{"product_id":"succeeding-in-the-project-management-jungle-how-to-manage-the-people-side-of-projects-9780814416150","title":"Succeeding in the Project Management Jungle How","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eItâs 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?\u003cp\u003eIntroducing 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:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake project teams out of their functional silos and transform them into a powerful, integrated force \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBalance the expectations of customers, management, and project teams with the technical requirements of cost, schedule, and performance \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApply practical phase-by-phase project guidance to real-life situations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvoid or minimize possible pitfalls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery successful project involves someone in the trenches w\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contents \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e PART I:The Project Management Jungle \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 1: Welcome to the Project Management Jungle \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Escape Is Possible from the Project Management Jungle \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e What Creates the Project Management Jungle? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e TACTILE Management™ Defined \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Succeeding in the Project Management Jungle \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e PART II:The Foundation of TACTILE Management \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 2: The Seven Characteristics of Successful Projects \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Transparency \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Accountability \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Communication \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Trust \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Integrity \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Leadership That Drives Needed Change \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Execution Results \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e PART III: Mastering the Expectations of Key Stakeholders \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 3: Expectations Management \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e High-Level Stakeholder Expectations \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Case Study: The R.101 Project \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Traditional Project Constraints with Stakeholder Expectations \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Triple Expectations Pyramid \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Putting It All Together \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 4: The Triple Expectations Pyramid and Your Customer \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Customer Expectations: Scope \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Customer Expectations: Cost \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Customer Expectations: Schedule \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 5: The Triple Expectations Pyramid and Your Management \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Two Toxic Management Styles \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Your Management’s Expectations: Scope \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Your Management’s Expectations: Schedule \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Your Management’s Expectations: Cost \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 6: The Triple Expectations Pyramid and Your Team \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Your Team’s Expectations: Scope \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Your Team’s Expectations: Schedule \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Your Team’s Expectations: Cost \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Using the Triple Expectations Pyramid \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e PART IV:Avoiding Pitfalls in the Five KeyAreas of a Project \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 7: Initiating \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e PM Assignment \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Project Charter \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Project Scope \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Preplanning the Plan \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Avoiding Toxic Management in Initiation \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Case Study: The Path Less Taken \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 8: Planning \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Creating the Initial (Baseline) Plan \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Historical Planning Approaches \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e TACTILE Planning Approach \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Project Management Plan Basics: Scope, Time, Cost, and Risk \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Management \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Finishing the Plan: Quality Assurance, Human Resources, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Communication, Procurement, and Integration Management \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Discovering and Addressing Needed Information Until Approval \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Flexibly Looking Ahead \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Avoiding Toxic Management in Planning \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Case Study: The Path Less Taken \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 9: Executing \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Executing to the Plan \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e TACTILE Execution Approach \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Meetings \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Controlling Change Control \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Selling New Baselines \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Learning How to Win \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Case Study: The Path Less Taken \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 10: Monitoring, Controlling, and Reporting \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Monitoring \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e (Don’t Even Try To) Control \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Reporting \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Case Study: The Path Less Taken \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 11: Closing \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Properly Close All Project Activities \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Capture Data for Organizational Learning \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Ensure Personal Growth \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Case Study: The Path Less Taken \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e PARTV: LivingWell in the Project Management Jungle \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 12: “From Chaos comes Creativity, from Order Comes Profit” \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Focus","offers":[{"title":"Default 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