Tools for Project Management, Workshops and Consulting: A Must-Have Compendium of Essential Tools and TechniquesTypically today's tasks in management and consulting include project management, running workshops and strategic work - all complex activities, which require a multitude of skills and competencies. This standard work, which is also well accepted amongst consultants, gives you a reference or cookbook-style access to the most important tools, including a rating of each tool in terms of applicability, ease of use and effectiveness. In his book, Nicolai Andler presents about 120 of such tools, grouped into task-specific categories entitled Define Situation, Gather Information, Information Consolidation, Creativity, Goal Setting, Organisational Analysis, Technical Analysis, Strategic Analysis, Decision Making, and Project Management. Checklists and application scenarios further enhance the use of this toolbox. Information provided by this book is: - comprehensive and sufficiently wide in scope, combined with a practical level of detail without being too academic - reliable and proven in numerous real implemented cases - easy to apply due to many different search options, checklists, application scenarios and guiding instructions. Written by a professional consultant, business analyst and business coach, this book is a unique reference work and guide for those wanting to learn about or who are active in the fields of consulting, project management and problem solving in general. "This book is of the kind you always wanted but didn't think would or could ever exist: the universal field theory of problem solving." Tom Sommerlatte. |
Contents
Foreword | |
Problem solving approach and application | |
Diagnosis | |
Goals and objectives setting | |
Analysis | |
Decision making incl evaluation prioritisation | |
Find and select the right decision making tools depending on your number of options and criteria | |
Template for a risk analysis table | |
Project management tools | |
Burghardt Kostka Projektmagazin Haberfellner PMI complemented by the author | |
Project contract sheet | |
Logframe | |
Project work plan template | |
Example of a communication plan | |
Communication tools and stakeholders with examplary frequencies | |
Examples of situations for the decision making selection matrix | |
Example of an argument balance | |
Example for a comparison of two options e g products or companies | |
Pair ranking table | |
Example of a nominal group table statement A has received the highest vote followed by D | |
Example of an utility analysis | |
Example of an accountability matrix for a product launch and market introduction | |
Stakeholder communication | |
Template for an expectations review | |
Template of an action steps table | |
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Tools for Project Management, Workshops and Consulting: A Must-Have ... Nicolai Andler No preview available - 2011 |
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