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The Project Book

The Project Book

The Complete Guide To Consistently Delivering Great Projects


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4.0∙1 Rating0 reviews

Published
June 2019
Publisher
Wiley
Chapters
81

About the course

Projects are the lifeblood of organisations, but many projects fall short of expectations because of poor project management and/or poor project sponsorship. In The Project Book, author and 20-year project management and sponsorship veteran Colin D Ellis teaches you the skills and behaviours required to make your projects succeed, every time.

The best projects, whether they are delivered in an agile or waterfall way, are a result of the people that lead them and the environment they create. This fail-safe and comprehensive handbook shows you how to develop the mindset and communication skills to create projects that leave a legacy for you, your team and your organisation.

Project leaders and senior managers in all business and technical disciplines will benefit from the insightful guidance this book offers and better project outcomes will result. Split into two parts, individually addressing Project Leaders and Project Sponsors, this book guides large project facilitators to understand the importance of people over processes.

  • become a project leader that people trust
  • build a team culture of collaboration, agility and creativity
  • upskill executives so that they’re catalysts for transformation
  • develop the organisational discipline needed for successful projects
  • create a mature environment for your projects to thrive

Engaging, informative and humorous, The Project Book will help project managers, project sponsors, scrum masters and product owners across all organisations to deliver successful projects in a way that customers will talk about for years.

Author

Colin D. Ellis

Colin D. Ellis

Course Outline

Chapter 1: Leadership: Know Yourself
Chapter 2: Leadership: Practise Empathy
Chapter 3: Leadership: Be Yourself
Chapter 4: Leadership: Stand For Something
Chapter 5: Leadership: Determine Your Values
Chapter 6: Leadership: Safeguard The Future
Chapter 7: Leadership: Behave In The Right Way
Chapter 8: Leadership: Give Your Mind A Break
Chapter 9: Leadership: Adapt Your Style To Fit The Project
Chapter 10: Leadership: Embrace The Next Generation
Chapter 11: Leadership: Be Yourself
Chapter 12: Leadership: Bring The Humour
Chapter 13: Leadership: Make Gratitude Your Attitude
Chapter 14: Leadership: Bouncebackability
Chapter 15: Leadership: Lead a Remote Team
Chapter 16: Leadership: Be An Intrepreneur
Chapter 17: Leadership: Switch On Your Ears
Chapter 18: Leadership: Create More Leaders
Chapter 19: Leadership: Be Generous
Chapter 20: Leadership: Say Sorry
Chapter 21: Leadership: Set and Manage Expectations
Chapter 22: Leadership: Manage Difficult Conversations
Chapter 23: Leadership: Get Help
Chapter 24: Leadership: Negotiate Effectively
Chapter 25: Leadership: Tell Stories
Chapter 26: Leadership: Manage Upwards
Chapter 27: Culture: Build and Care for the Team
Chapter 28: Culture: Develop A Vision
Chapter 29: Culture: Get Your Communication Right
Chapter 30: Culture: Collaborate For Success
Chapter 31: Culture: Make Time For Innovation
Chapter 32: Culture: Find The Right Space For Work
Chapter 33: Culture: Hire Cultural Fit
Chapter 34: Culture: Start As You Mean To Go On
Chapter 35: Culture: Soundtrack To Your Success
Chapter 36: Culture: Keep Stakeholders Satisfied
Chapter 37: Culture: 'GOSSIP' The Culture Killer
Chapter 38: Culture: Keep It Simple
Chapter 39: Culture: Have Some Fun
Chapter 40: Culture: Run Meetings That Don't Suck
Chapter 41: Culture: Celebrate Success
Chapter 42: Methods: Waterfall
Chapter 43: Methods: Agile
Chapter 44: Methods: No Plan, No Project
Chapter 45: Methods: Why This? Why Now?
Chapter 46: Methods: Scale For Success
Chapter 47: Methods: Estimating
Chapter 48: Methods: Manage Risk
Chapter 49: Methods: Deal With Issues
Chapter 50: Methods: Report Honestly
Chapter 51: Methods: Successes Are The Best Lessons
Chapter 52: Methods: Measure Your Success
Chapter 53: Stewardship: The Buck Stops With You
Chapter 54: Stewardship: Verify Priorities
Chapter 55: Stewardship: Share The Burden
Chapter 56: Stewardship: Say Thank You
Chapter 57: Stewardship: Build Trust
Chapter 58: Stewardship: Simple Is Better
Chapter 59: Stewardship: Be Present
Chapter 60: Stewardship: Role Model What You Expect Of Others
Chapter 61: Decisions: The Problem and The Outcome?
Chapter 62: Decisions: Negate The Negativity
Chapter 63: Decisions: Hire And Pick Your Project Manager
Chapter 64: Decisions: Be Ethical
Chapter 65: Decisions: Make Quick (Not Hasty) Decisions
Chapter 66: Decisions: Deal With Poor Performance
Chapter 67: Decisions: Fail Quickly
Chapter 68: Results: Culture Is Key, But So Is Strategy
Chapter 69: Results: Get Off To A Flyer
Chapter 70: Results: Every Project Needs A Plan
Chapter 71: Results: Innovation Needs Mindset And Time
Chapter 72: Results: Methods Need To Be Understood
Chapter 73: Results: Celebrate Good (And Bad) Times
Chapter 74: Results: Outcomes Don't Achieve Themselves
Chapter 75: Results: Spot When It's Going Wrong
Chapter 76: Project Sponsorship: Summary
Chapter 77: Frequently Asked Questions
Chapter 78: References
Chapter 79: Reading List
Chapter 80: Soundtracks
Chapter 81: Index

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Course details

4.0∙1 Rating0 reviews

Published
June 2019
Publisher
Wiley
Chapters
81

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