Project management disasters and how to survive them / David Nickson with Suzy Siddons.

By:

Nickson, David

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Kogan Page, 2006.Description: xiv, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

074944780X (pbk.)
9780749447809 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

658.4/04 22

LOC classification:

HD49 .N53 2006

Contents:

Definition and scope -- Why project disasters happen -- Learning from disasters -- Risk and reality -- Human resources -- Public relations -- Disaster and the organization -- Triumph over adversity -- Recipes and survival skills -- What not to do.

Subject: Examines the causes of project failures and what can be learned from them. Focuses on risk management--how to support and lead project teams when things go wrong; how to turn a disaster into something positive; and, importantly, guidance on what NOT to do. Uses a wide variety of real-world examples.

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Includes index.

Rev ed. of: Project disasters & how to survive them. 2005.

Bibliography, p. [221]-223.

Examines the causes of project failures and what can be learned from them. Focuses on risk management--how to support and lead project teams when things go wrong; how to turn a disaster into something positive; and, importantly, guidance on what NOT to do. Uses a wide variety of real-world examples.

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