
Situational Project Management
The Dynamics of Success and Failure
Oliver F. Lehmann(Author)
Auerbach Publishers Inc.
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2016
Book
Hardback
298 pages
978-1-4987-2261-2 (ISBN)
Description
Most project managers would agree that every project is unique. But not all project managers would agree that the best way to manage a unique project is unique. Many still cling to the old practice of having a methodology that is applied to all projects. "One size fits all" is still in common use, and this approach has proven to lead to project failure. Flexibility, situational intelligence, and creativity are essential to deliver project success.
The need to recognize and master ever-changing requirements and environmental conditions is a tough challenge for professional project managers. The same practices that led to success yesterday may cause failure today. Selecting favorable responses to a given situation is often the most critical factor of the dynamics of success and failure. This book is designed to help project professionals assess a situation, predict the appropriate approach, methodology and achieving styles, and then apply them in a situational fashion.
To guide project managers in selecting the appropriate responses, Situational Project Management (SitPM) shows how to assess a given project, determine its unique characteristics, and select the appropriate methods to complete the project. With this book, projects managers can use SitPM to develop profiles of their projects on the basis of the projects' physical characteristics, the project teams' behavioral characteristics, the enterprise environment, and the market environments receiving project deliverables. These profiles help project managers to determine the appropriate project life cycle approach and leadership style. The book also explores various ways to engage stakeholders on the basis of a project's SitPM profile.
The book's author, Oliver F. Lehmann, has developed a set of templates to apply SitPM in practice. It can be downloaded from www.oliverlehmann.com/SitPM/Templates.zip.
The need to recognize and master ever-changing requirements and environmental conditions is a tough challenge for professional project managers. The same practices that led to success yesterday may cause failure today. Selecting favorable responses to a given situation is often the most critical factor of the dynamics of success and failure. This book is designed to help project professionals assess a situation, predict the appropriate approach, methodology and achieving styles, and then apply them in a situational fashion.
To guide project managers in selecting the appropriate responses, Situational Project Management (SitPM) shows how to assess a given project, determine its unique characteristics, and select the appropriate methods to complete the project. With this book, projects managers can use SitPM to develop profiles of their projects on the basis of the projects' physical characteristics, the project teams' behavioral characteristics, the enterprise environment, and the market environments receiving project deliverables. These profiles help project managers to determine the appropriate project life cycle approach and leadership style. The book also explores various ways to engage stakeholders on the basis of a project's SitPM profile.
The book's author, Oliver F. Lehmann, has developed a set of templates to apply SitPM in practice. It can be downloaded from www.oliverlehmann.com/SitPM/Templates.zip.
Reviews / Votes
"A significant contribution to the project management body of knowledge." -Robert K. Wysocki, PhD, President, EII Publications, LLCMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
72 s/w Abbildungen, 19 farbige Abbildungen, 14 s/w Tabellen
14 Tables, black and white; 19 Illustrations, color; 72 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
763 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4987-2261-2 (9781498722612)
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08/2016
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08/2016
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Person
Oliver F. Lehmann was born in 1957 in Stuttgart, Germany. He has studied Linguistics, Literature, and History at the University of Stuttgart and Project Management at the University of Liverpool, UK, where he holds a Master of Science Degree. He had practiced project management for more than 12 years, mostly for the automotive industry and related trades, when he decided to make a change and become a trainer, speaker, and author in 1995. Among his customers are international companies such as Airbus, DB Schenker Logistics, Microsoft, Olympus, and Deutsche Telekom, and he has had assignments as a trainer in Asia, Europe, and the United States. He works for several training providers and is also a Visiting Lecturer at the Technical University of Munich. Oliver Lehmann is frequently invited to speak at congresses and other events, where he motivates his audience to open up to the incredible diversity found in project management around the world, and to the new experiences that await discovery by project managers. Among Oliver's diverse certifications is the PMP (R) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Content
The Situational View on Project Management. Digging Deeper. A Typology of Projects. Practices for SitPM. Some Basic Tools for SitPM. Leadership and the Dynamics of Success and Failure. Appendices. Glossary. References.