Getting It Done
Project Management in Action
Published on 1. May 2016
174 pages
978-1-62825-171-5 (ISBN)
Description
If you work hard to ?Get It Done,? this book is for you. In this collection of articles from the Project Management Institute's award-winning PM Network® magazine, practitioners from around the world share how they get things done-and how they take their careers to where they want to go. Their advice does not just center on the technical aspects of project management. The articles also cover leadership issues as well as strategic and business management-all three legs of the PMI Talent Triangle™, a symbol for what employers are looking for when hiring project management talent. Within this book you will find inspiring stories that vividly demonstrate the value of your profession. If you are considering project management as a career, the close-up looks at the types of challenges project managers face every day will give you new perspectives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
Windows
File size
13,46 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-62825-171-5 (9781628251715)
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Part 1: Leadership
- Learning the Hard Way
- The Four P's
- Go Team
- Alter the Ego
- Talking Points
- Huddle Up
- Ominous Silence
- Manners Matter
- The New Sponsor
- Lessons Learned
- Intangible Assets
- A Safe Distance
- Fake it Till you Make It
- The Message is Clear
- Steady the Course
- A Wide World
- Building a Dream Team
- Breaking into Video Games
- Agile Must-Haves
- Three Questions
- Game On
- Meeting with a Mission
- Make Time for Ethics
- Why Project Ethics Matter
- Part 2: Technical Project Management
- Myth Busters
- No Time to Delay
- Mastering the Green Domain
- Olympic-Sized Effort
- You Get the Picture
- Mobile Plan
- Simpleminded
- Crisis Mode
- Stressing Safety
- Risks aren't Always Negative
- Zombie Risks
- Predicting the Unpredictable
- 7 Tips for Estimating your Projects
- Cost-Benefit Paralysis
- Making the Leap
- Going Paperless
- The Right Solution
- Measuring Delay
- The 20-Percent Solution
- Part 3: Strategic and Business Management
- Survey Says
- Blame Game
- The Path to Enlightenment
- Building Blocks
- Trying Agile on for Size
- Becoming Agile
- Taking Measures
- Smooth Operator
- Reversing the Trend
- Beyond Project Risks
- A Richer Chorus
