Succeeding in the Project Management Jungle: How to Manage the People Side of Projects
Amacom (Verlag)
978-0-8144-1615-0 (ISBN)
It’s a jungle out there and project managers are fighting to survive… With countless man-hours clocked and billions of dollars spent every year on project tools, the success rate for projects remains astonishingly low. So what’s the solution?Introducing TACTILE Management™, a people-centric system that works in conjunction with an organization’s existing processes. Based on the seven characteristics of high-performance project teams transparency, accountability, communication, trust, integrity, leadership, and execution the book shows project managers how to:
Take project teams out of their functional silos and transform them into a powerful, integrated force Balance the expectations of customers, management, and project teams with the technical requirements of cost, schedule, and performance Apply practical phase-by-phase project guidance to real-life situations Avoid or minimize possible pitfalls
Every successful project involves someone in the trenches who has the people skills to match process with the capability of his team and organization. This innovative book shows readers how to make the most of their people… and ensure project success.
DOUG RUSSELL, PMP, is currently Director of Engineering at a Fortune 200 company. He has more than 25 years of experience in high-technology project management for commercial and government organizations
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I:The Project Management Jungle
Chapter 1: Welcome to the Project Management Jungle
Escape Is Possible from the Project Management Jungle
What Creates the Project Management Jungle?
TACTILE Management™ Defined
Succeeding in the Project Management Jungle
PART II:The Foundation of TACTILE Management
Chapter 2: The Seven Characteristics of Successful Projects
Transparency
Accountability
Communication
Trust
Integrity
Leadership That Drives Needed Change
Execution Results
PART III: Mastering the Expectations of Key Stakeholders
Chapter 3: Expectations Management
High-Level Stakeholder Expectations
Case Study: The R.101 Project
Traditional Project Constraints with Stakeholder Expectations
Triple Expectations Pyramid
Putting It All Together
Chapter 4: The Triple Expectations Pyramid and Your Customer
Customer Expectations: Scope
Customer Expectations: Cost
Customer Expectations: Schedule
Chapter 5: The Triple Expectations Pyramid and Your Management
Two Toxic Management Styles
Your Management’s Expectations: Scope
Your Management’s Expectations: Schedule
Your Management’s Expectations: Cost
Chapter 6: The Triple Expectations Pyramid and Your Team
Your Team’s Expectations: Scope
Your Team’s Expectations: Schedule
Your Team’s Expectations: Cost
Using the Triple Expectations Pyramid
PART IV:Avoiding Pitfalls in the Five KeyAreas of a Project
Chapter 7: Initiating
PM Assignment
Project Charter
Project Scope
Preplanning the Plan
Avoiding Toxic Management in Initiation
Case Study: The Path Less Taken
Chapter 8: Planning
Creating the Initial (Baseline) Plan
Historical Planning Approaches
TACTILE Planning Approach
Project Management Plan Basics: Scope, Time, Cost, and Risk
Management
Finishing the Plan: Quality Assurance, Human Resources,
Communication, Procurement, and Integration Management
Discovering and Addressing Needed Information Until Approval
Flexibly Looking Ahead
Avoiding Toxic Management in Planning
Case Study: The Path Less Taken
Chapter 9: Executing
Executing to the Plan
TACTILE Execution Approach
Meetings
Controlling Change Control
Selling New Baselines
Learning How to Win
Case Study: The Path Less Taken
Chapter 10: Monitoring, Controlling, and Reporting
Monitoring
(Don’t Even Try To) Control
Reporting
Case Study: The Path Less Taken
Chapter 11: Closing
Properly Close All Project Activities
Capture Data for Organizational Learning
Ensure Personal Growth
Case Study: The Path Less Taken
PARTV: LivingWell in the Project Management Jungle
Chapter 12: “From Chaos comes Creativity, from Order Comes Profit”
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.7.2011 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 59 x 90 mm |
| Gewicht | 1 g |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8144-1615-2 / 0814416152 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8144-1615-0 / 9780814416150 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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