TY  - BOOK
AU  - Serrador,Pedro
TI  - Project planning and project success: the 25% solution 
T2  - Best practices and advances in program management series
SN  - 9781482205534
AV  - HD69 .P765 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Project management
KW  - Strategic planning
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - "An Auerbach book."; 2; Chapter 1. Spectacular project failures --; chapter 2. Academic history of planning --; chapter 3. Reasons not to plan --; chapter 4. Project success and planning : what are they? --; chapter 5. Efficiency versus success --; chapter 6. Planning variation by industry --; chapter 7. Geography and industry and success --; chapter 8. Planning in the construction industry --; chapter 9. Planning in information technology --; chapter 10. Practical planning impacts on success : a software development case study --; chapter 11. Planning and success in general project management --; chapter 12. Consensus on planning and success --; chapter 13. Planning deliverable quality and success --; chapter 14. How much to plan --; chapter 15. Planning phase effort and success --; chapter 16. What is the optimum planning phase time? --; chapter 17. Planning budget and success --; chapter 18. Planning and agile/iterative methods --; chapter 19. Agile methods and success --; chapter 20. Planning's importance to manager success --; chapter 21. New research : planning and manager's success --; chapter 22. Conclusions; 2; b
N2  - Project planning is generally accepted as an important contributor to project success. However, is there research that affirms the positive impact of project planning and gives guidance on how much effort should be spent on planning? To answer these questions, this book looks at current literature and new research of this under-studied area of project management. The author presents his findings from an extensive review of project planning literature that covers more than 270 sources. He also discusses new research that analyzes data from more than 1,300 global projects. The book confirms that the time spent on planning activities reduces risk and significantly increases the chances of project success. It also concludes that there can be too much planning and shows that the optimum ratio of planning to effort is 25%
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