Susie Palmer-Trew, Peter Taylor

Project Management: It's All Bollocks! (eBook, ePUB)

The Complete Exposure of the World of, and the Value of, Project Management

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a shakedown of project management, the profession, the myths it creates and promotes, its great ideas and ambitions. The authors offer up a selection of seven cracking ideas, that when applied to a project environment will ultimately result in you being a good manager of projects in this modern world of business complexity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429638695
• Artikelnr.: 58338262

Autorenporträt

Susie Palmer-Trew is an award winning project professional and, at the time of going to print, she was Director, Change and Improvement at The Open University, enabling others to get shit done in a world tied up in red tape. She is the co-creator of Open to Change, avid risk taker and professional trouble maker.

Peter Taylor is author of the Amazon number 1 bestselling project management book, The Lazy Project Manager, and professional speaker, having given 350 lectures around the world in over 25 countries. He has been described as 'perhaps the most entertaining and inspiring speaker in the project management world today'.

Inhaltsangabe

The acknowledgements
The authors
The non-foreword
The introduction
Chapter 1: The bloody annoying world of project management
The premise
What the hell is project management
anyway? Nobody puts baby in the corner (What is my identity?)
Who owns project management? Why is no one ever to blame? Do all projects need a project manager? Why are there so many twats in project management? The conclusion Chapter 2: Seven cracking ideas
The premise
Cracking idea 1: Everything is a surprise
Crack on 1
Inspiration - the marker pen syndrome
Cracking idea 2: Failure is an option
Crack on 2
Inspiration - the one at the interview
Cracking idea 3: Communication versus engagement - choose wisely or live with the consequence
Crack On 3
Inspiration - bangers and mash
Cracking idea 4: Engage the willing
work with the able and deal with the rest later
Crack on 4
Inspiration - Creating something from nothing
Cracking idea 5: There is never a single point of failure
Crack on 5
Inspiration - Jumping the shark
Cracking idea 6: You don't need to be empowered and you don't need permission
Crack on 6
Inspiration - be your own postcard
Cracking idea 7: Shape the future
Crack on 7
Inspiration- The Starbucks Moment
The conclusion
Chapter 3: The art of getting shit done and staying cool
The premise
Getting to know you
all about you
The Cinderella story
Headless chickens and heroes
The ultimate trip hazard
How many licks does it take to get to the centre of a lollipop? X-Factor
The conclusion
Chapter 4: The quick guide
The book in 300 words
Chapter 5: One last time
from the top
What happens next? The non-appendices
A final piece of advice
How to contact the authors
The birth of a legend (possibly)... One last word... Index