The Project Management Advisor - Lonnie Pacelli

The Project Management Advisor

18 Major Project Screw-Ups, and How to Cut Them off at the Pass

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Buch | Softcover
192 Seiten
2004
Financial Times Prentice Hall (Verlag)
978-0-13-149047-5 (ISBN)
19,95 inkl. MwSt
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Focusing on saving projects in trouble, this hands-on guide identifies the 18 most pervasive causes of project failure: their causes, early warning signs, and how to fix them before it's too late. It tells you how to diagnose problems before they get out of control, and fix them. It also tells you how to keep any project on track, and any career.
With so many project management books in print, why do projects still come in late and over budget? While other books tell you how to plan, they don't explain how to save projects in real life, when things go awry. This book identifies the 18 most pervasive causes of project failure and their warning signs, explains why they happen, and shows exactly how to overcome them. Drawing on 20 years of frontline project management experience, Lonnie Pacelli shows you how to ensure you're working on the right problem, how to keep project sponsors committed, and how to ensure effective risk management. He offers hard-won insights on realistically determining a project's scope, involving the right people in cross-disciplinary teams, managing multiple project risks, and bringing each project to a strong finish. You'll discover new ways to get all your team members on the same page, streamline that endless final 10% of your projects, and reduce last-minuterework caused by unanticipated stakeholders. From start to finish, this book was crafted for working project managers. It's concise, relevant, easy to read, full of war stories, and packed with practical resources and advice to help real people cut real project problems off at the pass.

Lonnie Pacelli is President of Leading on the Edge International (http://www.leadingonedge.com).  Lonnie has over 20 years leadership expertise as an executive, project manager, developer, tester, analyst, trainer, consultant, and business owner.    During his 11 years at Accenture he built leadership expertise consulting with many Fortune 500 companies including Motorola, Hughes Electronics, and Northrop-Grumman.  During his nine years at Microsoft he continued building leadership expertise through development of some of Microsoft’s internal systems, led their Corporate Procurement group, managed their Corporate Planning group, and led company-wide initiatives on Continuous Fiscal Improvement and Training Process Optimization.  He has successfully implemented projects ranging from complex IT systems to process re-engineering to business strategies.  Lonnie is also currently CEO of Banzai Sushi (http://www.banzai-sushi.com)  in Seattle, WA.  Banzai Sushi is the premier manufacturer of frozen sushi products. Lonnie is also a Principal with Consetta Web Solutions (http://www.small-business-internet-marketing.info) which specializes in web hosting, marketing, and e-book publishing for small businesses. Lonnie is also a Partner with Ascend Business Solutions (http://www.ascendbusiness.com) which specializes in back-office outsourcing, consulting, and providing leadership expertise for small businesses.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Failure #1. We Weren’t Addressing the Right Problem.

Failure #2. We Designed the Wrong Thing.

Failure #3. We Used the Wrong Technology.

Failure #4. We Didn’t Do a Good Project Schedule.

Failure #5. We Didn’t Have the Right Sponsorship.

Failure #6. The Team Didn’t Gel.

Failure #7. We Didn’t Involve the Right People.

Failure #8. We Didn’t Communicate What We Were Doing.

Failure #9. We Didn’t Pay Attention to Project Risks and Management Issues.

Failure #10. The Project Cost Much More Than Expected.

Failure #11. We Didn’t Understand and Report Progress against the Plan.

Failure #12. We Tried to Do Too Much.

Failure #13. We Didn’t Do Enough Testing.

Failure #14. We Weren’t Effective at Training the Customer.

Failure #15. We Didn’t Pull the Plug on the Project When We Should Have.

Failure #16. We Tripped at the Finish Line.

Failure #17. The Vendor Didn’t Deliver.

Failure #18. We Had No Fallback Position in Case the Product Failed.

Wrapping It Up…

Erscheint lt. Verlag 3.9.2004
Verlagsort Upper Saddle River
Sprache englisch
Maße 229 x 126 mm
Gewicht 308 g
Themenwelt Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Projektmanagement
ISBN-10 0-13-149047-8 / 0131490478
ISBN-13 978-0-13-149047-5 / 9780131490475
Zustand Neuware
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