Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure
Amacom (Verlag)
978-0-8144-1682-2 (ISBN)
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When budgets are dwindling, deadlines passing, and tempers flaring, the usual response is to browbeat the project team and point fingers of blame. Not helpful. For these situations, what is needed is an objective process for accurately assessing what is wrong and a clear plan of action for fixing the problem. Rescue the Problem Project provides project managers, executives, and customers with the answers they require. Turnaround specialist Todd Williams has worked with dozens of companies in multiple industries resuscitating failing projects. In this new book, he reveals an in-depth, start-to-finish process that includes:
Techniques for identifying the root causes of the troubleSteps for putting projects back on track audit the project, analyze the data, negotiate the solution, and execute the new planNearly 70 real-world examples of what works, what doesn’t, and whyGuidelines for avoiding problems in subsequent projects
Many books explain how to run a project, but only this one shows how to bring it back from the brink of disaster. And with 65% of projects failing to meet goals and 25% cancelled outright, that’s essential information!
Todd C. Williams, PMP (Camas, WA) is a senior project audit and recovery specialist with over 25 years of international experience.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements xv
Foreword by Tom Kendrick xvii
Introduction xix
PART I Understanding the Process and Realizing
a Problem Exists 1
1 The Basics of the Recovery Process 3
2 Management’s Responsibility in
PART II Auditing the Project: Understanding the Issues 31
3 Assessing the Human Role in Project Failure 33
4 Auditing Scope on a Red Project 49
5 Determining Timeline Constraints 63
6 Examining Technology’s Effect on the Project 73
PART III Analyzing the Data: Planning for Project Recovery 81
7 Determining and Initiating Remedial Action 83
8 Building an Extended Project Team 93
9 Considering Options for Realigning Technology 109
10 Assessing How Methodology Affects the Project 119
11 How Agile Methodology Can Assist in a Recovery 131
12 How Critical Chain Methodology Can Assist in a Recovery 157
13 Comparing the Relative Value of Methodologies
PART IV Negotiating a Solution: Proposing Workable Resolutions 183
14 Proposing and Getting Agreement on a Recovery Plan 185
15 Dealing with “Unprojects” 205
PART V Executing the New Plan: Implementing the Solutions 213
16 Implementing Corrective Actions and Executing the Plan 215
PART VI Doing It Right the First Time: Avoiding Problems
That Lead to Red Projects 221
17 Properly Defining a Project’s Initiation 223
18 Assembling the Right Team 231
19 Properly Dealing with Risk 239
20 Implementing Effective Change Management 253
Appendix: Files on the Rescue the Problem Project Web Site 263
Endnotes 265
Recommended Reading 267
Index 269
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.5.2011 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 62 x 93 mm |
| Gewicht | 1 g |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8144-1682-9 / 0814416829 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8144-1682-2 / 9780814416822 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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