The Second Edition of Leading Project
Teams offers an accessible introduction to the important basics of project management
while providing key issues and pointers on team leadership.
Easy to read, this engaging book
assumes little to no knowledge of project management. Leading Project Teams quickly leads
the reader through the fundamentals including how to start a project, how to assign tasks,
how to write clear project reports, and much, much more!
New to the Second Edition:
- New chapter on Risk Assessment
- New coverage of running effective team
meetings
- Offers real world scenarios: Each chapter
opens with a real-world project problem faced by a project leader. Selected from a wide
range of industries-from academia to business to health care-each situation portrays how
project work applies to real project problems in a variety of settings.
- Identifies key expectations of project
leaders: Concrete advice is given on leading project teams across a number of important
leadership issues and on how project leaders should develop and guide project team
members.
- Provides quick-learning project tools:
Many accessible tools are provided to help readers understand the basics of project
management such as the work breakdown structure and project scheduling. Extensive coverage
on team literature is offered to help students learn the basics of team construction and
team dynamics.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Determining the Direction and Initial Specifications of a Project
Chapter 3: The Work Breakdown Structure
Chapter 4: Project Scheduling
Chapter 5: Managing Project Risk
Chapter 6: Developing Project Teams
Chapter 7: The Project Team's Environment
Chapter 8: Leading Project Teams
Chapter 9: Writing Project Reports
Appendix A Calculating the Critical Path Using the Critical Path Method
Appendix B – Earned Value Analysis
248 pages, Paperback