Communicating Project Management: The Integrated Vocabulary of Project Management and Systems Engineering

Foreword (Stephen Cross, Ph.D., William R. Duncan, Heinz Stoewer, MSC).

Preface.

1. Communicating Project Management.

An overview of project communications that examines the four key factors: Participants, Techniques, Environment, and Language.

2. Facilitating Communication through Systems Management.

A set of process models that provide the project context. The models and ground rules help clarify vocabulary in a broad sense, and specific term definitions identified by the Visual Process Model (VPM).

3. The Collaborative Environment.

A characterization of the global environment created by professional associations and standards organizations and how it impacts project communications.

4. The Reference Project Cycle.

A sample project cycle and nomenclature using the terms and definitions in Part 5, including a template that can be tailored and used on projects.

5. Terms and Definitions.

6. Acronyms.

Index.