Strategic Project Management Made Simple: Practical Tools for Leaders and Teams

Acknowledgments

Many people along my career journey have helped to make this book possible. Thank you to Leon Rosenberg, Molly Hageboeck, and Larry Posner, the leadership team at Practical Concepts Incorporated (PCI), an international development consulting firm where these concepts originally blossomed. Long conversations with PCI colleagues Merlyn Kettering, Marcus Ingle, Larry Cooley, and Moses Thompson deepened my understanding of strategic concepts.

When UCLA Extension invited me to teach in their esteemed Technical Management Program two decades ago, I adapted these concepts to business and technology environments. UCLA’s Dr. Bill Goodin, Dr. Frank Burris, and Joon Lee have provided ongoing support.

Harvard Business School Professor Joe Bower’s strategy courses added immensely to my knowledge base, as did the later work of classmate Michael Porter. Janice Laureen, Stan Rosen, and colleagues from the Association for Strategic Planning also enriched my insights.

The Institute for Management Studies (IMS) has been extremely supportive. Thanks to Gordon, Jon, and Lisa Peters, Steve Daniel, and Cecile Morgan for providing my books to all their corporate members. Thanks also to all the chairpersons of the European and North American IMS regions who hosted my seminars.

John Assaraf, Alan Weiss, Bill Gower, and Dr. Keith Russell provided encouraging words just when I needed them most. Dr. Hendrie Weisinger inspired new ideas in his unique way.

Steve Haines and colleagues at the ...