This book is a management aid intended to help you manage your projects better. No… its purpose is not to bury you in administrative paperwork. As the title says, it is a toolkit of guidelines, templates, and checklists that enables you to build a project management structure that best fits your business needs, whether for a single project or all the projects managed in your organization. It is 100% compatible with A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) owned by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).
Key Guidelines Include:
Project Management Overview and Fundamentals
Project Manager Quick Reference Roadmap
Scope Statement Guidelines
Work Breakdown Structure guidelines
Project Roles and Responsibilities
Project Control Definitions
Project Control Exception reports
The Seven Key Items to Managing a Healthy Project
Cost Estimating Approaches
Project Office Overview
Decision trees
Key Templates Include:
Project Organization Chart
Project Team Directory template
Change Request
Monthly Project Status Report – For Executive stakeholders
Weekly Project Status Report
Communication Plan
Project Charter
Scope Matrix
Statement of Work (SOW) – Large Project and Small Project examples
Closure Report
Signoff Certificate
Project Budget Estimating Worksheet
Project FTE & Contractor Resource Budget Template
PMO Project Repository Request Form
Staffing Plan
Risk Management Plan, checklist, and worksheet
Key Checklists:
Project Start-up Checklist
Project Review Checklist
Project Scheduling Checklist
Project Closeout Checklist
To order your copy of the PM Toolkit, please send a check for US$56 per copy to:
Project Manager’s Toolkit
Enterprise Project Solutions, Inc.
3826 Webster Street
Omaha, NE 68131 USA
Checks should be made payable to "Enterprise Project Solutions, Inc."
The Project Manager’s Toolkit comes in a 3-ring binder and includes both paper copies of the checklists (suitable for reproduction) and a CD with electronic copies in Microsoft Word. Individual purchasers are entitled to copy or print checklists for their own projects only. Corporations are requested to purchase a site license; pricing on request.