Project Manager

Table of contents

1. Front Cover
2. Half-Title Page
3. BCS, THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR IT
4. Title Page
5. Copyright Page
6. Contents
7. List of figures and tables
8. About the author
9. Acknowledgements
10. Abbreviations
11. Glossary
12. Preface
    1. How this book is organised
13. 1. INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT
    1. What is project management?
    2. What happens if a project can’t achieve its objectives?
    3. What is IT project management?
    4. Summary
14. 2. THE ROLE OF THE IT PROJECT MANAGER
    1. The trouble with being a project manager
    2. The objectives of the project manager’s role (or, why the role exists)
    3. What is programme management?
    4. What makes a top performing project manager?
    5. Where does a project manager’s authority come from?
    6. Ethics: an underpinning skill
    7. A project manager’s responsibilities
    8. Summary
15. 3. PROJECT STRUCTURES
    1. Common team structures
    2. Interface and dependencies
    3. Tools for understanding your project team and interfaces
    4. Summary
16. 4. HOW PROJECT MANAGERS WORK: TOOLS, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
    1. Agile vs. waterfall
    2. The project life cycle
    3. Methods for doing the work
    4. Best practice procedures and processes
    5. Software tools
    6. Summary
17. 5. CAREER PROGRESSION AND RELATED ROLES
    1. Getting into project management
    2. Moving on in project management
    3. Moving up in IT project management
    4. Moving out of IT project management
    5. Continuous professional development
    6. Summary
18. 6. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN IT PROJECT MANAGER
19. Appendix 1 Professional associations
20. Appendix 2 Project management websites
    1. Websites
    2. List of related blogs
21. Appendix 3 Project management templates
22. Index
23. Back Cover