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Foreword
ere are seven words that any sponsor wants to hear from the project
manager at the completion of any project, small or large. ose seven
words are, “On time, on budget, according to specs.” Having a career
both in academia and as an executive in a public company, I have seen
how our businesses succeed or fail with the success or failure of our
project teams. But all too oen, critical organizational projects fail, and
as Jack Ferraro states in this book, people fail. ose projects that are
completed are frequently late, over budget, or deliver less than prom-
ised, reducing business value. e cumulative impact of poor project
performa ...