HBR's guide to project management : motivate your team avoid scope creep deliver results.

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Harvard Business Review Press

Language: English Series: Harvard business review guidesPublication details: Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, Mass. : 2012.Description: x, 171 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781422187296

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DDC classification:

23 658.404

Contents:

The four phases of project management -- The cast of characters -- A written charter -- Dealing with a project's fuzzy front end / Loren Gary -- Performing a project premortem / Gary Klein -- Will project creep cost you-or create value? / Loren Gary -- Setting priorities before starting your project / Ron Ashkenas -- Boost productivity with time-boxing / Melissa Raffoni -- Scheduling the work -- HBR case study : a rush to failure? / Tim Cross -- Getting your project off on the right foot -- The discipline of teams / Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith -- Effective project meetings -- The adaptive approach to project management -- Why good projects fail anyway / Nadim F. Matta and Ronald N Ashkenas -- Monitoring and controlling your project / Ray Sheen -- Managing people problems on your team -- The tools of cooperation and change / Clayton M. Christensen, Matt Marx, and Howard H. Stevenson -- Don't throw good money (or time) after bad / Jimmy Guterman -- Handing off authority and control / Ray Sheen -- Capturing lessons learned / Ray Sheen.

Summary: We all wish we could sharpen key management skills like writing more effective emails or proposals, focusing to-do lists on what really matters, giving more persuasive presentations, or dealing with a boss who makes you want to scream. But who has the time? The HBR Guides can help.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
AIT-BE Special Collections	Acharya Institute of Technology	Acharya Institute of Technology		Available		31258

Includes index.

The four phases of project management --
The cast of characters --
A written charter --
Dealing with a project's fuzzy front end / Loren Gary --
Performing a project premortem / Gary Klein --
Will project creep cost you-or create value? / Loren Gary --
Setting priorities before starting your project / Ron Ashkenas --
Boost productivity with time-boxing / Melissa Raffoni --
Scheduling the work --
HBR case study : a rush to failure? / Tim Cross --
Getting your project off on the right foot --
The discipline of teams / Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith --
Effective project meetings --
The adaptive approach to project management --
Why good projects fail anyway / Nadim F. Matta and Ronald N Ashkenas --
Monitoring and controlling your project / Ray Sheen --
Managing people problems on your team --
The tools of cooperation and change / Clayton M. Christensen, Matt Marx, and Howard H. Stevenson --
Don't throw good money (or time) after bad / Jimmy Guterman --
Handing off authority and control / Ray Sheen --
Capturing lessons learned / Ray Sheen.

We all wish we could sharpen key management skills like writing more effective emails or proposals, focusing to-do lists on what really matters, giving more persuasive presentations, or dealing with a boss who makes you want to scream. But who has the time? The HBR Guides can help.

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