Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure

Williams, Todd C.

ISBN 10: 0814416829 / ISBN 13: 9780814416822

Published by Amacom Books, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure
• Publisher: Amacom Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814416829
• ISBN 13: 9780814416822
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

When budgets are dwindling, deadlines passing, and tempers flaring, the usual response is to browbeat the project team and point fingers of blame. Not helpful. For these situations, what is needed is an objective process for accurately assessing what is wrong and a clear plan of action for fixing the problem. Rescue the Problem Project provides project managers, executives, and customers with the answers they require. Turnaround specialist Todd Williams has worked with dozens of companies in multiple industries resuscitating failing projects. In this new book, he reveals an in-depth, start-to-finish process that includes: * Techniques for identifying the root causes of the trouble * Steps for putting projects back on track-audit the project, analyze the data, negotiate the solution, and execute the new plan * Nearly 70 real-world examples of what works, what doesn't, and why * Guidelines for avoiding problems in subsequent projects Many books explain how to run a project, but only this one shows how to bring it back from the brink of disaster. And with 65% of projects failing to meet goals and 25% cancelled outright, that's essential information!

About the Author

TODD C. WILLIAMS is an executive consultant with three decades of experience helping organizations connect strategy to successful projects. He has worked with startups and multibillion-dollar companies. He is a prolific writer sharing his wisdom and experience so that others can succeed. 

He has been involved in many writing projects:

• Filling Execution Gaps: How Executives And Project Managers Turn Corporate Strategy Into Successful Projects (De Gruyter, 2017) author
• Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure (AMACOM, 2011) author
• PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide, Fifth Edition (February, 2018) technical editor
• Gower Handbook of People in Project Management (2013) contributing author
• Toyota: A Saga of Success (2008) contributing author

You can read more of his work on his own blog (ecaminc.com/blog) and look for contributions on numerous other sites including LinkedIn, ProjectManagement.com, and The CEO Magazine.

Online magazines, including Fortune/CNN Money, CIO.com, CIO Update, ZDNet, Enterprising CIO, IT Business Edge, PM World Journal, to name a few, regularly consult with him for quotes and content.