Strategic Project Management Made Simple, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgments

Writing a book is never a solitary project. I am grateful to the many people who contributed to my learning journey and made this book possible.

Thanks to the leadership team of the UCLA Extension Technical Management Program: Program Manager Joon Lee, Dr. Bill Goodin, Dr. Varaz Shamirian, Mazen Khawaja, and Gina Springer. You gave me freedom to innovate in my courses. And to my fellow instructors, you made it fun.

My colleagues from the Association for Strategic Planning enriched my insights, especially Alan Leeds, Joyce Reynolds-Sinclair, Jim McComb, Lee Crumbaugh, Jim Stockmal, Howard Rohm, Randy Rollinson, Marie Muscella, Denise McNerney, and Sue Radawan. Harvard Business School classmate Michael Porter added immensely to my understanding of strategy.

My learning was enhanced in working with my global partners at the Haines Centre for Strategic Management, especially Valerie MacLeod, Stephen Lin, Gail Aller-Stead, Gerald Taylor, Barbara Collins, Jim McKinley, Sheri Barker, Loren Tarantino, Alan Bandt, Lewe Atkinson, and the late Stephen Haines.

I'm grateful for the support and trust of Chad Barr, Donald van Stone, Fernando Amaro, Cheryl Schmidt, Dan Barr, Ashley Guberman, Molly Hageboeck, Keith Russell, Abdirahman Guleid and Lori Heiner, amazing people who provided encouraging words just when I needed them most. Dr. Hendrie Weisinger inspired creative thinking in his unique way.

My crackerjack peer review team provided insights to enrich my own. Patti Lowe ...