How important are soft skills in managing a project? How many times have you sat through a dull and ineffective meeting? Have your projects fallen short because of a lack of focus or scope? Do you struggle to lead teams that are quarrelsome or unproductive? Don't let yourself be plagued by these problems anymore. Project management is a delicate combination of art and science, and any manager who hopes to become successful must be aware of this fact. This balance is examined in this quintessential guide to making your projects run smoothly and successfully. Deepak Pandey explains the subtle but critical aspects of project management. He covers such details as how to build a team, manage relationships with stakeholders, and close communication gaps. Deepak shows readers how to think through the essentials by breaking down the project into easily organized and tightly-focused sections. By following the key points of his guide, you'll be able to create an effective, thriving team and achieve your project's goals.
This bestselling study guide provides busy project managers with a brief yet proven comprehensive self-study program for successfully passing the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam on the first attempt, while cutting ...
Achieve PMP Exam Success: A Concise Guide for the Busy Project Manager
Advance Praise for Rescue the Problem Project: "Whether you are trying to prevent, identify, or recover a failing project, this book shows you how to analyze the interaction between people, process, and technology.
Six sigma quality strives to make the overwhelming majority of the bell curve fall within customer quality limits. Six sigma puts a primary focus on quantifying, measuring, and controlling the quality of products, services, and results.
In this book, you will learn that effective project management is mechanics, not magic and Mike's Speed Scheduling a system proves that anyone can be a great project manager if they just learn and stick to the basic rules.
The Pearson and Davies ' ( 1981 ) studies draw heavily on the framework of leadership styles developed by Hershey and Blanchard ( 1977 ) . This framework posits four levels of task - relevant maturity of any group , going from level M1 ...
This text has been adapted from the successful Project Management by Larson and Gray, and has been written to reflect the competencies as well as literacy standards of Vocational Education students.
This book adds to the project management knowledge base and shows how teams can apply the standard project management tools, as well as several tools that are new to the field.
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