The Project Success Method - A Proven Approach for Achieving Superior Project Performance in as a Little as 5 Days

The ability to execute projects successfully has become an unparalleled source of competitive advantage and a vital business competency in a highly competitive, dynamic marketplace. Intended for project managers in any industry or field, The Project Success Method is designed to make planning and controlling projects simple and successful-and fast. For over twenty-five years, this proven methodology has been used successfully by a diverse group of companies in more than twenty-five countries on six continents.
Author Clinton Padgett, a project management expert, uses real-world case studies to identify and explain the core elements of great project management, providing the missing links between strategy and implementation. Padgett also clearly identifies and explains the essential core elements of project management, and how to plan and control projects successfully.
Even better, the Project Success Method is designed to be implemented fast. In less than a week, this proven methodology will put you and your teams in position for continued, long-term success. You'll master all the essentials of world-class project management:

• Defining project scope and objectives
• Analyzing work content
• Organizing teams and assigning responsibilities
• Developing realistic, actionable schedules
• Building resource plans
• Designing useful budgets
• Monitoring and controlling performance

Many strategic initiatives fail, but it doesn't have to happen to you. The Project Success Method gives you a blueprint to define, plan, and control your strategic projects for superior performance that leads to real competitive advantage. Straightforward and easy to implement, this is a proven system for project success-for any project, in any business.

List of contents

Foreword Don Miller
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 The Easier Way
Chapter 2 Master the Method
Chapter 3 Shift the Worry Curve
Chapter 4 Build a Real Project Team
Chapter 5 Charter for Clarity, Consensus, and Commitment
Chapter 6 Break It Down and Divvy It Up
Chapter 7 Network for Success
Chapter 8 Try to Be Normal
Chapter 9 Figure Out What's Critical
Chapter 10 Compress for Profit
Chapter 11 Monitor, Correct, and Update
Chapter 12 Build a System for Project Success
Chapter 13 Overcome the Objections
Chapter 14 Apply the Power of Project Success
Appendix A Developing Operating Procedures for Projects Involving Multiple Organizations Using a Linear Responsibility Chart
Appendix B Generalized Precedence Diagramming
Appendix C Schedule Calculations
Appendix D Anticipating and Resolving Resource Overloads
Appendix E How to Organize Project Budgets
Appendix F Why Track Actual Costs and Resource Usage?
Appendix G The Project Management Office
Appendix H Short Case Studies

About the Author
Index

About the author

CLINTON M. PADGETT is President and CEO of Project Success, Incorporated (PSI), a consultancy focused on helping clients develop excellence in project management. For over fifteen years, he has provided consulting and training to clients in a wide range of industries. For more information, please visit www.projectsuccess.com.

Summary

The ability to execute projects successfully has become an unparalleled source of competitive advantage and a vital business competency in a highly competitive, dynamic marketplace. Intended for project managers in any industry or field, The Project Success Method is designed to make planning and controlling projects simple and successful—and fast. For over twenty-five years, this proven methodology has been used successfully by a diverse group of companies in more than twenty-five countries on six continents.
Author Clinton Padgett, a project management expert, uses real-world case studies to identify and explain the core elements of great project management, providing the missing links between strategy and implementation. Padgett also clearly identifies and explains the essential core elements of project management, and how to plan and control projects successfully.
Even better, the Project Success Method is designed to be implemented fast. In less than a week, this proven methodology will put you and your teams in position for continued, long-term success. You’ll master all the essentials of world-class project management:

• Defining project scope and objectives
• Analyzing work content
• Organizing teams and assigning responsibilities
• Developing realistic, actionable schedules
• Building resource plans
• Designing useful budgets
• Monitoring and controlling performance

Many strategic initiatives fail, but it doesn’t have to happen to you. The Project Success Method gives you a blueprint to define, plan, and control your strategic projects for superior performance that leads to real competitive advantage. Straightforward and easy to implement, this is a proven system for project success—for any project, in any business.

Product details

• Authors: Clint Padgett, Clinton M Padgett, Clinton M. Padgett
• Publisher: Advantage Media Group, Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2022
• EAN: 9781642258363
• ISBN: 978-1-64225-836-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 535 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management