NEW PURCHASE: PROJECT MANAGEMENT POCKETBOOK, Keith Posner & Mike Applegrath, 1998,2008

Project Management Pocketbook, Keith Posner & Mike Applegarth, 1998, 2008

Due to doing team work I thought this purchase was fantastic and good way to get our design team into a set structure, and understand ways we can present to the class.  

There is a section called "Scoping The Project," where there are various ways for strategy and identify key areas of work/skill/resources required:

The SWOT Analysis identifies the conflicts and forces, both internal and external

S      (Strengths)

W    (Weaknesses - present/internal factors)

O     (Opportunities) 

T     (Threats - potential/external factors)

Pestle analysis should be used in conjunction with a SWOT analysis

P  (Political)

E  (Economical)

S   (Social)

T  (Technological)

L  (Legislative)

E  (Environmental)

Within the past two weeks I have come across several research processes.  At the beginning I did not fully understand them all.  After reading this book, and further research I have come to understand the majority, and will start to apply to my work.

1. PMI - Ed Dubain
2. Learning Cycle - Kolb & Solberg
3. Sign, Signifier & Signified - Saussure
4. Camera Lucida - Roland Barthes
5. 5 W's 1 H
6. SWOT
7. Primary & Secondary