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Project management success stories : lessons of project leaders
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"Project Management Success Stories begins where most books on project management leave off - with the real-world experiences of professional project managers working without a net. From these stor...
"Project Management Success Stories begins where most books on project management leave off - with the real-world experiences of professional project managers working without a net. From these stories and the lessons they teach, project managers emerge not as bureaucrats or technicians clinging to rules and formulas but as champions who challenge the status quo, set goals that extend the limits of their teams' capabilities, rely more on judgment and intuition than calculation, and are not afraid to take risks when necessary." "Project management is not just for engineers anymore, and Project Management Success Stories is for anyone - engineer or generalist, project manager or team member - who wants to turn the tacit knowledge of proven professionals into hands-on solutions to the recurring challenges of a dynamic and constantly changing business and technological environment."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Alexander Laufer and Edward J. Hoffman
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- English
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- New York : Wiley, [2000]
- ©2000
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- xxiv, 254 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
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- 9780471360070, 0471360074
- OCLC
- ocm42682989
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: Are Successful Projects Managed or Led? -- Ch. 1. Adopt a Will to Win. 1. Denial Is Not a River in Egypt (Charlie Pellerin, NASA). 2. The Difference between Winning and Not Losing (Terry Little, USAF). 3. How NASA Turned Me into Oprah (Sherry Buschmann, NASA). 4. The Old Tired Doc (Rex Geveden, NASA). 5. Launch Window (Cheryl Yuhas, NASA). 6. We Were Ready for Just About Anything, Almost (Lisa K. Westerback, DOC). 7. A Leaky Gasket (Jerry Madden, NASA). 8. Hang In There (David Lehman, NASA). 9. Everyone Is Entitled to His Own Illusions (Alexander Laufer, The University of Maryland) -- Ch. 2. Challenge the Status Quo. 10. Faster Prototyping - From the Virtual to the Physical (Matthew Zimmerman, ARDEC). 11. Mission Impossible (Elizabeth Citrin and Richard Day, NASA). 12. XTE - Xtra Team Effort (Richard Day, NASA). 13. Getting Down to Business (Judy A. Stokley, USAF). 14. Culture Shock (Col. Jeanne Sutton, USAF). 15. Make Common Systems More Common (Don Margolies, NASA). 16. They Didn't Know They Couldn't Do It, So They Did It (Roger Snyder, DOE). 17. Thorough Planning Is Not Enough (Roger Snyder, DOE). 18. No Time for the Paper-Wait (Jo Gunderson, NASA and Lori Lindholm, Strategic Resources, Inc.). 19. Hurry to the Classroom, Your Instructor Just Died! (Edward J. Hoffman, NASA) -- Ch. 3. Take Measured Risks. 20. Move It Yourself (Earl Roberts, FBI). 21. Only One Vendor in Town (Eric C. Smith, NASA). 22. Weapon System Competitive "Shoot-off" (Matthew Zimmerman, ARDEC). 23. Twenty-Six Votes (Charles Pellerin, NASA). 24. Money Doesn't Grow on Trees (Thomas LaVigna and Cheryl Yuhas, NASA). 25. Creating Work History (Robert Goehle, DOE) -- Ch. 4. Foster Flexible Systems and Behavior. 26. Meeting a Tight Project Schedule without a Comprehensive Network (LCDR Jim Wink, USN). 27. Improvisation Is Alive and Well (Rex Geveden, NASA). 28. Simple Solutions Surpass Sophistication (Les Shepherd, GSA). 29. You Can't Take Anything for Granted (Jerry Madden, NASA). 30. Repairing the Falcon's Nest (Robert A. Biedermann, USAF). 31. There's More than One Way (Debra Carraway, NASA). 32. "That's a Clue There's a Problem" (Earl Roberts, FBI). 33. Streamlining the United States Coast Guard Infrastructure (Cpt. Craig Schnappinger and Lt. Sue Subocz, USCG) -- Ch. 5. Legitimize Judgment-Based Decisions. 34. Changing Horses (Jerry Madden, NASA). 35. The Cartoon Book (Charlie Pellerin, NASA). 36. Judgment Call (Col. Jeanne Sutton, USAF). 37. Nobody's Puppet (Col. Jeanne Sutton, USAF). 38. Evening Jitters (Stanley Farkas, NASA). 39. Poor Performance (Terry Little, USAF) -- Ch. 6. Create and Maintain a Focus. 40. The Goal (Terry Little, USAF). 41. Unrelenting Focus (Thomas B. Coughlin, The Johns Hopkins University). 42. "It Shouldn't Take Us More than 15 Minutes" (Robert J. Shaw, NASA). 43. Launching a Project Is Also a Project (Jody Kusek, DOI). 44. Keep Your Eye on the Ball (David Panhorst, ARDEC) -- Ch. 7. Involve the Customer. 45. Opportunity Knocks (LCDR Jim Wink, USN). 46. Get the Customers in Early (George R. Hurt, NASA). 47. On Deadlines and Responsiveness (Lt. Sue Subocz, USCG). 48. The Gazebo (Lt. Sue Subocz, USCG). 49. The Customer Is Always Right, Right? (Robert Goehle, DOE). 50. Efficiency Is Not Always Effectiveness (Lisa K. Westerback, DOC). 51. Virtually a Continent Away (David Panhorst, ARDEC) -- Ch. 8. Develop Teamwork. 52. Teaming to Make a Routine of the Impossible (Linda F. Abbott, NASA). 53. Teaming with Tinker Toys (Matthew Zimmerman, ARDEC). 54. Filtering Lasers for Eye Protection (Robert T. Volz, ARDEC). 55. Made with Pride (Richard Day, NASA). 56. We Are Not Accustomed to Failure (Richard Day, NASA). 57. Bagel Holes (Stanley Farkas, NASA). 58. What a Little Barbecue Sauce Will Do (Jerry Madden, NASA). 59. The Case of the Missing Site (Lisa K. Westerback, DOC). 60. Collaboration Is the Confluence of Effort (Robert Goehle, DOE). 61. Sherry's Day Care (Sherry Buschmann, NASA) -- Ch. 9. Build Trust. 62. Trust Is Money (Judy A. Stokley, USAF). 63. Please Leave a Brief Message (Sherry Buschmann, NASA). 64. Trust In, Micromanagement Out (Thomas B. Coughlin, The Johns Hopkins University). 65. Space Station Boarding Party (Jon N. Cowart, NASA). 66. "And I'll have a Vodka"? (Debra Carraway, NASA). 67. Start Off on the Right Foot (Earl Roberts, FBI). 68. The Poisoned Well (Earl Roberts, FBI). 69. Two Ways to Break an Impasse (Terry Little, USAF). 70. Butterflies in My Stomach (Terry Little, USAF) -- Ch. 10. Profiles of Successful Project Leaders -- App. A. How to Write a Story -- App. B. Storyteller Profiles