News - "Project Scope Management" book (with free Google Preview) is now available at the CRC Press website!

Project Scope Management book

My second book "Project Scope Management: A Practical Guide to Requirements for Engineering, Product, Construction, IT and Enterprise Projects" is now available on the CRC Press website!

Incomplete or missed requirements, omissions, ambiguous product features, lack of user involvement, unrealistic customer expectations, and the proverbial scope creep can result in cost overruns, missed deadlines, poor product quality, and can very well ruin a project. Project Scope Management: A Practical Guide to Requirements for Engineering, Product, Construction, IT and Enterprise Projects describes how to elicit, document, and manage requirements to control project scope creep. It also explains how to manage project stakeholders to minimize the risk of an ever-growing list of user requirements. Read more

 

Read the first several dozen pages of the book for free via Google Books Preview 

 

Here is what Max Wideman, one of the first project management gurus had to say about my second creation:

The book unites the best practices of scope management from the fields of traditional project management, information technology, software development, engineering, product development, architecture, construction, and multidisciplinary projects. It is based on the most advanced and popular works by prominent authors and contains the latest advances in project scope management. It also concentrates on the hands-on practicality of tools and techniques rather than focusing on their academic prominence. Best of all, Jamal’s book is easy to read and uses informal, nonacademic language to explain all the key points.

—R. Max Wideman, P. Eng., FCSCE, FEIC, FICE, FPMI

 

And finally, the full table of contents for you perusal:

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION TO SCOPE MANAGEMENT - WHO? WHAT? WHY?

CHAPTER 2 - HISTORY OF SCOPE MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 3 - WRITING PROJECT CHARTERS

CHAPTER 4 - REQUIREMENTS, CUSTOMERS, USERS

CHAPTER 5 – HIGH-LEVEL SCOPE ELICITATION

CHAPTER 6 – DETAILED REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION

CHAPTER 7 - DOCUMENTING REQUIREMENTS – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

CHAPTER 8 - DOCUMENTING REQUIREMENTS - ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

CHAPTER 9 - DOCUMENTING REQUIREMENTS - MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS

CHAPTER 10 - CREATING THE REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE REQUIREMENTS TRACEABILITY MATRIX

CHAPTER 11 – FINAL PRODUCT DESIGN

CHAPTER 12 - CREATING WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURES AND WBS DICTIONARIES

CHAPTER 13 – TROUBLESHOOTING SCOPE PROBLEMS

CHAPTER 14 – SCOPE VERIFICATION

CHAPTER 15 – CONTROLLING PROJECT SCOPE

      

About the Author

Jamal Moustafaev, MBA, PMP – president and founder of Thinktank Consulting is an internationally acclaimed expert and speaker in the areas of project/portfolio management, scope definition, process improvement and corporate training. Jamal Moustafaev has done work for private-sector companies and government organizations in Canada, US, Asia, Europe and Middle East.  Read Jamal’s Blog @ www.thinktankconsulting.ca

Jamal is an author of two very popular books: Delivering Exceptional Project Results: A Practical Guide to Project Selection, Scoping, Estimation and Management and Project Scope Management: A Practical Guide to Requirements for Engineering, Product, Construction, IT and Enterprise Projects.