"Today's new breed, eXtreme projects are different. They feature high speed, high change, high complexity, high risk, and high stress. eXtreme Project Management provides a guide for leaders working under high risk and high pressure while producing the desired bottom-line results. Based on Doug
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"Today's new breed, eXtreme projects are different. They feature high speed, high change, high complexity, high risk, and high stress. eXtreme Project Management provides a guide for leaders working under high risk and high pressure while producing the desired bottom-line results. Based on Doug DeCarlo's extensive experience in working with more than 250 project teams, his eXtreme project management model is built around an integrated set of principles, values, skills, tools, and practices proven to consistently work under conditions of rapid change and uncertainty."--BOOK JACKET.
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Authors:
DeCarlo, Doug, 1942-
Statement of Responsibility:
by Doug DeCarlo ; foreword by James P. Lewis ; afterword by Robert K. Wysocki
Title:
EXtreme project management
using leadership, principles, and tools to deliver value in the face of volatility
Publisher:
San Francisco, CA :, Jossey-Bass,, c2004
Edition:
1st ed
Characteristics:
xxxiii, 515 p. :,ill. ;,24 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-499) and index
Contents:
Introduction: Into the light
pt. 1. The new reality: Developing a quantum mind-set for an eXtreme reality
The eXtreme model for success
pt. 2. Leadership skills for an eXtreme world: Leadership begins with self-mastery
The eXtreme project manager's leadership role
Principles, values, and interpersonal skills for leading
Leading the eXtreme team
eXtreme stakeholder management
pt. 3. The flexible project model: Visionate : capturing the sponsor's vision
Visionate : establishing the collective vision
Speculate : the planning meeting
Speculate : postplanning work
Innovate : learning by doing
Reevaluate : deciding the project's future
Disseminate : harvesting the payoff
pt. 4. Managing the project environment: Real-time communication
Agile organization : a senior management briefing
Summary:
"Today's new breed, eXtreme projects are different. They feature high speed, high change, high complexity, high risk, and high stress. eXtreme Project Management provides a guide for leaders working under high risk and high pressure while producing the desired bottom-line results. Based on Doug DeCarlo's extensive experience in working with more than 250 project teams, his eXtreme project management model is built around an integrated set of principles, values, skills, tools, and practices proven to consistently work under conditions of rapid change and uncertainty."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Headings:
Project management
Leadership
Teams in the workplace Management
Topical Term:
Project management
Leadership
Teams in the workplace
LCCN:
2004015788
ISBN:
0787974099
9780787974091
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