Leading complex projects
Subtitle: a data-driven approach to mastering the human side of project management
By: Edward W. Merrow and Neeraj S. Nandurdikar
Contributors: Nandurdikar, Neeraj S., author
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781119382195
Subjects: Project management
Description: "This book takes a unique approach to post-mortem analysis to provide project managers with invaluable insight. For the first time, individual PM characteristics are quantitatively linked to project outcomes through a major study investigating the role of project leadership in the success and failure of complex industrial projects; hard data on the backgrounds, education, and personality characteristics of over 100 directors of complex projects is analyzed against the backdrop of project performance to provide insight into controllable determinants of outcomes. By placing these analyses alongside their own data, PMs will gain greater insight into areas of weakness and strength, locate recurring obstacles, and identify project components in need of greater planning, oversight, or control"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting grounded; title: Methodology and data; title: The unique demands on complex project leaders; title: The traits and skills of effective project leaders; title: From personality to practice; title: Joseph Brewer; title: Don Vardeman; title: Nora'in MD Salleh and Dzulkarnain Azaman; title: Jay Sexton; title: Paul Harris; title: David Young; title: What have we learned and what does it mean?