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More About This Title The One Page Project Manager: Communicate and Manage Any Project With A Single Sheet of Paper
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FOREWORD xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
INTRODUCTION—A ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER: IT MAY SEEM LIKE MAGIC—BUT IT IS VERY REAL xvii
CHAPTER 1—WHY THIS BOOK IS NEEDED 1
CHAPTER 2—WHAT IS THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER? 7
CHAPTER 3—PROJECT OVERVIEW 15
What Is a Project? 15
What Is Project Management? 17
Benefits of Project Management 18
Aspects of Effective Project Management 20
CHAPTER 4—FIVE ESSENTIAL PARTS OF A PROJECT—AND THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER 23
Ownership Is Remarkably Powerful 26
The Matrix 29
CHAPTER 5—TWELVE STEPS TO CONSTRUCTING THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER 35
Constructing and Filling in the One-Page Project Manager 36
Step 1: The Header 37
Step 2: The Owners 45
Step 3: The Matrix—The Tool’s Foundation 49
Step 4: Project Objectives 50
Step 5: Major Project Tasks 55
Continuous Improvement 59
Step 6: Aligning Tasks with Objectives 61
Step 7: Target Dates 66
Step 8: Aligning Tasks to the Timeline 68
Step 9: Aligning Tasks to Owners 71
Step 10: Subjective Tasks 75
Step 11: Costs 79
Step 12: Summary and Forecast 81
CHAPTER 6—THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER IN ACTION 109
Five Steps to Creating a Report Using the One-Page Project Manager 109
Examples of the One-Page Project Manager in Action 113
Meetings Are Better with the One-Page Project Manager 123
APPENDIX—VARIATIONS OF THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER 125
ISO Implementation 125
Entrada 126
Finishing Cornerstone 127
Carrots Culture 128
INDEX 131
