Chapter One
Building the Foundation

Welcome to the world of project management. Chances are you've already had some experience with project management, whether you've called it that or not. Maybe you've helped organize your company's annual conference or been involved with a new product launch. At some point in your personal or professional life, you've probably used some sort of process to get from the beginning of the project to the end results.
You'll discover through the course of this book that you may already use some of the processes we'll talk about but may never have realized they were formalized procedures. I'll add some new twists and tricks to those processes that you'll want to try out. You'll also learn some new techniques and procedures that will enhance your project management experiences and help you run your next project smoothly and effortlessly (okay, that might be stretching it a bit, but your project will run more efficiently).
In this chapter, we'll start building the foundation of good p ... read full excerpt from Project Management JumpStart ebook