tailieunhanh - The Project Management Life Cycle By Jason Westland (A book review by R. Max Wideman)

Projects always involve a finite amount of uncertainty (risk) that may lead to problems and surprises during the project. Dealing with surprises requires more time, energy, and money than originally planned. Risk management can help reduce the likelihood and affects of risks. Risk management is important as it helps the team accomplish the project with as little trouble as possible. As a professional scientist, engineer, or project manager, you will be required to help get the job done. Excuses (whether real or imaginary) generally don't buy any sympathy. For instance, in the event of a surprise problem which causes project. | 11 17 07 The Project Management Life Cycle By Jason Westland A book review by R. Max Wideman Introduction Editor s Note We liked so much of this book that we askedfor the author s permission to quote extensively from the whole of Jason Westland s Chapter 1. This is because it succinctly describes what follows in detail in the remainder of the book. However in pursuing our regular book review structure we placed his text under corresponding headings. Since the quotations are so extensive we have not followed our normal practice of indenting quoted paragraphs. However the references are identified in the footnotes. As Jason says Welcome to The Project Management Life Cycle. This book describes the Methodl23 Project Management Methodology MPMM 1 and provides a practical approach to managing projects. Every phase activity and task in the project life cycle is described here in detail to help you manage staff customers and suppliers efficiently. By reading this book you will gain the knowledge and confidence required to properly initiate a project create detailed project plans build high quality deliverables monitor and control delivery and close projects effectively. Not only will you learn how to successfully complete projects from end to end but you will also be armed with a suite of tools and templates to allow you to create project deliverables quickly and easily. More than 150 charts tables and diagrams are included in this book to help explain the steps needed to undertake a project. Each table is full of real life examples to provide you with the knowledge needed to complete project activities faster than before. 2 Book Structure The book structure is very simple yet it covers a lot of ground in only 237 pages. Jason explains it as follows. Theproject life cycle The project life cycle consists of four phases as shown in Figure 1. As there are four phases within the project life cycle there are four main chapters in this book. Each of these chapters describes a .