101 Project Management Problems and How to Solve Them - by Tom Kendrick (Paperback)

About the Book

Even with a terrific project management program in place, problems can arise to derail a team's hard work. "101 Project Management Problems and How to Solve Them" explores a wide range of real-world challenges, and is filled with plan-ahead strategies as well as on-the-fly solutions.

Book Synopsis

In this helpful how-to, author Tom Kendrick reveals field-proven principles for navigating high-pressure situations, so you can overcome any obstacle.

Even with a terrific project management program in place, problems can arise to derail your team's hard work. This book explores a wide range of challenging scenarios and practical solutions and is packed with insightful answers to over 100 of your most urgent project management questions.

In 101 Project Management Problems and How to Solve Them, you'll learn how to:

• keep a project on track despite unavoidable interruptions;
• how to prevent unreliable outside collaborators from jeopardizing the entire project;
• how to manage project teams who have little or no project management experience;
• how to make up for lost time without cutting corners;
• and how to succeed--even in the face of threatened budget cuts.

The last thing you need in the heat of battle is to dive into project management theories. While there's no one right answer to the challenges you face as a project manager, 101 Project Management Problems and How to Solve Them has a plethora of actionable guidelines that help you troubleshoot quickly so you can get back to doing what you do best.

From the Back Cover

When you're responsible for a project, large or small, things will go wrong. Even if you're a skilled project veteran with a solid plan, things will happen that you least expect. And if you're less experienced, there are a startling number of ways that your project can get into trouble. Despite your best efforts and intentions, there are plenty of problems and challenges that can--and often will--arise at any step and from any angle to derail your team's hard work. What you need--right away--are field-proven fixes, practical answers to urgent questions, and simple strategies for navigating around the unforeseen obstacles you'll encounter throughout your project. You can put that dry, unhelpful tome of academic theory back on the shelf. "101 Project Management Problems and How to Solve Them" shows you how to: - Keep your project on track despite unavoidable interruptions - Prevent unreliable outside collaborators from jeopardizing the entire project - Manage project teams who have little or no project management experience - Make up for lost time without cutting corners - Succeed in the face of threatened budget cuts You'll find out how to ensure good project management practices during organizational process changes . . . successfully deal with contributor hostility or reluctance during start-up . . . handle undependable contributors . . . bring new people up to speed on already-started projects . . . respond to increased demands from management after the project baseline has been set . . . work with limited resources . . . minimize potential late project testing failures and deliverable evaluation issues . . . manage a project through reorganizations, market shifts, and other external changes . . . and much more. Arming you with immediately usable fixes to a wide range of real-world project challenges, this one-of-a-kind, on-the-job troubleshooter will help you deal effectively with whatever unexpected problems come your way--and get your project on track for success. TOM KENDRICK is a project management consultant and former project management executive for Hewlett-Packard and for Visa Inc. He is the author of "Identifying and Managing Project Risk," "Results Without Authority," and T"he Project Management Tool Kit."

Review Quotes

..". champions a common-sense approach to effectively managing projects." "--MindEdge"

.".. champions a common-sense approach to effectively managing projects." "--MindEdge"

"AMACOM does do good books and 101 Project Management Problems is no exception...provides practical advice for handling real-world project challenges." "--A Girl's Guide to Project Management"

"If you are involved in managing projects of any size...this book will give you some good insights to common problems." --"Online magazine"

About the Author

TOM KENDRICK is an internal project management consultant for Visa Inc., and a former project management executive for Hewlett-Packard. He is the author of "Identifying and Managing Project Risk," "Results Without Authority," and "The Project Management Tool Kit."