Creative project management : innovative project options to solve problems on time and under budget / Michael S. Dobson and Ted Leemann

By:

Dobson, Michael Singer

Contributor(s):

Leemann, Ted

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010Description: v, 261 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780071739337 (alk. paper)
0071739335

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Table of contents only

Contents:

Why do 70 percent of projects fail? -- What we know and what we think -- The most dangerous word is a premature "yes" -- Good enough, barely adequate, failure -- When the project appears impossible -- Knowns and unknowns : the risk factor -- Project : intelligence -- It takes a village to wreck a project -- Framing change -- Salvaging project value -- Appendix A. Questions for the creative project manager -- Appendix B. Cognitive biases

Summary: The seven essential tools for keeping projects on time and under budget You’re executing risk management, leadership, and planning--all hallmarks of outstanding project management. And yet you’re still having trouble keeping your projects on schedule. Creative Project Management adds two new elements to the mix: creativity and innovation. Internationally renowned project management consultants Michael Dobson and Ted Leemann combine traditional project management skills, such as risk evaluation, decision-making, and human dynamics, with outside-the-box thinking and business creativity. They provide seven new tools and approaches you can apply to any project

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Open Shelf	UMPLIB PEKAN	HD69.P75 D63 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0000064482

The seven essential tools for keeping projects on time and under budget You’re executing risk management, leadership, and planning--all hallmarks of outstanding project management. And yet you’re still having trouble keeping your projects on schedule. Creative Project Management adds two new elements to the mix: creativity and innovation. Internationally renowned project management consultants Michael Dobson and Ted Leemann combine traditional project management skills, such as risk evaluation, decision-making, and human dynamics, with outside-the-box thinking and business creativity. They provide seven new tools and approaches you can apply to any project