Part I Understanding the Project Management Landscape $1$

Chapter $1$ What Is a Project? $3$

Defining a Project $4$

Sequence of Activities $5$

Unique Activities $5$

Complex Activities $5$

Connected Activities $5$

One Goal $6$

Specified Time $6$

Within Budget $6$

According to Specification $7$

A Business$-$Focused Definition of a Project $7$

An Intuitive View of the Project Landscape $8$

Defining a Program $10$

Defining a Portfolio $10$

Understanding the Scope Triangle $11$

Scope $11$

Quality $12$

Cost $12$

Time $13$

Resources $13$

Risk $13$

Envisioning the Scope Triangle as a System in Balance $14$

Prioritizing the Scope Triangle Variables for Improved

Change Management $15$

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Applying the Scope Triangle $16$

Problem Resolution $16$

Scope Change Impact Analysis $16$

The Importance of Classifying Projects $17$

Establishing a Rule for Classifying Projects $17$

Classification by Project Characteristics $17$

Classification by Project Application $19$

The Contemporary Project Environment $20$

High Speed $20$

High Change $21$

Lower Cost $21$

Increasing Levels of Complexity $22$

More Uncertainty $22$

Discussion Questions $22$

Chapter $2$ What Is Project Management? $23$

Understanding the Fundamentals of Project Management $24$

What Business Situation Is Being Addressed by This Project? $25$

What Does the Business Need to Do$?25$

What Are You Proposing to Do$?26$

How Will You Do It$?26$

How Will You Know You Did It$?26$

How Well Did You Do$?26$

Challenges to Effective Project Management $28$

Flexibility and Adaptability $28$

Deep Understanding of the Business and Its Systems $30$

Take Charge of the Project and Its Management $30$

Project Management Is Organized Common Sense $30$

Managing the Creeps $31$

Scope Creep $31$

Hope Creep $32$

Effort Creep $32$

Feature Creep $32$

What Are Requirements, Really? $32$

Introducing Project Management Life Cycles $37$

Traditional Project Management Approaches $40$

Low Complexity $41$

Few Scope Change Requests $41$

Well$-$Understood Technology Infrastructure $42$

Low Risk $42$

Experienced and Skilled Project Teams $42$

Plan$-$Driven TPM Projects $42$

Linear Project Management Life Cycle Model $43$

Incremental Project Management Life Cycle Model $44$

Agile Project Management Approaches $45$

A Critical Problem without a Known Solution $45$

A Previously Untapped Business Opportunity $46$

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Change$-$Driven APM Projects $46$

APM Projects Are Critical to the Organization $46$

Meaningful Client Involvement Is Essential $46$

APM Projects Use Small Co$-$located Teams $47$

Iterative Project Management Life Cycle Model $48$

Adaptive Project Management Life Cycle Model $49$

Extreme Project Management Approach $50$

The xPM Project Is a Research and Development Project $51$

The xPM Project Is Very High Risk $51$

The Extreme Model $52$

Emertxe Project Management Approach $54$

A New Technology without a Known Application $55$

A Solution Out Looking for a Problem to Solve $55$

Hybrid Project Management Approach $55$

Recap of PMLC Models $56$

Similarities between the PMLC Models $57$

Differences between the PMLC Models $57$

Choosing the Best$-$Fit PMLC Model $57$

Total Cost $58$

Duration $59$

Market Stability $59$

Technology $59$

Business Climate $59$

Number of Departments Affected $60$

Organizational Environment $60$

Team Skills and Competencies $60$

Discussion Questions $61$

Chapter $3$ What Is Strategic Project Management? $63$

Definition of Strategic Project Management $64$

The Business Environment: A View from the Top $65$

Business Climate $66$

PESTEL $68$

Porter$$s Five Forces Model $69$

SWOT $69$

Market Opportunities $71$

BCG Growth$-$Share Matrix $71$

How to Use the BCG Growth$-$Share Matrix $73$

How Are You Going to Allocate Your Resources? $73$

Enterprise Capacity $73$

SWOT $75$

Value Chain Analysis $75$

VRIO $76$

Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics Model $77$

Vision$/$Mission $78$

Strategies $80$

Tactics $81$

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OST Dependency Structure $83$

What Is the Enterprise Project RASCI Matrix? $84$

Complex Project Profiling $84$

Putting It All Together $89$

Discussion Questions $89$

Chapter $4$ What Is a Collaborative Project Team? $91$

Overview $92$

The Complex Project Team $93$

Project Executive $97$

Core Team $98$

Project Sponsor $98$

Process Co$-$Manager $98$

Product Co$-$Manager $98$

Development Team Leader $98$

Client Team Leader $98$

Business Systems Engineer and Business Analyst $98$

Process Team and Product Team $99$

Selecting the Project Team $99$

Co$-$Managers Define Project Team Structure

and Core Team Roles $99$

Co$-$Managers Populate the Roles with Skill Requirements $101$

Gain Approval of the Staffing Plan $101$

Using the Co$-$Manager Model $101$

Establishing Meaningful Client Involvement $103$

The Challenges to Meaningful Client Involvement $104$

What If the Client Team Does Not Understand

the HPM Framework? $105$

Commercial Off the Shelf $($COTS$)$ Facilitator$-$Led Training $106$

Custom$-$Designed, Instructor$-$Led Training $106$

Real$-$Time, Consultant$-$Led Training $106$

What If You Can$$t Get the Client to Be Meaningfully Involved? $107$

What If the Client Is Hesitant to Get Involved? $108$

What If the Client Wants to