| For professional service firms, projects are the only product, the only profit center. Do your project teams consistently function like high-performing sports teams? Like efficient, high-tech assembly lines? Unlike sports teams or assembly lines, your project teams have no time for practice drills, no time to shutdown and retool. Skills need to be sharpened on-the-job. A/E Project Management Fitness Plan is an action-oriented plan designed to improve the productivity, effectiveness, and success rate of project managers and project teams while they work. Unlike textbooks designed for classroom training, ZweigWhiteÂs Fitness Plan series is designed to coach busy people in the real world. Develop the consistent Âdaily workout habits that promote continual improvement and produce measurable results. Step-by-step action plans help you get started today. Apply checklists, worksheets, and other tools to your projects now. Examine case studies that bring the proven experience of others right into your firm. Measure your progress with a comprehensive before and after self assessment test. Identify strengths and weaknesses and focus your education and training where it is needed most.
Project management is a growth industry, with dozens of books and hundreds of courses available across all disciplines. A/E Project Management Fitness Plan is the only single-volume book designed exclusively for architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting professionals. Anyone with a project roleÂfirm leaders, principals-in-charge, project managers, project team members, and subconsultantsÂcan improve their project management fitness with this comprehensive desktop guide.
A/E Project Management Fitness Plan is an action-oriented plan designed to improve the productivity, effectiveness, and success rate of project managers and project teams while they work. Unlike textbooks designed for classroom training, ZweigWhiteÂs Fitness Plan series is designed to coach busy people in the real world. Develop the consistent Âdaily workout habits that promote continual improvement and produce measurable results. Follow step-by-step action plans that help you get started today. Apply checklists, worksheets, and other tools to your projects now. Examine case studies that bring the proven experience of others right into your firm. Measure your progress with a comprehensive before and after self assessment test and progress tests in each chapter. Identify strengths and weaknesses and focus your fitness training where it is needed most.
Professional service is a high-cost, low-margin business. Project teams need to work at maximum productivity at all times, and project quality is your firmÂs greatest asset. Where are your project teams on the productivity and quality scales?
Assess your project management skills and take them to a higher level. Overcome obstacles that stand in the way of completing projects on time and within budget. Develop the client communication skills that result in high client satisfaction and repeat business. Learn to recognize every project management task as a marketing opportunityÂor a missed opportunity. Sharpen your negotiation skills to produce more favorable results for your firm, and greater mutual satisfaction when you negotiate with clients, consultants, government authorities, contractors, and your own team members. Integrate your project management and accounting processes to improve cash flow, reduce outstanding receivables, and improve your bottom line. Take up the project management fitness challenge!
Contents:
Managing the project of getting the job  Before you begin: negotiating a deal, minding the fine print, signing on the dotted line  Starting the project: laying the groundwork for success  Communicating effectively with clients, consultants, and staff  Managing by leading  Getting the most out of your project team  Planning the work, working the plan  Minding the gap: keeping the invoices going and the cash flowing  Satisfying the client by assuring quality, exceeding expectations  Wrapping it up and moving on to the next one
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