Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure [NOOK Book]

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Back from the brink—the first fail-safe recovery plan for turning around troubled projects. When budgets are dwindling, deadlines passing, and tempers flaring, the usual response is to browbeat the project team and point fingers of blame. Not helpful. For these situations, what is needed is an objective process for accurately assessing what is wrong and a clear plan of action for fixing the problem. Rescue the Problem Project provides project managers, executives, and customers with the answers they require. ...
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Overview

Back from the brink—the first fail-safe recovery plan for turning around troubled projects. When budgets are dwindling, deadlines passing, and tempers flaring, the usual response is to browbeat the project team and point fingers of blame. Not helpful. For these situations, what is needed is an objective process for accurately assessing what is wrong and a clear plan of action for fixing the problem. Rescue the Problem Project provides project managers, executives, and customers with the answers they require. Turnaround specialist Todd Williams has worked with dozens of companies in multiple industries resuscitating failing projects. In this new book, he reveals an in-depth, start-to-finish process that includes: Techniques for identifying the root causes of the trouble • Steps for putting projects back on track—audit the project, analyze the data, negotiate the solution, and execute the new plan • Nearly 70 real-world examples of what works, what doesn’t, and why • Guidelines for avoiding problems in subsequent projects Many books explain how to run a project, but only this one shows how to bring it back from the brink of disaster. And with 65% of projects failing to meet goals and 25% cancelled outright, that’s essential information!
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780814416839
  • Publisher: AMACOM
  • Publication date: 3/20/2011
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 304
  • File size: 2 MB

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TODD C. WILLIAMS, PMP is a senior project audit and recovery specialist with over 25 years of international experience.
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  • Posted September 16, 2011

    Good resource with useful information and approaches.

    Ideally, we would never need a book like this. But, that's not the reality of the world. Todd Williams provides us with some very useful information about why projects go wrong and how the issues can be addressed. There is also a great list of additional resources. That said, the writing is occasionally a bit choppy. The case studies are too brief to be of real value and, unfortunately, are often simply stories of how the author came in to save the day. There is an absolute bias for agile methodology, but standard methodologies are not ignored and their value is usually represented fairly. You probably won't agree with all of the author's conclusions, but the book is still a useful tool.

    Bottom line - good book to have available for reference. Still looking for a great one.

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    Posted December 14, 2011

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