Welcome to the companion Web site for Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools by Karl Wiegers, Principal Consultant at Process Impact. This site provides information about the book and other resources regarding software project management. You can also download the process assets and worksheets described in the book from this site.
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Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools was published in 2007 by Microsoft Press. Project initiation is the process of formally conceiving, approving, and launching a new project. This book describes many actions that lay the foundation for a successful project. Both experienced and novice project managers will find the practices described here to be valuable. Topics covered include: defining project success criteria and product release criteria, project chartering, risk management, lessons learned and project retrospectives, metrics, and many others. Each chapter in the book includes several practice activities and worksheets to help you begin applying the suggested techniques to your own projects immediately. The worksheets are listed below for downloading. The book also refers to numerous process assets, such as templates, procedure descriptions, spreadsheet tools, and other items that project managers will find useful. These items also are accessible from this site.
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Training Resources Available Process Impact offers several training options that align with Practical Project Initiation:
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Process Impact Contact Information Karl WiegersPrincipal Consultant kwiegers@acm.org 503-698-9620 |