Introduction 1Book 1: In the Beginning: Project Management Basics 5Chapter 1: Achieving Results with Project Management 7Chapter 2: Involving the Right People 23Chapter 3: Developing Your Game Plan 43Book 2: Steering the Ship: Planning and Managing a Project 71Chapter 1: You Want This Project Done When? 73Chapter 2: Starting Your Project Team Off on the Right Foot 111Chapter 3: Monitoring Progress and Maintaining Control 129Chapter 4: Bringing Your Project to Closure 155Book 3: Helping Out: Using Tools on a Project 167Chapter 1: Considering Checklists and Templates 169Chapter 2: The Key Documents for Managing a Project 179Chapter 3: Working with Microsoft Project 2019 185Chapter 4: Surveying Cool Shortcuts in Project 2019 197Book 4: A New Method: Agile Project Management 203Chapter 1: Applying the Agile Manifesto and Principles 205Chapter 2: Defining the Product Vision and Product Roadmap 233Chapter 3: Planning Releases and Sprints 253Chapter 4: Working throughout the Day 285Chapter 5: Showcasing Work, Inspecting, and Adapting 309Book 5: A Popular Agile Approach: Running a Scrum Project 321Chapter 1: The First Steps of Scrum 323Chapter 2: Planning Your Project 339Chapter 3: The Talent and the Timing 359Chapter 4: Release and Sprint Planning 377Chapter 5: Getting the Most Out of Sprints 399Chapter 6: Inspect and Adapt: How to Correct Your Course 417Book 6: The Next Level: Enterprise Agility 425Chapter 1: Taking It All In: The Big Picture 427Chapter 2: Sizing Up Your Organization 443Chapter 3: Driving Organizational Change 463Chapter 4: Putting It All Together: Taking Steps toward an Agile Enterprise 485Book 7: Making It Official: PMP Certification 503Chapter 1: Introducing the PMP Exam 505Chapter 2: It's All about the Process 519Chapter 3: Reviewing the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct 541Index 553
Stanley E. Portny, PMPMark C. Layton, MBA², CST, PMP, SAFe SPCSteven J. Ostermiller, CSP, PMPNick GrahamCynthia Snyder DionisioDavid Morrow, CSP, ICP-ACCDoug Rose, CSP-SM, PMI-ACP, PMP, SAFe SPC