Managing Performance Improvement Projects: Preparing, Planning, And Implementing

Lead work projects from beginning to end . . . and make human performance technology happen!

Copublished with the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)

Project teams are growing rapidly as performance improvement solutions become more complex. Project management methods are becoming necessary to successfully coordinate these large teams. Develop the skills you need to effectively manage your budget, time, and the quality of work on human performance technology projects. All the essential aspects of project development are addressed, and the process is broken down into three main areas: preparing, planning, and implementing.

You'll develop the skills to:

Define projects

Accelerate project development

Obtain sponsorship

Act as a consultant

Plan infrastructures

Create work breakdown structures

Identify depAndency relationships

Manage resources and optimize the plans

Analyze risks and plan for contingencies

Estimate schedules . . . and more!

Learn what needs to be done after you finish a project to ensure success. Don't just squeak by with mediocre management. Mediocre management can stifle the development of great ideas. Ideas will get projects started. But you won't achieve superior results without effective management.

Implement Fuller's project management process today and get results!

JIM FULLER is the manager of Learning and Performance Technology at the Hewlett-Packard Company, which represents H-P's research and development efforts in the areas of learning and performance. He also teaches graduate courses in performance technology at Boise State University and is a frequent speaker at conferences sponsored by the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD), and Lakewood. He lives in San Jose, California.

Acknowledgments.

About the Author.

Introduction: A Call for Project Management.

PREPARING THE PROJECT.

Defining the Project.

Accelerating Project Development.

Obtaining Project Sponsorship.

Acting as a Consultant.

Planning the Infrastructure.

PLANNING THE PROJECT.

Creating the Work Breakdown Structure.

Estimating the Schedule.

Identifying Dependency Relationships.

Managing Resources and Optimizing the Plan.

Analyzing Risk and Planning for Contingencies.

IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN.

Managing the Vendor.

Managing the Project.

Completing the Project.

Conclusion.

References.