Project Management for Dummies, 2nd UK Edition

Part II

Planning Time: Determining What, When and How Much

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In this part …

• Understand the very powerful ‘product led’ approach to planning, opening the door to particularly effective quality management and progress control.
• Learn how to do activity planning, create an Activity Network diagram for your project, and master the scheduling of even the most complex projects.
• Plan the use of your resources effectively, getting the right people and materials in the right place at the right time – while staying within your budget
• Divide your project up into manageable stages, plan your work assignments and get into the detail of making your project work.
• Plan for, analyse and deal with the risks associated with your project using tried and trusted risk-management techniques.