Before you start
Resource centre
Unit 1: Preliminaries
Unit 2: Becoming a project manager
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2 BECOMING A PROJECT MANAGER: INTRODUCTION
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2.1 WHO ARE YOU?
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Exercise 1: Skills checklist
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Exercise 1: How did you get on?
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Exercise 2: Skills crossover
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Exercise 2: How did you get on?
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Exercise 3: Why project management?
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Exercise 3: How did you get on?
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2.2 WHERE DOES THE WORK COME FROM?
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Exercise 4: Who do you want to do it for?
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Exercise 4: How did you get on?
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2.3 WHO WILL YOU BE WORKING WITH?
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Exercise 5: Who does what?
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Exercise 5: How did you get on?
Unit 3: What is a project?
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3 WHAT IS A PROJECT? – INTRODUCTION
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3.1 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
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Exercise 6: Match the market to the medium (what is most appropriate?)
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Exercise 6: How did you get on?
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Exercise 7: Cost, timescale and scope – what is best value?
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Exercise 7: How did you get on?
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3.2 PLANNING AND CONTROL
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Exercise 8: Where can the project manager influence planning?
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Exercise 8: How did you get on?
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Exercise 9: Match the responsibility to the role
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Exercise 9: How did you get on?
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Exercise 10: Issue or risk?
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Exercise 10: How did you get on?
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Exercise 11: ‘Lessons learnt’ meeting
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Exercise 11: How did you get on?
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3.3 WORKFLOWS: PRINT AND DIGITAL
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Exercise 12: Create a simple workflow
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Exercise 12: How did you get on?
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3.4 WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
Unit 4: Scheduling
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4 SCHEDULING: INTRODUCTION
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4.1 BUILDING A SCHEDULE
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Exercise 13: Find the critical path
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Exercise 13: How did you get on?
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Exercise 14: Dealing with variables
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Exercise 14: How did you get on?
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Exercise 15: Create a schedule
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Exercise 15: How did you get on?
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4.2 MANAGING A SCHEDULE
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Exercise 16: Change a schedule
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Exercise 16: How did you get on?
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4.3 WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
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Exercise 17: Identifying and solving problems
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Exercise 17: How did you get on?
Unit 5: Briefing
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5 BRIEFING: INTRODUCTION
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5.1 UNDERSTANDING THE CLIENT'S BRIEF
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Exercise 18: Understanding your project management brief
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Exercise 18: How did you get on?
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5.2 BRIEFING YOUR TEAM
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Exercise 19: Create a SMART brief
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Exercise 19: How did you get on?
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Exercise 20: Create a proofreader’s brief
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Exercise 20: How did you get on?
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5.3 WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
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Exercise 21: Checking a typesetter’s brief
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Exercise 21: How did you get on?
Unit 6: Budgeting
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6 BUDGETING: INTRODUCTION
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6.1 WHO SETS THE BUDGET?
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6.2 TYPES OF BUDGET
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Exercise 22: Costing a project
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Exercise 22: How did you get on?
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6.3 MANAGING THE BUDGET
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Exercise 23: Costing a change request
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Exercise 23: How did you get on?
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Exercise 24: Working out your costs
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Exercise 24: How did you get on?
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6.4 WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
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Exercise 25: Feedback email
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Exercise 25: How did you get on?
Unit 7: Management and communication
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7 MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION: INTRODUCTION
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7.1 SELECTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE
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Exercise 26: Selecting a freelance copyeditor
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Exercise 26: How did you get on?
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Exercise 27: Approaching a freelance copyeditor
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Exercise 27: How did you get on?
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7.2 REPORTING AND FEEDBACK
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Exercise 28: Catch-up meetings
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Exercise 28: How did you get on?
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Exercise 29: Escalating issues
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Exercise 29: How did you get on?
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Exercise 30: Author issues
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Exercise 30: How did you get on?
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7.3 WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
Unit 8: Being an editorial project manager
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8 BEING AN EDITORIAL MANAGER: INTRODUCTION
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8.1 COMMUNICATION
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Exercise 31: The way you communicate
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Exercise 31: How did you get on?
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8.2 THE DAY-TO-DAY NITTY GRITTY
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Exercise 32: Prioritising
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Exercise 32: How did you get on?
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Exercise 33: Keeping records
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Exercise 33: How did you get on?
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8.3 BUILDING UP AND USING THE EXPERIENCE
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Exercise 34: Skills audit
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Exercise 34: How did you get on?
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8.4 WHAT COULD GO RIGHT?
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Exercise 35: Your perfect project
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Exercise 35: How did you get on?
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