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"This practical guide shows you how to reduce any project - no matter how big or complicated - into a simple, one-page document perfect for expressing essential details, communicating those details to upper management, and tracking progress. Plus, its adaptable to virtually any process in your organization, including ISO and SAP. The One-Page Project Manager is the ultimate tool for beleaguered project managers who understands the value of simplicity."--BOOK JACKET.

CLARK A. CAMPBELL is a Senior Vice President at OC Tanner, where he has served in a number of executive positions and managed numerous large projects.

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FOREWORD

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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INTRODUCTION A ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER: IT MAY SEEM LIKE MAGIC—BUT IT IS VERY REAL

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CHAPTER 1 WHY THIS BOOK IS NEEDED

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(6)

CHAPTER 2 WHAT IS THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER?

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(8)

CHAPTER 3 PROJECT OVERVIEW

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(8)

What Is a Project?

15

(2)

What Is Project Management?

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(1)

Benefits of Project Management

18

(2)

Aspects of Effective Project Management

20

(3)

CHAPTER 4 FIVE ESSENTIAL PARTS OF A PROJECT—AND THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER

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(12)

Ownership Is Remarkably Powerful

26

(3)

The Matrix

29

(6)

CHAPTER 5 TWELVE STEPS TO CONSTRUCTING THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER

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Constructing and Filling in the One-Page Project Manager

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Step 1: The Header

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(8)

Step 2: The Owners

45

(4)

Step 3: The Matrix—The Tool's Foundation

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(1)

Step 4: Project Objectives

50

(5)

Step 5: Major Project Tasks

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(4)

Continuous Improvement

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(2)

Step 6: Aligning Tasks with Objectives

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(5)

Step 7: Target Dates

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(2)

Step 8: Aligning Tasks to the Timeline

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(3)

Step 9: Aligning Tasks to Owners

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Step 10: Subjective Tasks

75

(4)

Step 11: Costs

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Step 12: Summary and Forecast

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CHAPTER 6 THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER IN ACTION

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Five Steps to Creating a Report Using the One-Page Project Manager

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(4)

Examples of the One-Page Project Manager in Action

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Meetings Are Better with the One-Page Project Manager

123

(2)

APPENDIX—VARIATIONS OF THE ONE-PAGE PROJECT MANAGER

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ISO Implementation

125

(1)

Entrada

126

(1)

Finishing Cornerstone

127

(1)

Carrots Culture

128

(3)

INDEX

131

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The One-Page Project Manager Communicate and Manage Any Project With a Single Sheet of Paper

The One-Page Project Manager Communicate and Manage Any Project With a Single Sheet of Paper

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