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"Project Wreck"
Twelve Reasons Projects Fail
How to Consistently Meet Your Business Commitments
Durham, NC— 03/02/07, You want to deliver superior business results, but executives have unreasonable expectations and they don't always give you the necessary provisions to complete the journey. Risks and issues are surfacing at an alarming rate. Your email is out of control. Your team members are cranky. What do you do next?
Local author and veteran project manager John Langlois says “stop the train and switch tracks.” In his new book Project Wreck (JoRoJim US $24.95) Langlois shares his view of how to manage projects that draws on painful lessons he learned while working on troubled projects at IBM.
“Most people who work on a team know when their project is headed for disaster the moment it leaves the kick-off station,” reflects Langlois. “Sometimes it feels like there is someone deliberately flipping the switches on project tracks to initiative a head on collision. How else do you explain why so many projects are delivered late and over budget?”
The underlying assumption of this book is that most project wrecks are avoidable. Project Wreck takes aim at executives who place irrationally large bets on exceedingly risky projects. It also speaks directly to the overworked team members who are forced to compress their schedules to compensate for bad decisions. Project Wreck offers practical tips that will help you get control of your projects, your team and your life.
The reader will learn how to:
- Confidently reject ill advised project proposals.
- Deal with troublesome team members and executives.
- Guide marketing to prioritize requirements.
- Accurately forecast project costs.
- Reduce project friction.
- Prevent decision paralysis.
Projects are the delivery vehicle for every product and service in the market. Project Wreck offers lessons of great value to people in the general business world. According to Dr. Mamoon Hammad, School of Business, The George Washington University, “this book challenges the reader to abandon commonly held beliefs about managing people and processes to deliver a project. It’s a fun trip full of keen insights and laugh out loud satire.
Langlois puts a premium on practical tips over long winded theory. Each chapter presents useful nuggets of wisdom that can help prevent disaster. The book will appeal to new or seasoned managers who are looking for fresh ideas on how to promote team dynamics and supercharge project delivery, executives who want to prioritize workload, reduce business risks and improve employee morale and employees who want a self study guide to learn the essentials of project management.
Early praise for Project Wreck:
“John Langlois' book carries us past project management to project leadership. An exciting read with amazing insights on how to improve team productivity.”
-- John V. Aderton, Sr. Project Manager, Mayo Clinic
“Mr. Langlois draws upon his many years as a successful project team leader to reveal the secrets of how to deliver a project on time and on budget.”
-- Ed Campbell, President, First Guard Insurance Co.
“This is a must read for teams who want a sound product roadmap and a skilled, confident project manager who knows how to effectively and diplomatically get things done.”
-- Mitch Friend, Senior Vice President, Avocent Corporation
“This book reveals the secrets for shaking and moving projects through the organization.”
-- Mamoon Hammad, PhD., School of Business, The George Washington University
Additional Resources
More information about the book, including table of contents, author bio, and sample chapters
A cover graphic in JPEG format
Project Wreck: Twelve Reasons Projects Fail
John M. Langlois, PMP®, SCPM
Product Details:
ISBN-13: 978-0-9792978-0-9
ISBN-10: 0-9792978-0-x
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007922761
Format: Soft cover, 218pp
Price: $24.95 US
Generous figures, tables, and templates
Index included
Language: US English
About JoRoJim Publishers
JoRoJim Publishers taps the wisdom of experienced leaders to expand on the current knowledge base of business, management, teams, and leadership. Books like Project Wreck and the complementary web site www.projectEZ.com share cutting edge leadership techniques with people at every layer of the organization.
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