The Project Book: The complete guide to consistently delivering great projects
by Colin D. Ellis  (Author)

About the Author
COLIN D ELLIS is a 20-year project management and sponsorship veteran, an award-winning international speaker, trainer and author who helps organisations and individuals around the world change the way they get things done and create cultures where great work thrives.
www.colindellis.com

About this book
Deliver great projects every time
Projects are the lifeblood of organisations, but many projects fall short of expectations because of poor project management and/or poor project sponsorship. In The Project Book, author and 20-year project management and sponsorship veteran Colin D Ellis teaches you the skills and behaviours required to make your projects succeed, every time.
The best projects, whether they are delivered in an agile or waterfall way, are a result of the people that lead them and the environment they create. This fail-safe and comprehensive handbook shows you how to develop the mindset and communication skills to create projects that leave a legacy for you, your team and your organisation.
Project leaders and senior managers in all business and technical disciplines will benefit from the insightful guidance this book offers and better project outcomes will result. Split into two parts, individually addressing Project Leaders and Project Sponsors, this book guides large project facilitators to understand the importance of people over processes.

• become a project leader that people trust
• build a team culture of collaboration, agility and creativity
• upskill executives so that they’re catalysts for transformation
• develop the organisational discipline needed for successful projects
• create a mature environment for your projects to thrive
  

Engaging, informative and humorous, The Project Book will help project managers, project sponsors, scrum masters and product owners across all organisations to deliver successful projects in a way that customers will talk about for years.

Brief contents
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PART I LEADERSHIP
    CHAPTER 1 KNOW YOURSELF
    CHAPTER 2 PRACTISE EMPATHY
    CHAPTER 3 BE YOURSELF
    CHAPTER 4 STAND FOR SOMETHING
    CHAPTER 5 DETERMINE YOUR VALUES
    CHAPTER 6 SAFEGUARD THE FUTURE
    CHAPTER 7 BEHAVE IN THE RIGHT WAY
    CHAPTER 8 GIVE YOUR MIND A BREAK
    CHAPTER 9 ADAPT YOUR STYLE TO FIT THE PROJECT
    CHAPTER 10 EMBRACE THE NEXT GENERATION
    CHAPTER 11 BE PREPARED
    CHAPTER 12 BRING THE HUMOUR
    CHAPTER 13 MAKE GRATITUDE YOUR ATTITUDE
    CHAPTER 14 BOUNCEBACKABILITY
    CHAPTER 15 LEAD A REMOTE TEAM
    CHAPTER 16 BE AN INTREPRENEUR
    CHAPTER 17 SWITCH ON YOUR EARS
    CHAPTER 18 CREATE MORE LEADERS
    CHAPTER 19 BE GENEROUS
    CHAPTER 20 SAY SORRY
    CHAPTER 21 SET AND MANAGE EXPECTATIONS
    CHAPTER 22 MANAGE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS
    CHAPTER 23 GET HELP
    CHAPTER 24 NEGOTIATE EFFECTIVELY
    CHAPTER 25 TELL STORIES
    CHAPTER 26 MANAGE UPWARDS
PART II CULTURE
    CHAPTER 27 BUILD AND CARE FOR THE TEAM
    CHAPTER 28 DEVELOP A VISION
    CHAPTER 29 GET YOUR COMMUNICATION RIGHT
    CHAPTER 30 COLLABORATE FOR SUCCESS
    CHAPTER 31 MAKE TIME FOR INNOVATION
    CHAPTER 32 FIND THE RIGHT SPACE FOR WORK
    CHAPTER 33 HIRE FOR CULTURAL FIT
    CHAPTER 34 START AS YOU MEAN TO GO ON
    CHAPTER 35 SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR SUCCESS
    CHAPTER 36 KEEP STAKEHOLDERS SATISFIED
    CHAPTER 37 GOSSIP: THE CULTURE KILLER
    CHAPTER 38 KEEP IT SIMPLE
    CHAPTER 39 HAVE SOME FUN
    CHAPTER 40 RUN MEETINGS THAT DON’T SUCK
    CHAPTER 41 CELEBRATE SUCCESS
PART III METHODS
    CHAPTER 42 WATERFALL
    CHAPTER 43 AGILE
    CHAPTER 44 NO PLAN, NO PROJECT
    CHAPTER 45 WHY THIS? WHY NOW?
    CHAPTER 46 SCALE FOR SUCCESS
    CHAPTER 47 ESTIMATING
    CHAPTER 48 MANAGE RISK
    CHAPTER 49 DEAL WITH ISSUES
    CHAPTER 50 REPORT HONESTLY
    CHAPTER 51 SUCCESSES ARE THE BEST LESSONS
    CHAPTER 52 MEASURE YOUR SUCCESS
    PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
PROJECT SPONSORSHIP
PART IV STEWARDSHIP
    CHAPTER 53 THE BUCK STOPS WITH YOU
    CHAPTER 54 VERIFY PRIORITIES
    CHAPTER 55 SHARE THE BURDEN
    CHAPTER 56 SAY THANK YOU
    CHAPTER 57 BUILD TRUST
    CHAPTER 58 SIMPLE IS BETTER
    CHAPTER 59 BE PRESENT
    CHAPTER 60 ROLE MODEL WHAT YOU EXPECT OF OTHERS
PART V DECISIONS
    CHAPTER 61 WHAT’S THE PROBLEM AND THE OUTCOME?
    CHAPTER 62 NEGATE THE NEGATIVITY
    CHAPTER 63 HIRE AND PICK YOUR PROJECT MANAGER
    CHAPTER 64 BE ETHICAL
    CHAPTER 65 MAKE QUICK (NOT HASTY) DECISIONS
    CHAPTER 66 DEAL WITH POOR PERFORMANCE
    CHAPTER 67 FAIL QUICKLY
PART VI RESULTS
    CHAPTER 68 CULTURE IS KEY, BUT SO IS STRATEGY
    CHAPTER 69 GET OFF TO A FLYER
    CHAPTER 70 EVERY PROJECT NEEDS A PLAN
    CHAPTER 71 INNOVATION NEEDS MINDSET and time
    CHAPTER 72 METHODS NEED TO BE UNDERSTOOD
    CHAPTER 73 CELEBRATE GOOD (AND BAD) TIMES
    CHAPTER 74 OUTCOMES DON’T ACHIEVE THEMSELVES
    CHAPTER 75 SPOT WHEN IT’S GOING WRONG
    PROJECT SPONSORSHIP SUMMARY
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
REFERENCES

Pages: 400 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (July 1, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0730371417
ISBN-13: 978-0730371410