When was the last time you felt stressed and exhausted at work?
Chances are your answer to that question is "not too long ago". As the author realized from first-hand experience, even well-prepared, hard-working, intelligent people can feel the strain of project management. This book presents a comprehensive set of approaches, tips and techniques that enable you to make projects more effective, successful and enjoyable.
Leading Impactful Teams is a lively exploration of the "lenses" of project management - Scope, Prioritisation, Time, Cost, Quality, Risks, Team and Stakeholders – that will enable the reader to develop a "sixth sense" for potential issues that could derail their project. Replete with over 50 imaginative illustrations to explain the insights and practices that are packed into every page, the stories and ideas in this book go way past the theories and bring the reality of projects to life. It will help you understand how to make your project a success and avoid unnecessary complications.
This is a powerful book for anyone involved in project management, be it at work or outside of it. James Louttit shares his refreshing, engaging and human approach, to provide you with a practical toolkit to help you and your team deliver great project outcomes with minimum stress and maximum fun.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
All professionals and individuals who manage projects as any part of their work
Illustrationen
81 s/w Abbildungen, 1 s/w Tabelle, 1 farbige Abbildung
Dateigröße
ISBN-13
978-3-11-127166-8 (9783111271668)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Based in Dublin, James Louttit runs Impactful Project Management, which provides training based on 20 years' experience delivering projects and coaching others. He has taught project management principles to hundreds of people from all backgrounds and levels of experience. His training is used by companies like Accenture, AIB and Deloitte as well as people who have found themselves having to manage projects as part of their normal jobs. His innovative, human style using stories, cartoons, vlogs, games and discussion to explain complex ideas is popular in conferences, corporate events and across a range of social media and traditional media formats.
James also offers a consultancy service and bespoke training sessions. His career as a Consultant, IT Leader and CIO has helped him become a world-class expert in Agile Transformation and all aspects of Leadership and Project Management. He has been a guest lecturer and run sessions at Manchester University and Maynooth University, speaks at conferences, podcasts and corporate events and is a regular vlogger. He was a featured speaker at the 2022 CIO/CISO Ireland Summit on the subject "Agile Project Management: What can I do as a CIO to help my team succeed". He was a speaker at the 2022 Tech Connect Live: Dublin with "10 tips from Agile Transformation to help your team become a little better tomorrow". James was named one of the top 100 CIOs in Ireland in both 2021 and 2022 and led the team that won the 2020 "TIARA" Award for technology transformation.
