The Project Book

INDEX

• accountability 154, 204, 215–218, 227, 271, 326
• ACDC process for setting expectations 79–80
• acronyms 146, 235–236
• adaptability 38–43, 65
• agile see agile approach to project management; agility
• agile approach to project management 154, 160, 164–165, 166, 177–179, 194, 306, 307, 312–313, 315
  • — attitude to 163
  • — compared with waterfall approach 164–165, 312–313
  • — design thinking 256–257
  • — failure of 202
  • — issues, dealing with 184
  • — plan 307
  • — pros and cons 165
  • — Scrum 203–204, 256
  • — value of 202
  • — values 164
• Agile Manifesto 164, 165, 184, 277–278, 307, 339; see also agile approach to project management
• agility 7, 25, 121, 125, 278
• agree to disagree, avoiding use of 84, 85
• ambiguity 99, 165, 238, 257
• apologising 76–78
• approachability 136, 183
• arrogance 76, 189
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) 232
• Atlassian 145, 232, 310
• authenticity 18–19

   

• baby boomers 45, 240; see also generations
• Barings Bank collapse 28, 29
• BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement) 92
• B Corp Movement 74–75
• behaviour(s) 14, 213
  • — changing 33
  • — defined 31
  • — as habits 32–33
  • — vs skills 31–33
• benefits, project
  • — articulating 170–172
  • — defined 323
  • — delivery 257–258, 322–327
  • — identification 255, 257–258, 322–323, 324
  • — reasons for failure to deliver 323
  • — re-evaluating 324–326
  • — strategic review of 322
• best practice 315–316
• Blackberry, company introduction of 324–325
• blame 13, 76, 211–212
• Bootlegging, Permitted 121–122
• bouncebackability 57–59
• brain 34, 95, 261
• Bridge of Spies 91
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