Project Management JumpStart -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book -- What This Book Covers -- Chapter 1: Building the Foundation -- The Project Management Journey -- Benefiting from Project Management Practices -- Twenty-first Century Project Management -- Where Do We Go from Here? -- Chapter 2: Developing Project Management Skills -- A Little Bit of Everything -- Communicating Your Style -- Chapter 3: Initiating the Project -- Selecting Projects for Success -- Creating the Project Charter -- Holding the Project Kickoff Meeting -- Chapter 4: Defining the Project Goals -- Agreeing on the Deliverables -- Discovering Requirements -- Identifying Assumptions and Constraints -- Creating the Scope Statement -- Creating the Communications Plan -- Chapter 5: Breaking Down the Project Activities -- Defining Tasks and Activities -- Determining Milestones -- Constructing the Work Breakdown Structure -- Constructing the Responsibility Assignment Matrix -- Estimating Activity Durations -- Establishing Dependencies -- Constructing a Network Diagram -- Chapter 6: Planning and Acquiring Resources -- Planning the Project Team -- Acquiring Materials, Supplies, and Equipment -- Contracting for Resources -- Chapter 7: Assessing Risk -- Identifying Risks -- Risk Analysis Techniques -- Planning for Risks -- Responding to Risks -- Contingency Planning -- Risk Management Plan -- Chapter 8: Developing the Project Plan -- Creating the Project Schedule -- Quality Management Plan -- Chapter 9: Budgeting 101 -- What Makes Up a Budget? -- Estimating Techniques -- Estimating Costs and Finalizing the Budget -- Establishing a Cost Baseline -- Call It a Plan -- Chapter 10: Executing the Project -- Assembling the Team -- Negotiation and Problem-Resolution Techniques -- Project Manager's Role in Team Development -- Progress Reporting.

Taking Corrective Action -- Chapter 11: Controlling the Project Outcome -- Change Happens -- Establishing Change Management Control Procedures -- Assessing the Impacts of Change -- Measuring and Controlling Project Processes -- Is the Project in Trouble? -- Chapter 12: Closing the Books -- Happy Endings -- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do -- Documenting Lessons Learned -- Obtaining Project Sign-off -- Is the Customer Happy? -- Archiving Project Documents -- It's Party Time! -- Appendix A: Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Appendix B: Sample Project Management Forms -- Appendix C: Sample Project Management Checklists -- Glossary -- Index.