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Author Gerardi, Bart

Title No-drama project management : avoiding predictable problems for project success / Bart Gerardi
Published [Berkeley, Calif.] : Apress ; New York : Distributed by Springer Science+Business Media, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 251 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents The No-Drama Project Manager -- We have enough drama around here, without you adding to it ... -- Project Management Success -- What do you mean' Expect the expected?' -- Identify Requirements -- Tell me again, what are we trying to do here? -- Prioritize -- Which is more important: critical, must-have, or essential? -- Manage Change -- Sure, this changes things, but nothing has really changed ... -- Align with the Client -- Hmm ... I don't remember talking about that. -- Testing Assumptions -- Well, when we started this project, we were assuming ... -- Identify Decision Makers -- Whose call is this, anyway? -- Communicate Effectively -- I must not have gotten that e-mail ... -- Develop a Plan -- Let's just get started-we know what we need to do. -- Prepare for Problems -- Honestly, we hoped this wouldn't be a problem. -- Establish Metrics -- Who is keeping score around here? -- Know the Roles -- Hey coach, tell me again what position I'm playing? -- Handling the Truly Unexpected -- Uh oh ... -- The End of Drama -- Let's do it all again!
Summary No-Drama Project Management: Avoiding Predictable Problems for Project Success is a book for project managers who want or need to be more effective. Having a project crash and burn is never a great situation, author Bart Gerardi explains, but it's not a career buster-unless the failure appears on the short list of recurring, avoidable problems that can and will pop up during any project. If your project fails due to a lack of planning, for example, expect a trip to the woodshed. Why? Your 'unexpected problem' was actually both predictable and avoidable. This book is an exploration of the preventable problems that cause project failures and how to steer clear of them. It includes far more than simple rookie mistakes like trying to please the wrong stakeholder or misunderstanding your role on the team. Those who have been around the block a few times will also find tips and insights that can help them reignite a stalled or meandering career. The sections on managing change adroitly or handling truly unexpected challenges, for example, can get veteran project managers back on track. There are plenty of books about the science of project management that cover such things as creating a work-breakdown structure or a Gantt chart. No-Drama Project Management is about the art of project management. It contains methods and techniques-illustrated with stories from Gerardi'srich store of experiences-that'll help project managers shine and become promotable. This book: Describes the common obstacles that all projects face, and how to defuse or avoid them Explains how project managers can hold a mirror to their own performance and improve it Shows project managershow to become masters at expecting the unexpected and thereby ratcheting up their success rates
Analysis Economics
Economics/Management Science
Business/Management Science, general
Notes Copyright © Apress 2011
Subject Project management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Informatique.
Project management
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781430239918
1430239913