Cheetah Project Management: The Fastest Way to Reach Your Goals

by Michelle LaBrosse

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976174952
• ISBN13: 9780976174950
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Maklaf Press
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

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Cheetah Project Management: A Review

Book Review - Cheetah Project Management Reviewed by Frank Townson, PMP, Director - Strategic Planning, PMI-OVOC Cheetah Project Management Michelle A, LaBrosse, PMP - HNB Publishing, New York, NY, USA, 2004. ISBN: 0-9728061-2-1 Are you new to the field of project management and don't know where to start? If so, this book can really help you. If you are an experienced project manager and have struggled with issues of teamwork and having a successful project launch session, then this book can help you. Or have you been handed a project in disarray that needs major disaster recovery work? Again, this book can help you. In Cheetah Project Management, the emphasis is on the team: "If the team is aligned on its project priorities, then it will better understand and work towards aligning its actions" notes the author. Using a team-based approach, the author takes the reader step by step through an e-commerce project case study and demonstrates how to build team consensus on customer/stakeholder requirements, who needs to do what and when, individual roles and responsibilities, determining the critical milestones in the project, identifying and assessing risks, and preparing accurate cost estimates including a clear understanding of cash flow needs and level of effort. Ms. LaBrosse defines Cheetah's Accelerated Project Management as "A process that covers the complete framework for a project team to quickly launch its projects, initiatives and ideas." She then takes you through that framework demonstrating how, in just one day, using the methodology, templates and techniques she provides, a project team can develop a complete project plan covering customer/stakeholder requirements, project scope, project schedules, and project budgets. Building upon the eight components of the accelerated project management (APM) framework, she shows project teams how to: * Clearly communicate with people on the project team and stakeholders/clients about the project. * Accurately define the problems the project will help stakeholders/clients solve. * Specify the requirements of the project in terms of how stakeholders/clients will use the project deliverables. * Clearly define the end points of the project to rein in costs. * Create a high performing project team that is aligned on their roles and responsibilities. * Determine exactly what is needed to get started with the project and what represents completion (and success). * Create measurements to ensure the project meets stakeholders/clients' acceptance criteria. * Define reviews and approvals at each stage of the project. * Assess, quantify, and prevent risks that could derail the Project. * Define the priorities of the project in terms of cost, schedule, and quality. * Identify the constraints and conflicts on doing this project. * Determine the staff and resources required to complete the project. * Create dependency schedules of the interim deliverables with an easy to visualize graphical mapping te

Cheetah Project Management

Cheetah Project Management is a must for anyone involved in project management currently, or someone considering PM as a career. In simple, straightforward language it outlines the steps and processes toward formalizing a project agreement. An easy read that truly impacts all phases of the project manangement cycle. I highly recommend this book!

A fast and fun way to break down the project life cycle!

This book is a great read! It is fast paced and hits on all the major project phases. Each phase is laid out in easy to understand writing with great diagrams and charts. I firmly believe that you can use this book to help all your projects.