Getting Started in Project Management

PAULA MARTIN is the CEO of MartinTate, a management consulting and training company. She is the author or coauthor of six books. She works with project teams to help them improve performance and has been a consultant on issues related to improving organization performance for over ten years. KAREN TATE, PMP, is the President of MartinTate and is a project management professional. She has over twenty years of project management experience and teaches project management to teams in organizations around the world.

• About the Authors. Introduction. Chapter 1. The Basics. Chapter 2. Initiating a Project. Chapter 3. Leading the Project Team. Chapter 4. Kicking Off the Project. Chapter 5. Planning the Scope. Chapter 6. Organizing the Project. Chapter 7. Assessing Risk. Chapter 8. Developing a Schedule. Chapter 9. Developing a Budget. Chapter 10. Assembling the Project Plan. Chapter 11. Team-Based Tools. Chapter 12. Executing the Plan. Chapter 13. Closing Out the Project. Chapter 14. Summing Up. Appendix A: Project Leadership Self-Assessment. Appendix B: Thinking Styles. Appendix C: Sample Team Contract. Appendix D: MT Problem Solving Methodology. Appendix E: Project Management Self-Assessment. Glossary. Index.