Visual Project Management: Simplifying Project Execution to Deliver On Time and On Budget - Softcover

Woeppel, Mark J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692423257 ISBN 13: 9780692423257

Publisher: Pinnacle Americas, Inc., 2017

Synopsis

Visual Project Management: Simplifying Project Execution to Deliver On Time and On Budget is a groundbreaking addition to the project management body of knowledge. This work, based on extensive research and testing, is a practical project delivery practice guide, providing the principles and practices you need to deliver your projects on time within budget.

Combining elements from the PMBOK®, Agile, Lean and the Theory of Constraints, Woeppel lays out a framework to speed the completion of any project while reducing risk and holding the line on budgets.

In the book, Woeppel makes the case that project managers should take an active ownership role in the process of delivering projects, extending into process improvement and process management, even into supply chain logistics management.

You'll get a stunning inside look at what's going on in your projects: 

• The root causes of late projects and how to systematically identify and weed them out. 
• How any project can be turned around quickly 
• How to eliminate the silo effect in project teams, streamlining and improving communication and accountability 
• A simplified approach to managing project execution, delivering fast, significant results to deliver on time within budget

Along with explaining the ViewPoint project execution methodology, the book showcases many different case studies illustrating the application of visual project management principles.Written in a no-nonsense, straightforward way, this book is certain to be one of your most valued leadership development books.

About this title

From the Back Cover

It's commonplace - projects are rarely delivered on time or on budget. You go to extreme lengths to prepare, go even further to remedy problems along the way--yet it seems that only through heroic action is any project finished on time-and there aren't enough heroes around. What's going wrong?
 
In Visual Project Management: Simplifying Project Execution to Deliver On Time and On Budget, you'll get a stunning inside look at what's going on in your projects:

• The root causes of late delivery and how to systematically identify and weed them out.
• How any project can be turned around quickly
• Eliminate the silo effect on project teams, streamlining and improving communication and accountability
• A simplified approach to managing project execution, delivering fast, significant results in schedule and budget performance

You'll learn about ViewPoint, a visual project management methodology that is:

• Easily understood and easy to implement
• Adapts easily to various organizations, regardless of current practice and maturity
• Works with and compliments existing methodologies and software
• Makes completing your projects a satisfying objective to achieve, not a battle to win
• Delivers results in days and weeks, not months and years

Based on extensive research, Visual Project Management will give you your team a clear map to effectively drive your projects toward success, time and time again.
 

About the Author

Mark J. Woeppel is the founder and President of Pinnacle Strategies International, a management consulting firm focused on improving productivity in production, project management, and knowledge work. The author of two earlier books--Manufacturer's Guide to Implementing the Theory of Constraints and Projects in Less Time: A Synopsis of Critical Chain--Woeppel has also penned numerous white papers and eBooks and has taught or lectured at several universities, including Northwestern Kellogg School, California Institute of Technology, and the University of Kansas. Married for over thirty years to the same fantastic woman, he is also the father of three wonderful adult children.Find out more at: projectsinlesstime.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Pinnacle Americas, Inc.
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0692423257
• ISBN 13: 9780692423257
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 292