Project management survival: a practical guide to leading, managing and delivering challenging projects
Publication details: London: Kogan Page, 2008Description: 242pISBN: 9780749453916Subject(s): Project management | Project planning | Project resourcing | Strategic management | Leadership | Risk managementDDC classification: 658.404 LOC classification: HD69.P75Summary: Written from a real-world perspective, this book provides you with a template for success based on project management techniques from the school of corporate hard knocks. Author Richard Jones shows you how to avoid project killers, such as inheriting an incompetent, scared, or doomed team. He also gives practical advice on getting to the truth of a project, getting the right initial plan, developing a genuinely workable plan, and reveals how to manage people so the project stays on track. If you are tasked suddenly with managing a project in-house, the likelihood is that you will find that you are dumped in an impossible situation. This book shows you how to control the situation and come out on top.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book - Standard loan | CAFRE Loughry Library | HD69.P75 JON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 190767 |
Written from a real-world perspective, this book provides you with a template for success based on project management techniques from the school of corporate hard knocks. Author Richard Jones shows you how to avoid project killers, such as inheriting an incompetent, scared, or doomed team. He also gives practical advice on getting to the truth of a project, getting the right initial plan, developing a genuinely workable plan, and reveals how to manage people so the project stays on track. If you are tasked suddenly with managing a project in-house, the likelihood is that you will find that you are dumped in an impossible situation. This book shows you how to control the situation and come out on top.
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