Key Project Management Based on Effective Project Thinking

This book provides an effective overall approach and concrete action strategies to help readers quickly grasp key aspects of project management and reduce the pressure during the learning process, so that they can soon start enjoying the fruits of successful project management. The problems discussed in this book have been drawn both from several years of theoretical research on the part of the author, and from communications between the author and hundreds of business executives and project managers from many domestic and international EMBA and CEO classes. The book’s unique content is written in an easy-to-follow tone with typical Chinese systemic and dilactical thinking, intended to help readers find the appropriate way to solve problems as they encounter them. It is divided into four main parts: The first part, after analyzing the characteristics of changes in business environment, discusses the real connotation of management and its relationship with enterprise development, then demonstrates the value of projects and project management for companies’ survival and development. The second part examines the basic preparation needed for successful project management, including how to use uniform project management principles to deal with projects with different characteristics, how to create a company-wide project management infrastructure in order to avoid project managers failing to take responsibility, and how to establish fruitful project relationships with partners so as to improve coordination, etc. In the third part, the main management work involved in the project management life cycle is described, including decision-making, initiation, defining the scope, organizing resources, risk management, scheduling, communication management, conflict management, team building, performance management, closeout, etc. Lastly, the book’s fourth part addresses many of the challenges enterprises and project managers face, and provides essential strategies and methods for overcoming them.