Description
Make Better Decisions While Managing Projects!
Decision-making is critical in project management. Lack of decision-making knowledge, avoidable mistakes, and improper definitions can negatively impact your company's ability to generate profit. The Project Manager's Guide to Making Successful Decisions is a practical handbook that focuses on the significance of project decision-making skills that will all you to reach workable and effective results. This valuable resource highlights numerous decisions necessary to support the project management life cycle, presents various techniques that facilitate the decision-making process, provides an overview of decision analysis as it relates to project management, and much more!
+ Understand different types of decision-making processes and cycles
+ Recognize how to frame the decision and gather better information
+ Define alternatives and assessments to make the right decision
+ Analyze short case studies demonstrating project decision making success
Chapter
Chapter 2: Managerial Decision-Making
Managerial Decisions Defined
Strategic, Operational, and Tactical Decisions
Generic Project Management Decisions
The Importance of Project Management Decisions
Project Management Decisions Contribute to Project Success
A Management Perspective on Failed Projects: Two Case Studies
The Solution—Good-Quality Decisions
Chapter 3: Decisions and the Project Management Life Cycle
The Project Management Life Cycle
Control Gates within the Project ManagementLife Cycle
Stakeholder Decisions in the Project Management Life Cycle
Chapter 4: Overview of Decision-Making
Literary Views of Decision-Making
History of Decision-Making
Approaches to Decision-Making
Decision-Making Methods and Aids
Implementing the Decision
Chapter 5: Project Management Decisions
A Project Management Decision Structure
Decisions for Project Management
Product (Operational) System Decisions
Development (Project Management Organization) System Decisions
Chapter 6: Framing the Decision
The Importance of Decision Frames
Suggested Decision Frame Format for Project Management
Chapter 7: Generating Decision Alternatives
The Problem Definition Process
Searching for Alternatives
Using All Alternatives to Find Additional Alternatives
Determining the Need for More Information and Analysis
Alternatives and Decision Frames—The Cuban Missile Crisis
Chapter 8: Analyzing the Alternatives in Terms of Values and Uncertainty
Dealing with Biases and Heuristics
Requirements for Good Decisions
Chapter 9: Handling Risk and Uncertainty
Developing a Risk Management Plan
Continuing Risk Management
How Do People Address Uncertainty?
Chapter 10: Training Project Managers as Decision Makers
The Elements of Traditional Project Management Training
The Pitfalls of Project Management Training
A Decision Analysis Curriculum
Appendix A: Project Success Case Studies
Appendix B: Project Management Decisions
Appendix C: An Introduction to Decision Trees