Real Project Management

The Skills and Capabilities You Will Need for Successful Project Delivery
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-7494-7121-7
Verlag: Kogan Page

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Real Project Management takes an in-depth look at the challenges we face in running projects in today's complex and global environment. In this groundbreaking work, leading specialist Peter Taylor examines issues such as the complexity of projects, the virtual nature of projects, executive sponsoring, benefits management and international dilemmas integral to completing a project or programme on time and within budget.

Supported by the experiences of project managers around the world and relevant insights from a series of surveys commissioned by the author, with examples and case studies covering the strategies they are using to future-proof their projects, and tips to help you achieve and maintain success, Real Project Management will provide you with the tools you need to boost your skills portfolio and tackle head-on the challenges that projects and programmes present. These include: making effective use of new communication tools; managing projects with virtual teams; time management and how to do more with less; finding and connecting with effective project sponsors; connecting projects with business strategy; managing a multi-generational project team, and staying in control. Real Project Management is a fast-moving, practical read that will help the reader become a real project manager- and enjoy real project success.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Projektmanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section - ONE: Legacy; Chapter - 01: History (now and then); Chapter - 02: Is everyone a project manager?; Chapter - 03: The evolution of success; Chapter - 04: Knowing how to keep developing; Section - TWO: Challenges; Chapter - 05: The real project world; Chapter - 06: Communication; Chapter - 07: Virtuality; Chapter - 08: Time; Chapter - 09: Executive sponsoring; Chapter - 10: Strategic connection; Chapter - 11: Complexity of projects; Chapter - 12: Lessons learned; Chapter - 13: Training and support; Chapter - 14: Succession planning; Chapter - 15: Out of control; Section - THREE: Multi-generations; Chapter - 16: Language and reality; Chapter - 17: Opportunity and progress; Section - FOUR: The future; Chapter - 18: Beyond today; Chapter - 19: The attraction challenge; Chapter - 20: Legacy; Chapter - 21: End note; Section - FIVE: Tips for success; Chapter - 22: Real project management tips

Über Autor(innen)

Taylor, Peter
Peter Taylor is a Fellow of the IPD with over 18 years' experience in management development and communications skills and processes and 5 years in operational change management. Part of the team that originally developed Investors in People and piloted it with TECs and employers, he is a Senior Assessor with experience of over 80 Investors in People Assessments.

Peter Taylor has also worked to successfully implement Investors with a wide range of clients including Inland Revenue South Yorkshire, West London TEC, T&EA Northern Ireland and others across the manufacturing, retailing, hotel and catering and public sectors. He has also been a National Training Awards Assessor since 1994. He is a member of the Sheffield Excellence Forum. His earlier employment has been with DfEE and Investors in People UK.

Peter Taylor is a popular keynote speaker around the world with more than 200 speaking engagements in the past three years, in over 20 countries. A member of the Project Management Institute and the Association for Project Management, he regularly runs workshops through the International Project Management Association, the Project Management Institute and many other project management communities around the world. He also acts as an independent consultant working with some of the major organizations in the world coaching executive sponsors, PMO leaders and project managers. Peter has over 25 years of experience in project management and is the author of Leading Successful PMOs and The Lazy Project Manager.