Creating an Environment for Successful Projects, 3rd Edition, 3rd Edition

Index

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Abraham, Todd, 62

Accidental project managers (APMs): aptitude for project managing, 178–181

engineer’s disease, 181

environment for successful projects, 176

management talent, 180–181

overview of, 1–2, 7, 177–178

training for, 40

training importance, 179

Accountability, in projects, 38

Achievement cluster, 185

Action orientation, 183

Activity-based costing, 50

Adams, Scott, 205

Adaptive learning, 203, 207–208

Agile software, 75, 251

Allen-Bradley, 103–104, 112

Alternate career ladders, 181–182

Ambiguity, in work environment, 183

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP), 53–54, 288–291, 289t, 290f 291f

Anxiety in managers: communication processes, 220

control issues, 91

lack of information as cause, 152, 153–156, 160, 164–165

management mistakes, ...