Getting Started with Project Management: Managing Projects in Small Bites

By Chiji A. Ohayia PMP, PhD

This handbook is useful for anyone interested in the discipline of project management - from the casually curious to seasoned practitioners. Each handbook in the series provides a simplified explanation of a particular project management concept in small bites

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Oct 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781532007422

Chiji A. Ohayia PMP, PhD

Dr. Chiji A. Ohayia, Ph.D., PMP, has extensive experience in project management as a student, researcher, practitioner, consultant, and instructor. He has guided the implementation of successful projects in numerous industries, including government, financial services, insurance, health care, and nonprofit organizations. He holds a Ph.D. in organizational management and information technology from Capella University and teaches project management concepts to students at numerous institutions.

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ISBN: 978-1-5320-0741-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5320-0742-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016915756

iUniverse rev. date: 10/05/2016

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Introduction

1.   What is a Project?

2.   What is Project Management?

3.   Project Management Framework

4.   What is the Role of a Project Manager?

5.   Key Takeaways from This Book

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Glossary of Terms

About the Author

To my family and friends for their unwavering support.

To project management students and practitioners who bring efficiency to organizations.

To the spirit and memories of my parents, whom I affectionately refer to as Joe-Helen.

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Managing Projects in Small Bites (MPSB) is a series of handbooks designed to introduce various project management concepts in a uniquely focused bite size. Fundamentally, project management is the planning and arrangement of an organization’s resources in order to effectively and efficiently move a specific task, event, or duty to completion. Through framework and tactics, this practical approach can be readily applied to facilitate a project’s delivery.

Two of the most popular project management (PM) approaches are the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) guide and PRojects IN Controlled Environments (PRINCE2). PMBOK is used as the foundation to each handbook in the series, providing a simplified, comprehensible explanation of project-management principles.

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