresher -- Project Management Process Groups -- Initiating -- Planning -- Executing -- Monitoring and Controlling.

Closing -- Project Management Knowledge Areas -- Project Integration Management -- Project Scope Management -- Project Time Management -- Project Cost Management -- Project Quality Management -- Project Human Resource Management -- Project Communications Management -- Project Risk Management -- Project Procurement Management -- APPENDIX B: Project Planning Templates -- Glossary -- Index -- Numbers -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.