How to run successful high-tech project-based organizations [electronic resource] / Fergus O'Connell.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-266) and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

"Fixing" Projects -- The 10 Steps -- PSI -- Assigning PSIs -- Interpreting PSIs -- Magicians vs. Dukes of Wellington [step 5(b)] -- Objections -- People (steps 4 and 6) -- Why projects fail -- Scoping Projects and Making Plans (Steps 1-5) -- Scoping the project (step 1) -- Making the plan (steps 2-5) -- List of jobs -- The power of assumptions -- One leader -- Assign people to jobs -- Put contingency into the plan -- Document the plan -- Present the plan -- Agree on next actions -- Running Projects (Steps 6-10) -- Monday meetings -- Daily routine -- Code green -- Code yellow -- Code orange -- Code red -- Status reporting -- Assessing Project Plans (Steps 1-5) -- Assessing Projects (Steps 1-10) -- Rescuing Projects: Rescuing = Assessing + Scoping and Planning (Steps 1-10) -- Auditing Completed Projects (Steps 1-10) -- Running Multiple Projects -- Organization-wide supply and demand -- Organization-wide project assignment -- Personal dance cards -- Building a Historical Database (Knowledge Management) -- Data -- Information -- High-level estimates and actuals -- Templates for projects -- Project performance information -- Knowledge -- Analyzing Project Management Processes (Steps 1-10) -- Comparing your methodology/procedures with the 10 steps -- Adapting existing project management infrastructure/tools -- User assistance -- Managing Subcontractors -- Planning -- Choosing the subcontractor -- Writing the contract -- Execution of the plan -- Implementing Structured Project Management in Organizations (iSPMiO).

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