- Tackles the key challenges ahead of project managers in today's complex environment, including virtual project management and how to solve international dilemmas
- Boosts your skills portfolio and enables you to complete projects and programmes on time and within budget
- Enables you to future-proof your projects through specialist insights, examples and case studies from real project managers around the world
- Includes Real Project Management Tips; useful examples that can be applied to real-world situations
- Provides guidance for project managers at all different levels through Virtual Mentor features
Real Project Management
The Skills and Capabilities You Will Need for Successful Project Delivery
Ensure your project or programme delivers long term benefits with this in-depth look at the most pressing challenges of modern global project managers.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9780749471217
Edition: 1
Published:
Format: 234x156
248 pages
About the book
Real Project Management takes an in-depth look at the challenges we face in running projects in today's complex and global environment. In this groundbreaking work, leading specialist Peter Taylor examines issues such as the complexity of projects, the virtual nature of projects, executive sponsoring, benefits management and international dilemmas integral to completing a project or programme on time and within budget.
Supported by the experiences of project managers around the world and relevant insights from a series of surveys commissioned by the author, with examples and case studies covering the strategies they are using to future-proof their projects, and tips to help you achieve and maintain success, Real Project Management will provide you with the tools you need to boost your skills portfolio and tackle head-on the challenges that projects and programmes present. These include: making effective use of new communication tools; managing projects with virtual teams; time management and how to do more with less; finding and connecting with effective project sponsors; connecting projects with business strategy; managing a multi-generational project team, and staying in control. Real Project Management is a fast-moving, practical read that will help the reader become a real project manager- and enjoy real project success.
About the authors
Peter Taylor is a popular keynote speaker around the world with more than 200 speaking engagements in the past three years, in over 20 countries. A member of the Project Management Institute and the Association for Project Management, he regularly runs workshops through the International Project Management Association, the Project Management Institute and many other project management communities around the world. He also acts as an independent consultant working with some of the major organizations in the world coaching executive sponsors, PMO leaders and project managers. Peter has over 25 years of experience in project management and is the author of Leading Successful PMOs and The Lazy Project Manager.
Real Project Management is not 'shelf-ware', it is 'now-ware' -- a book which should be read NOW! Peter Taylor has captured perfectly the current mood and reality of the project and programme profession, and translated it into a fast-moving read which every project manager, from 'senior' to generation Y, should read. If you work in the project field or need to work with someone who is, read this book.
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