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Project Management Survival: A Practical Guide to Managing & Delivering Challenging Projects
Author(s): Richard Jones (Author)
- Publisher: Kogan Page
- Publication Date: October 28, 2007
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 074945010X
- ISBN-13: 9780749450106
Book Description
Project Management Survival is written for people who find themselves handed a major corporate project and are wondering how to see it through successfully without faltering. This book provides readers with a template for success based on real-world project management techniques. It explains what to do if one starts or inherits projects where resources are scarce and time is short. Author Richard Jones give practical advice on getting the right initial diagnosis, developing a genuinely workable plan, and managing people so the project stays on track. Always taking a pragmatic approach, he shows how to succeed in even the toughest project situations.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“”There’s no shortage of guides to surviving in the business jungle, but this one knows where the watering holes are.”” — Engineering Management
About the Author
Richard Jones is a founding partner of Ventura Team LLP. He has managed projects for major companies including Shell, Universal Studios, British Steel, and British Telecom.
