The Project Management Memory Jogger (Second Edition) (Memory Jogger Series)

The Project Management Memory Jogger (Second Edition) (Memory Jogger Series)

The Project Management Memory Jogger has been published as a second edition and is now available! <br /><br />This second edition retains the essential features that made the first edition so popular and is aligned with A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide).<br /><br />In addition to all of the steps, proven tips, tools and templates, the new edition features new sections on<br /><br />- Project Communication Plan<br />- Cross Cultural Teams<br />- Project Procurement Plan<br />- Project Quality Plan<br />- Organizational Change Management<br />- Project Contingency<br />- Projects vs Operations<br /><br />and expanded segments on working with teams, virtual team tips, scope (customer analysis and SMART Criteria), risk, scheduling (critical path), monitoring & control, (earned value), and many more additions.<br /><br />Finally, there is a new section on consensus based decision making tools to help project teams from The Memory Jogger 2 Second Edition. In addition, the overall flow and layout have been improved to make this new version even more user-friendly than the first.<br /><br />We hope that this improved guide will help you get the most out of your meeting time and also help to improve the success rate of projects in your organization!<br /><br />Here is the break down of the differences:<br /><br />1. The style, methodology, and case study are essentially mirrored.<br />2. The second edition is aligned with, updated to and compliant with the current PMBOK®, Fourth Edition.<br />3. The new sections with “how do I do it” in a project management context are:<br /><br /> · Project Communication Plan<br /> · Cross Cultural Teams<br /> · Project Procurement Plan<br /> · Project Quality Plan<br /> · Organizational Change Management<br /> · Project Contingency<br /><br />4. There is a greatly expanded section on team dynamics, teamwork, and virtual teams. Easily identifiable tips for virtual teams are also interspersed throughout the book.<br />5. Many sections are improved, expanded, and updated (with more explanation and breadth), i.e. Project Charter, Risk, Scope, Project Management Process, Scheduling, and Customer Analysis.<br />6. These new topics are defined and referenced in the Advanced PMMJ and MJ2 second edition:<br /><br /> · Earned Value – Advanced PMMJ<br /> · Critical Path - APMMJ<br /> · Projects vs. Operations - APMMJ<br /> · Collaborative Decision Making Tools – MJ2 second edition<br /><br />7. Moved the Activity Schedule and Product Life Cycle to the Appendix.<br />8. Added a Chapter on collaborative decision making tools and analysis for use with project teams for identification of issues, prioritization, and root cause identification (Affinity Diagram, Interrelationship Digraph, Prioritization Matrices.<br /><br />