eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles, and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility

Chapter 4. The eXtreme Project Manager's Leadership Role

We can convert energy from one form to another.

The Law of Conservation of Energy

The overarching role of the eXtreme project manager is to gain and sustain commitment to the project mission. Leadership by Commitment is Critical Success Factor 2 in the eXtreme project management model. Commitment is the energy that propels the project. Indifference and interpersonal conflict are energies that clog the project's energy field and stop it in its tracks.

eXtreme project managers gain and sustain commitment by being the project catalyst: the agent who takes action in a way that keeps the project's energy field fluid and productive. The project's energy field consists of the project's content—the ...