Project Management in Small Business
By: Karl W. Palachuk & Dana J Goulston, PMP

Project Management in Small Business By: Karl W. Palachuk & Dana J Gouston, PMP

Make every project a successful and profitable project!

Project Management in Small Business

How to deliver successful, profitable projects on time

by Karl W. Palachuk & Dana J Goulston, PMP

For Small Business Service Providers who want:

A repeatable project framework built for small businesses/MSPs — stop firefighting and deliver with clear scope, ownership, and cadence.
Plug-and-play toolkit — ready-to-use templates, checklists, and forms so you can implement the process today.
Predictable, profitable results—guaranteed — ship on time and on budget, backed by the authors’ proven methodology and satisfaction guarantee.

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This book jumps right into a down-and-dirty, get-it-done process for creating and implementing projects that work. The primary audience is the technical consultant.

But this process, with very little fine-tuning, should work for just about any SMB (small and medium business) project.

Bring your business into the 2020s

Small Business project management is simply not as complicated as project management in the enterprise. But small business projects have the same challenges as enterprise projects: They need to achieve their goals effectively, on time, and within budget. They also face the same primary challenge – staying inside the scope of the project!

This great little book provides a simple process project planning and management process that is easy to learn and easy to teach to your employees, fellow technicians, and sub-contractors.

You’ll learn to track any project, explain all the stages to clients and employees, and verify that everything is completed on time and under budget. The authors show you a great technique for making sure that scope creep is a thing of the past!

Make every project a successful and profitable project!

This book jumps right into a down-and-dirty, get-it-done process for creating and implementing projects that work. The primary audience is the technical consultant.

But this process, with very little fine-tuning, should work for just about any SMB project.

We show you how to:

Meet all the project goals
Maintain excellent communication with the client
Manage expectations
Stay profitable
Avoid scope creep!

THIS BOOK IS GUARANTEED TO IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS

Hear from Karl and Dana

Hear from a few successful IT Business owners that utilized Managed Services in a Month to support their success.

See what’s inside Project Management in Small Business.

Section 1

Overview

1. Introduction to the Book
2. Professional Project Management Perspective
3. Project Management for SMB Consultants

Section 2

Project Methodology in the Small Business Space

4. Project Management Knowledge Areas
5. Project Management Phases and Tasks

Section 3

The Project Binder Process

6. Introducing the Project Binder
7. “Running” a Project with the Binder Process

Section 4

Tracking the Business Side of Project Management

8. Quoting the Project Correctly
9. Running Your Project in a PSA
10. Bring it All Together

Section 5

Sample Projects

11. Sample Project – Moving Web Site from In-House
To Hosted Server
12. Sample Project – Switch to a New ISP
13. Sample Project – Move Email from In-House to
Hosted Exchange

Section 6

Appendices

14. Appendix A: The Binder Forms
15. Appendix B: Definitions and 16. Acronyms
17. Appendix C: Resources
18. Other Resources from Small Biz Thoughts

Section 7

Resources: Checklists and Documentation

19. Cloud Readiness Checklist
20. Robocopy Samples
21. Client Onboarding Samples
22. New User Welcome Page
23. Monthly Maintenance for Cloud Services
24. Cloud Documentation Sample
25. Removing Clients from Cloud Services

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Highly Successful Project Management

This course will cover the most important aspects of project management for small business. It is intended for computer consultants, VARs, and managed service providers. Whether you sell projects on a Time-and-Materials basis or flat fee, it is critical to manage them successfully. Successful projects are more than simply profitable. Successful projects make you look good. They make the client more productive and potentially more profitable. They help you build a positive relationship.

Tuition includes the book in PDF format along with all associated downloads.

About Karl

Karl W. Palachuk has been an IT Consultant since 1995 and is one of the pioneers of the managed services business model. He is the author of 19 books, most of which are also available as audio books.

He is the host of the SMB Community Podcast and maintains four blogs, including Small Biz Thoughts and Relax Focus Succeed. Karl has owned several small businesses, including two very successful Managed Service companies in Sacramento, CA.

He received his first Microsoft certification in 1995 and his first MCSE in 1999. He was an active, hands-on Systems Engineer until January of 2017.

Karl has been a featured speaker at conferences and seminars over the last ten years. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with a Bachelor’s Degree from Gonzaga University and a Master’s Degree from The University of Michigan. He is also a Microsoft Small Business Specialist, and is an original member of Microsoft’s Small Business Specialist Advisory Panel.

About Dana

Dana J Goulston, PMP was a project core-team member of the PMBOK® Guide, 3rd edition, and was co-lead of the Chapters 1 and 2 team. He wrote the majority of the sections related to the subject of PMO, as well as the glossary entries.

As of this writing, Dana is also a member of PMI’s Consensus Committee, which approves the release of PMI standards, new or revised. Dana has been doing Project Management since the 80’s and has been a PMP since 2002.

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