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eXtreme project management : using leadership, principles, and tools to deliver value in the face of volatility / by Doug DeCarlo ; foreword by James P. Lewis ; afterword by Robert K. Wysocki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DeCarlo, Doug, 1942-
- Series:
- Jossey-Bass business & management series.
- The Jossey-Bass business & management series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Project management.
- Leadership.
- Teams in the workplace--Management.
- Teams in the workplace.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (554 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Today's new breed, eXtreme projects are different. They feature high speed, high change, high complexity, high risk, and high stress. While traditional projects follow the classic model of ready, aim, fire, eXtreme project managers succeed by shooting the gun and then redirecting the bullet while not loosing sight of their moving target. eXtreme Project Management provides a practical 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
- Contents:
- Developing a quantum mind-set for an eXtreme reality
- The eXtreme model for success
- 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
- 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
- Real-time communication
- Agile organization : a senior management briefing.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-499) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786610302765
- 9780470573679
- 0470573678
- 9781280302763
- 1280302763
- 9780787976811
- 0787976814
- OCLC:
- 243597312
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