This is your complete, hands-on guide to saving projects in trouble.
Drawing on 20 years of frontline project management experience, Lonnie Pacelli identifies the 18 most pervasive causes of project failure: their causes, early warning signs, and how to fix them before it's too late.
Here's just some of what you'll learn...
- ...how to focus on the right problem, find and keep the right sponsors, realistically determine scope, uncover hidden risks, write more effective project plans...
- ...involve the right people, get your whole team on the same page...
- ...deal with vendors who don't deliver... manage and minimize cost overruns...
- ...communicate more effectively...test right, train right...
- ...streamline that last, endless 10% and finish strong...
- ...and more...
- ...a whole lot more.
If you're a working project manager, consultant, or team leader, this book is your secret weapon. It's fast. Relevant. Practical. Easy to read. Easy to use. Above all: it works.