Leading Project Teams: An Introduction to the Basics of Project Management and Project Team Leadership Book

CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION
Project Fundamentals
Overview of Book
CHAPTER TWO: DETERMINING THE DIRECTION AND INITIAL SPECIFICATIONS OF A PROJECT
The Project's Mission Statement
Stakeholders in the Project's Mission
The Baltimore Project
The Project's Objectives and Deliverables
Project Parameters: Scope, Costs, and Timeline
Developing and Signing Off on the Project's Charter
The Project Plan
CHAPTER THREE: THE WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE
The Work Breakdown Structure and its Project Role
Producing a WBS
Using the Output of a WBS
CHAPTER FOUR: PROJECT SCHEDULING
Project Schedules: Types and Components
Components of project schedules
How to Develop a Project Schedule: Focus—Gantt Charts
Using the Output of a Project Schedule
Revision of planning assumptions and estimates for the project plan
Making adjustments to the plan throughout the project
Command and control
CHAPTER FIVE: DEVELOPING PROJECT TEAMS
What is a "team"?
What is a successful team?
Fundamentals of Team Structure
Team Development
CHAPTER SIX: THE PROJECT TEAM'S ENVIRONMENT
Stakeholders
Developing and Using Project Networks
CHAPTER SEVEN: LEADING PROJECT TEAMS
The Roles of a Project Leader
Project Leadership and the Project's Life Cycle
Project Leadership and Individual Project Members
CHAPTER EIGHT: WRITING PROJECT REPORTS
Know Your Readers and What They Want
The Project Report
The Body
The "Backend:" Supporting appendices
APPENDIX A: CALCULATING THE CRITICAL PATHUSING THE CRITICAL PATH METHOD
APPENDIX B: EARNED VALUE ANALYSIS