This interactive text takes the reader step-by-step through project management, acting as a valuable executive companion to delivering successful projects and managing portfolios of projects to drive a business forward.
“An invaluable, lucid and practical guide to a crucial area of management." Robert Heller, Founding Editor of Management Today
"An important book, taking a lead role in growing a new generation of professional project managers."
Oded Cohen, The Goldratt Institute .
"I recommend The Project Workout to all business leaders who really seek to make a positive difference."
Ian Livingston, CEO, BT Group PLC
Put yourself and your business through the Project Workout – learn to direct and manage the programmes and projects that will deliver results, drive change and improve the health of your business.
The Project Workout shows you how to:
- Identify and overcome common challenges
- Measure critical success factors in any project
- Master a staged framework for managing a project
- Set up your project and manage the team, the schedule, the finances and the risks
- Develop the soft (interpersonal) and hard (structured management) skills of an effective project manager
- Manage a portfolio of projects
- Use project and programme management to direct and deliver change
- Improve your project tracking and delivery
This book is supported by The Project Workout Live online resource (go to www.live.projectworkout.com)
A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO THE ART OF PROJECT AND PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
