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Succeeding in the Project Management Jungle

by Doug RUSSELL

June 2011

Beginner

272 pages

6h 11m

English

AMACOM

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Escape Is Possible from the Project Management JungleWhat Creates the Project Management Jungle?TACTILE Management™ DefinedSucceeding in the Project Management Jungle
TransparencyAccountabilityCommunicationTrustIntegrityLeadership That Drives Needed ChangeExecution Results

High-Level Stakeholder ExpectationsCase Study: The R.101 ProjectTraditional Project Constraints with Stakeholder ExpectationsTriple Expectations PyramidPutting It All Together
Customer Expectations: ScopeCustomer Expectations: CostCustomer Expectations: Schedule
Two Toxic Management StylesYour Management’s Expectations: ScopeYour Management’s Expectations: ScheduleYour Management’s Expectations: Cost
Your Team’s Expectations: ScopeYour Team’s Expectations: ScheduleYour Team’s Expectations: CostUsing the Triple Expectations Pyramid
PM AssignmentProject CharterProject ScopePreplanning the PlanAvoiding Toxic Management in InitiationCase Study: The Path Less Taken
Creating the Initial (Baseline) PlanHistorical Planning ApproachesTACTILE Planning ApproachProject Management Plan Basics: Scope, Time, Cost, and Risk ManagementFinishing the Plan: Quality Assurance, Human Resources, Communication, Procurement, and Integration ManagementDiscovering and Addressing Needed Information Until ApprovalFlexibly Looking AheadAvoiding Toxic Management in PlanningCase Study: The Path Less Taken
Executing to the PlanTACTILE Execution ApproachMeetingsControlling Change ControlSelling New BaselinesLearning How to WinCase Study: The Path Less Taken
MonitoringControlling (Don’t Even Try)ReportingCase Study: The Path Less Taken
Properly Close All Project ActivitiesCapture Data for Organizational LearningEnsure Personal GrowthCase Study: The Path Less Taken

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CHAPTER 12“From Chaos Comes Creativity, from Order Comes Profit”

IT IS 9:15 P.M., a Tuesday night like any other. A light burns inside a beautiful Tudor-style custom home on the edge of the Northwest Hills in Austin, Texas. Inside, yet another busy knowledge-worker team project manager finishes up his work for the day, an e-mail of congratulations to his team on making its most recent milestone.

In response, he receives an e-mail of appreciation from Dave, his supervisor, before he signs off. Down the hall, his two children slumber away. Five and three years old, they are the light of his life. He glances inside their room as he walks toward the master bedroom. Happily, he remembers the tickets in his wallet for Saturday’s upcoming performance ...