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Roundtable on Project Management: A Shape Forum Dialogue

Gerald M. Weinberg

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Partial Contents- The Failed SuccesThe Story of the Failed Success- Getting Started RightDid the Project Planning Make Sense? - Can People Tolerate Boring Development?- How Big Is It?How Do You Size a Large Project?- Nonlinear Effects- EstimatingUsing the Delphi Method - Are We Oracles? - Calibrate Estimates with Experience- What Will It Cost?Project Cost Guidelines - Accounting Measures and Definitions - Product Costs- Planning for Success?Plan on Supporting the People - Who Is Doing It, and How?- What Are You Managing?Is Commitment Being Managed? - It's a Scope Negotiation- Project IndicatorsHow Do We Know That a Project Is in Trouble? - Spec Inflation - We're Too Busy to Review - People IndicatorsPeople Are Your Best Sign of Trouble - Nonsense Directives - Won't Admit Mistakes- People and ChangePlanning an Intervention - Bellowing Bovine Pickles- Being a Cassandra- Dealing With Impending DisasterWhom Do You Listen To? - There Are Different Kinds of Damage- Doing Something DifferentIntroducing Unusual Ideas - Core Myths Limit What You Can Change- Dignified Project DeathChange Means Admitting You're Wrong - Take the Wheel Yourself- Project LessonsIn the End, Did They Get What They Wanted? - Summary of Lessons- Taking Care of YourselfWas the Job Harder Than Anyone Knew? - In the End, Did You Learn?BibliographyIndex

Language: English

Pages: 200

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated

Release: January 01, 2001

ISBN: 093263348X

ISBN 13: 9780932633484

Roundtable on Project Management: A Shape Forum Dialogue

Gerald M. Weinberg

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Partial Contents- The Failed SuccesThe Story of the Failed Success- Getting Started RightDid the Project Planning Make Sense? - Can People Tolerate Boring Development?- How Big Is It?How Do You Size a Large Project?- Nonlinear Effects- EstimatingUsing the Delphi Method - Are We Oracles? - Calibrate Estimates with Experience- What Will It Cost?Project Cost Guidelines - Accounting Measures and Definitions - Product Costs- Planning for Success?Plan on Supporting the People - Who Is Doing It, and How?- What Are You Managing?Is Commitment Being Managed? - It's a Scope Negotiation- Project IndicatorsHow Do We Know That a Project Is in Trouble? - Spec Inflation - We're Too Busy to Review - People IndicatorsPeople Are Your Best Sign of Trouble - Nonsense Directives - Won't Admit Mistakes- People and ChangePlanning an Intervention - Bellowing Bovine Pickles- Being a Cassandra- Dealing With Impending DisasterWhom Do You Listen To? - There Are Different Kinds of Damage- Doing Something DifferentIntroducing Unusual Ideas - Core Myths Limit What You Can Change- Dignified Project DeathChange Means Admitting You're Wrong - Take the Wheel Yourself- Project LessonsIn the End, Did They Get What They Wanted? - Summary of Lessons- Taking Care of YourselfWas the Job Harder Than Anyone Knew? - In the End, Did You Learn?BibliographyIndex

Language: English

Pages: 200

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated

Release: January 01, 2001

ISBN: 093263348X

ISBN 13: 9780932633484

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