Accelerated Project Management

Speed-to-market is the most critical factor determining the success of new products. James Lewis and Louis Wong, one of today's most accomplished project management author teams, discuss often-overlooked principles that can make the difference in the never-ending race to be first and best. They give project managers, engineers, and top-level decision makers the needed tools and techniques to: Establish a solid and well-grounded vision Turn that vision into an actionable road map Implement platforms to support new processes

James P. Lewis (Vinton, VA) is president of The Lewis Institute, Inc., and the author of Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control and other influential books.

Louis Wong (Hong Kong) is director of Corporate Quality Assurance for Creative Technology.

Preface

ix

The Product Development Race

1

(20)

The Need for Effective Project Management

6

(3)

Role of Senior Management

9

(12)

Management's Role: Creating Winning Conditions

21

(16)

The Positive Project Environment

22

(15)

Product Strategy: Turn Your Vision into an Action Plan

37

(18)

Mission, Vision, and Strategy

39

(2)

The Lewis Method for Managing Projects

41

(4)

The Model in More Detail

45

(1)

Project Strategy

46

(6)

The Project Portfolio

52

(3)

Time Race: Right-on-Time Projects

55

(14)

JIT Production and Right-on-Time Projects

55

(2)

Eliminating Causes of Slowness

57

(8)

Installing a Process

65

(4)

Resource Allocation: The Heart of Every Project

69

(12)

Resource Planning

71

(2)

Basic Guidelines for Resource Allocation

73

(2)

Technical/ Development Councils

75

(3)

Resource Monitoring

78

(3)

Project Monitoring and Control

81

(14)

Measuring Progress

83

(6)

Reporting Progress

89

(1)

Some Suggestions and Cautions

90

(3)

In Summary

93

(2)

Risk Management

95

(22)

Proactive Risk Management

97

(10)

Risk Management Review

107

(1)

Risk Assessment at Project Concept Stage

108

(3)

Risk Assessment at the Project Definition Stage

111

(1)

Risk Assessment at the Project Planning Stage

112

(1)

Risk Assessment at the Project Implementation Stage

112

(5)

Project Quality Management

117

(26)

Simultaneous Product and Process Development

118

(1)

Project Quality Management Defined

119

(1)

Design Quality

120

(4)

Product Quality/Product Design Validations

124

(3)

Process Quality/Process Verification Tests

127

(4)

Project Quality Control

131

(3)

Project Management Audit Guidelines

134

(9)

Manufacturing: Turning a Sample into a Product

143

(16)

The One-Team Concept

152

(7)

Competence Building through Learning

159

(6)

The Project as the Playing Field for Competence Development

162

(3)

References and Reading List

165

(10)

Index

175

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Accelerated Project Management

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