DEFINING
THE PROJECT
 | Project definition |
| Project Success Factors |
| The Project Management Triangle |
| The Project Terms of Reference
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PROJECT PLANNING
| The Business Case |
| Cost/Benefit Analysis |
| The Planning Approach |
| Creating the Work Breakdown Structure |
| Deliverables-based planning |
| PERT Charts and the Critical Path |
| Using the Gantt Chart |
| The Team Planning Method |
| Resource Planning |
| The Project Plan structure
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PROJECT SCHEDULING
| Assigning Resources |
| Phases and Milestones |
| Reviewing the Plan |
| Tuning the Model |
ESTIMATING
| Top-down techniques |
| The mythical person-year |
| Tasks and Interfaces |
| Identifying missing activities |
| Bottom-up techniques |
| The Delphi technique |
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RISK
AND CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT
| Identifying Risk Areas |
| Strategies for Risk Management |
| Sizing Risks |
| Generating Contingency Plans
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PROJECT FINANCE
| Defining the Project Spend Plan |
| Break-even and Payback
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CONTROLLING THE PROJECT
| Establishing the Control System |
| Control Data |
| Control Charts and techniques |
| Project Reviews and Walkthrough
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TRACKING THE PROJECT PROGRESS
| Baseline and Variances |
| The Tracking Gantt |
| Gathering and interpreting data |
| Using the Spend and Effort Plan |
| Using Earned Value |
| Forecasting techniques
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MANAGING CHANGE
| Baseline Control |
| Re-planning techniques |
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