The project book: the complete guide to consistently delivering great projects (Record no. 2840)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780730371410 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 658.404 |
| Item number | ELL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ellis, Colin |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The project book: the complete guide to consistently delivering great projects |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Jersey |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xviii, 382 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | USD |
| Price amount | 21.00 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | TABLE OF CONTENTS<br/>About the author ix<br/><br/>Preface xi<br/><br/>How to use this book xvii<br/><br/>Project Management 1<br/><br/>Part I: Leadership 9<br/><br/>1 Know yourself 13<br/><br/>2 Practise empathy 16<br/><br/>3 Be yourself 18<br/><br/>4 Stand for something 21<br/><br/>5 Determine your values 25<br/><br/>6 Safeguard the future 28<br/><br/>7 Behave in the right way 31<br/><br/>8 Give your mind a break 34<br/><br/>9 Adapt your style to fit the project 38<br/><br/>10 Embrace the next generation 44<br/><br/>11 Be prepared 48<br/><br/>12 Bring the humour 50<br/><br/>13 Make gratitude your attitude 54<br/><br/>14 Bounceback ability 57<br/><br/>15 Lead a remote team 60<br/><br/>16 Be an intrepreneur 64<br/><br/>17 Switch on your ears 68<br/><br/>18 Create more leaders 71<br/><br/>19 Be generous 74<br/><br/>20 Say sorry 76<br/><br/>21 Set and manage expectations 79<br/><br/>22 Manage difficult conversations 82<br/><br/>23 Get help 87<br/><br/>24 Negotiate effectively 91<br/><br/>25 Tell stories 94<br/><br/>26 Manage upwards 98<br/><br/>Part II: Culture 103<br/><br/>27 Build and care for the team 107<br/><br/>28 Develop a vision 111<br/><br/>29 Get your communication right 114<br/><br/>30 Collaborate for success 117<br/><br/>31 Make time for innovation 121<br/><br/>32 Find the right space for work 125<br/><br/>33 Hire for cultural fit 129<br/><br/>34 Start as you mean to go on 132<br/><br/>35 Soundtrack to your success 135<br/><br/>36 Keep stakeholders satisfied 138<br/><br/>37 Gossip: the culture killer 141<br/><br/>38 Keep it simple 144<br/><br/>39 Have some fun 147<br/><br/>40 Run meetings that don’t suck 151<br/><br/>41 Celebrate success 156<br/><br/>Part III: Methods 159<br/><br/>42 Waterfall 161<br/><br/>43 Agile 164<br/><br/>44 No plan, no project 166<br/><br/>45 Why this? Why now? 170<br/><br/>46 Scale for success 173<br/><br/>47 Estimating 176<br/><br/>48 Manage risk 179<br/><br/>49 Deal with issues 183<br/><br/>50 Report honestly 186<br/><br/>51 Successes are the best lessons 188<br/><br/>52 Measure your success 190<br/><br/>Project Management: Summary 193<br/><br/>Project Sponsorship 197<br/><br/>Part IV: Stewardship 209<br/><br/>53 The buck stops with you 215<br/><br/>54 Verify priorities 219<br/><br/>55 Share the burden 224<br/><br/>56 Say thank you 228<br/><br/>57 Build trust 232<br/><br/>58 Simple is better 235<br/><br/>59 Be present 240<br/><br/>60 Role model what you expect of others 244<br/><br/>Part V: Decisions 249<br/><br/>61 What’s the problem and the outcome? 253<br/><br/>62 Negate the negativity 260<br/><br/>63 Hire and pick your project manager 264<br/><br/>64 Be ethical 269<br/><br/>65 Make quick (not hasty) decisions 275<br/><br/>66 Deal with poor performance 280<br/><br/>67 Fail quickly 285<br/><br/>Part VI: Results 291<br/><br/>68 Culture is key, but so is strategy 297<br/><br/>69 Get off to a flyer 300<br/><br/>70 Every project needs a plan 305<br/><br/>71 Innovation needs mindset and time 309<br/><br/>72 Methods need to be understood 314<br/><br/>73 Celebrate good (and bad) times 317<br/><br/>74 Outcomes don’t achieve themselves 322<br/><br/>75 Spot when it’s going wrong 328<br/><br/>Project Sponsorship: Summary 335<br/><br/>Frequently asked questions 337<br/><br/>References 345<br/><br/>Reading list 355<br/><br/>Soundtracks 359<br/><br/>Contact details 363<br/><br/>Index 365 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Projects are the lifeblood of organisations, but many projects fall short of expectations because of poor project management and/or poor project sponsorship. In The Project Book, author and 20-year project management and sponsorship veteran Colin D Ellis teaches you the skills and behaviours required to make your projects succeed, every time.<br/><br/>The best projects, whether they are delivered in an agile or waterfall way, are a result of the people that lead them and the environment they create. This fail-safe and comprehensive handbook shows you how to develop the mindset and communication skills to create projects that leave a legacy for you, your team and your organisation.<br/><br/>Project leaders and senior managers in all business and technical disciplines will benefit from the insightful guidance this book offers and better project outcomes will result. Split into two parts, individually addressing Project Leaders and Project Sponsors, this book guides large project facilitators to understand the importance of people over processes.<br/><br/>become a project leader that people trust<br/>build a team culture of collaboration, agility and creativity<br/>upskill executives so that they’re catalysts for transformation<br/>develop the organisational discipline needed for successful projects<br/>create a mature environment for your projects to thrive<br/>Engaging, informative and humorous, The Project Book will help project managers, project sponsors, scrum masters and product owners across all organisations to deliver successful projects in a way that customers will talk about for years. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Project management |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Leadership |
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