Description
Book SynopsisItâs a jungle out there and project managers are fighting to surviveâ With countless man-hours clocked and billions of dollars spent every year on project tools, the success rate for projects remains astonishingly low. So whatâs the solution?
Introducing TACTILE Managementâ, a people-centric system that works in conjunction with an organizationâs existing processes. Based on the seven characteristics of high-performance project teams transparency, accountability, communication, trust, integrity, leadership, and execution the book shows project managers how to:
- Take project teams out of their functional silos and transform them into a powerful, integrated force
- Balance the expectations of customers, management, and project teams with the technical requirements of cost, schedule, and performance
- Apply practical phase-by-phase project guidance to real-life situations
- Avoid or minimize possible pitfalls
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Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I:The Project Management Jungle
Chapter 1: Welcome to the Project Management Jungle
Escape Is Possible from the Project Management Jungle
What Creates the Project Management Jungle?
TACTILE Management™ Defined
Succeeding in the Project Management Jungle
PART II:The Foundation of TACTILE Management
Chapter 2: The Seven Characteristics of Successful Projects
Transparency
Accountability
Communication
Trust
Integrity
Leadership That Drives Needed Change
Execution Results
PART III: Mastering the Expectations of Key Stakeholders
Chapter 3: Expectations Management
High-Level Stakeholder Expectations
Case Study: The R.101 Project
Traditional Project Constraints with Stakeholder Expectations
Triple Expectations Pyramid
Putting It All Together
Chapter 4: The Triple Expectations Pyramid and Your Customer
Customer Expectations: Scope
Customer Expectations: Cost
Customer Expectations: Schedule
Chapter 5: The Triple Expectations Pyramid and Your Management
Two Toxic Management Styles
Your Management’s Expectations: Scope
Your Management’s Expectations: Schedule
Your Management’s Expectations: Cost
Chapter 6: The Triple Expectations Pyramid and Your Team
Your Team’s Expectations: Scope
Your Team’s Expectations: Schedule
Your Team’s Expectations: Cost
Using the Triple Expectations Pyramid
PART IV:Avoiding Pitfalls in the Five KeyAreas of a Project
Chapter 7: Initiating
PM Assignment
Project Charter
Project Scope
Preplanning the Plan
Avoiding Toxic Management in Initiation
Case Study: The Path Less Taken
Chapter 8: Planning
Creating the Initial (Baseline) Plan
Historical Planning Approaches
TACTILE Planning Approach
Project Management Plan Basics: Scope, Time, Cost, and Risk
Management
Finishing the Plan: Quality Assurance, Human Resources,
Communication, Procurement, and Integration Management
Discovering and Addressing Needed Information Until Approval
Flexibly Looking Ahead
Avoiding Toxic Management in Planning
Case Study: The Path Less Taken
Chapter 9: Executing
Executing to the Plan
TACTILE Execution Approach
Meetings
Controlling Change Control
Selling New Baselines
Learning How to Win
Case Study: The Path Less Taken
Chapter 10: Monitoring, Controlling, and Reporting
Monitoring
(Don’t Even Try To) Control
Reporting
Case Study: The Path Less Taken
Chapter 11: Closing
Properly Close All Project Activities
Capture Data for Organizational Learning
Ensure Personal Growth
Case Study: The Path Less Taken
PARTV: LivingWell in the Project Management Jungle
Chapter 12: “From Chaos comes Creativity, from Order Comes Profit”
Bibliography
Index
