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The practitioner's handbook of project performance : agile, waterfall and beyond
\"Practitioners operate in a necessary reality. We work in a space where project performance is above theory or methodology. In the best environments, delivery and an affirmative culture are what matter most. In the worst, it is politics and survival. In any environment we are challenged to adopt best practices and adapt our style to the environment in which the project is occurring. This is a book about those best practices and practitioner experiences. It is a must have reference and guide book for project managers, general managers, business leaders and project management researchers. This book is the result of the hard work and dedication of more than 35 authors from more than 15 countries across four continents. It brings a diversity of experience, professional and personal. It includes practitioners, leading academics, renowned theorists and many who straddle those roles. The chapters cover experiences in software, large scale infrastructure projects, finance and health care, to name a few. The chapters themselves take many forms. Check out the table of contents to get a deeper sense of the topics included. All provide real-world guidance on delivering high performing projects and show you how to build, lead and manage high performing teams. The Practitioner's Handbook of Project Performance is complete in itself. It can also be an enticing start to an ongoing dialogue with the authors and a pleasurable path to get deeper into the subject of project performance. Find your favorite place to begin learning from these chapters, to begin taking notes and taking away nuggets to use in your everyday. But don't stop there. Contact information and further resources for this diverse team of experts authors are found throughout. The Practitioner's Handbook is a modern guide to the leading edge of project performance management and a path to the future of project delivery\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Practitioner's Handbook of Project Performance
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Introduction -- Section I: Individuals and interactions -- Chapter 1: Chasing mercury: The emotional and social pillars of high-performing teams -- Emotional intelligence -- What is EI? -- What EI is not -- Why EI matters in the workplace -- The importance of EI for project resources -- The role of EI in a larger project management competency framework -- Important mediating factors -- Essential project features -- Team-based skills: Emotional management and awareness -- How can team members develop their own EI? -- Chapter 2: Values as the basis for successful teams: A Scrum perspective and primer -- Introduction -- Value -- The project -- Agile methods -- Project performance defined -- Performance indicators -- Measuring and predicting project performance? -- Achieving performance -- Values and practice -- A recipe for project success -- An overview of Scrum -- Pillars in practice -- Sprint Retrospectives -- Self-organizing teams -- Inspecting and adapting - The right way -- Summary of the recipe -- Pitfalls and challenges -- Preventing backsliding -- Benefits -- Is Scrum right for me? -- Odds and ends -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The power of empowering others: Coaching as a leadership model for high-performing teams -- Introduction -- Coaching in a project environment -- The impact of coaching on project performance -- The psychology of successful teams -- Diminishers and multipliers -- Coaching as a leadership style -- Mentoring is different from coaching -- A good coach listens and asks open questions -- Identifying opportunities to coach the team -- The GROW model as a framework -- Options - Brainstorm options for moving forward -- Way forward - Establish actions -- How to apply coaching -- Potential pitfalls.
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The Practitioner's Handbook of Project Performance
Practitioners operate in a necessary reality. We work in a space where project performance is above theory or methodology. In the best environments, delivery and an affirmative culture are what matter most. In the worst, it is politics and survival. In any environment, we are challenged to adopt best practices and adapt our style to the environment in which the project is occurring. This is a book about those best practices and practitioner experiences. It is a must-have reference and guidebook for project managers, general managers, business leaders and project management researchers.
This book is the result of the hard work and dedication of more than 35 authors from more than 15 countries across four continents. It brings a diversity of experience, professional and personal. It includes practitioners, leading academics, renowned theorists and many who straddle those roles. The chapters cover experiences in software, large-scale infrastructure projects, finance and health care, to name a few. The chapters themselves take many forms. Check out the Table of Contents to get a deeper sense of the topics included. All provide real-world guidance on delivering high-performing projects and show you how to build, lead and manage high-performing teams.
The Practitioner's Handbook of Project Performance is complete in itself. It can also be an enticing start to an ongoing dialogue with the authors and a pleasurable path to get deeper into the subject of project performance. Find your favorite place to begin learning from these chapters, to begin taking notes and taking away nuggets to use in your everyday. But don't stop there. Contact information and further resources for this diverse team of experts are found throughout. The Practitioner's Handbook is a modern guide to the leading edge of project performance management and a path to the future of project delivery.
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