The Project Management Advisor: 18 Major Project Screw-Ups, and How to Cut Them off at the Pass

Lonnie Pacelli

ISBN 10: 0131490478 / ISBN 13: 9780131490475

Published by Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Project Management Advisor: 18 Major Project Screw-Ups, and How to Cut Them off at the Pass
• Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131490478
• ISBN 13: 9780131490475
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Weight: 0.5 kilograms

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Synopsis

Great project managers learn from their screw-ups, avoid repeating mistakes, and help others not make the same mistakes.

Drawing on over 30 years of frontline project management experience, Lonnie Pacelli identifies the 18 most pervasive causes of project failure: their causes, early warning signs, and how to fix them before it's too late. Here's just some of what you'll learn:

• how to focus on the right problem, find and keep the right sponsors, realistically determine scope, uncover hidden risks, write more effective project plans
• involve the right people, get your whole team on the same page
• deal with vendors who don't deliver... manage and minimize cost overruns
• communicate more effectively...test right, train right
• streamline that last, endless 10% and finish strong

...and more...a whole lot more.

If you're a working project manager, consultant, or team leader, this book is your secret weapon. It's fast. Relevant. Practical. Easy to read. Easy to use. Above all: it works.

About the Author

Lonnie Pacelli is a business and autism awareness author with over 30 years business experience and 23 years experience as a dad of an autistic son. His son Trevor was diagnosed with autism at age 5 and has experienced many of the highs and lows that accompany autism. Lonnie, his wife Patty, and big sister Briana have made family adjustments throughout the years including Lonnie leaving his job at Microsoft to focus on home-schooling Trevor. Trevor recently graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Film & Media Studies and is now Media Director at Mom & Dad's company. Lonnie is committed to helping dads with autistic kids better cope and have hope for their children and wants others to learn from both his successes and mistakes.