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020 _a9781947843912
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035 _a(OCoLC)1039924658
035 _a(CaBNVSL)swl000408367
040 _aCaBNVSL
_beng
_erda
_cCaBNVSL
_dCaBNVSL
050 4 _aHD69.P75
100 1 _aMartyr, Tony,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aWhy projects fail :
_bnine laws for success /
_cTony Martyr.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :
_bBusiness Expert Press,
_c[(c)2018.]
300 _a1 online resource (xxv, 176 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _adata file
_2rda
490 1 _aPortfolio and project management collection,
_x2156-8200
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _a1. Law zero: no project should be allowed to proceed without clear specification and acceptance criteria, that are understood by all participants --
_t2. Law one: projects are all about money and the quality of the deliverable; like water, both leak out through holes in the project's structure --
_t3. Law two: paper is cheaper to change than concrete --
_t4. Law three: sometimes the best solution to a problem is not to have it --
_t5. Law four: learn the rules --
_t6. Law five: change is an inherent feature of any project; if you don't manage change you will be the victim of it --
_t7. Law six: nine women can't make a baby in one month --
_t8. Law seven: a triangle illustrating the relationship between the constraints of time, quality, and cost can be drawn for every project, the priority allocated to each constraint will be unique to that project and if any two are fixed the third will have to be a variable --
_t9. Law eight: site is where the project finally goes right, or wrong --
_t10. Law nine: a project isn't finished until it's finished --
_tAbout the author --
_tIndex.
506 _aAccess restricted to authorized users and institutions.
520 3 _aSome projects fail and many more disappoint; our news media often reports projects being over budget, or late, or failing to meet expectations; or all three. So what features of their specification, design, or management cause these failures? In this book, by using examples from around the world and the personal experience of 50 years of project engineering and management, both at the domestic and large industrial scale, the author leads the reader through the traps that await the unwary or inexperienced, whatever their role within a project team. While there is much here for full-time professional Project Managers, this is not a book written exclusively for them and the problems of domestic and community projects are also considered. Like all professions, project management has developed a whole range of esoteric processes, complex computerized tools and jargon that can make the role seem exclusive and unrelated to those who occasionally find themselves undertaking the role. The Author defines nine natural laws underlying the processes and common to projects of every size and type that, if broken or ignored, will lead to project failure; each law has its own chapter. The author makes no apology for mixing the industrial and domestic tasks of project management because these laws are fully scalable, from refurbishing your kitchen to building a factory in a foreign land. The full range of project management and site management tasks get a mention in this easy to read book, the use of which will certainly save you from wasting time and money, whatever your role in the wide project community.
530 _a2
_ub
530 _aAlso available in printing.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
538 _aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.
588 _aTitle from PDF title page (viewed on June 10, 2018).
650 0 _aProject management.
653 _aacceptance criteria
653 _abudget monitoring
653 _achange management
653 _adomestic and community projects
653 _aoverseas projects
653 _aproblem avoidance
653 _aproject budgets
653 _aproject cost estimating
653 _aproject failure
653 _aproject management
653 _aproject specification
653 _aproject teams
653 _arisk judgment
653 _asite management
653 _ateam discipline
653 _atraining
655 0 _a[genre]
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781947843905
830 0 _aPortfolio and project management collection.
_x2156-8200
856 4 0 _uhttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ciu.edu?url=https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/BEPB0000755.html
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_dCynthia Snell