Robert Buttricks book is an invaluable, lucid and practical guide to a crucial area of
management, which has been crying out for the treatment it receives in these pages Robert
Heller
Put yourself and your business through the Project Workout to direct and manage projects
that will deliver results, drive change and improve the health of your business.
Supported by the Project Workout Live online resource, The Project Workout shows you how
to:
Measure critical success factors in any project
Diagnose and address any potential difficulties of implementation
Master a staged framework for managing a successful project
Develop the soft (interpersonal) and hard (structured management) skills of the project
manager
Analyze your project as a single entity, and also manage a portfolio of projects
Assess your resource strategy and management effectively
Improve your project tracking and delivery
This 3rd edition of the definitive book on business-led program and project management
offers help at every stage, from building a project team right up to reaping the rewards
of a timely and successful project. It will be a valuable companion for project managers
and executives at any level, and a comprehensive resource for students of project
management.
Projects are an important strategic management tool and a way of life for every
businessperson. But how do you get started and ensure a successful outcome? This book
takes the reader step by step through project management, acting as a companion and guide
to ultimate project success.
The Project Workout is an important book, taking a lead role in growing a new generation
of professional project managers. Oded Cohen, The Goldratt Institute.
Table of Contents
PART I CHALLENGES TO BE FACED
1. Challenges We Need to Face
2. Advice the Best Companies Give Us
PART II A WALK THROUGH A PROJECT
3. The Project Framework: an Overview of its Gates and Stages
4. Who Does What?
5. The Proposal: Identify the Need
6. The Initial Investigation Stage: Have a Quick Look at it!
7. The Detailed Investigation Stage: Promising...Let's Have a Closer Look
8. The Develop and Test Stage: Do It!
9. The Trial Stage: Try it Out
10. The Release Stage: Lets Get Going!
11. The Post Implementation Review: How Did We Do?
12. Applying the Stage Framework
13. A Few Related Projects: Programs
PART III DEALING WITH MANY PROJECTS
14. Portfolios of Projects
15. There Are Two Many Projects To Do!
16. Have I Got the Resources?
17. An Environment for Managing your Portfolio
PART IV MAKING PROJECTS WORK FOR YOU
18. Project Teams and Style
19. Project Set Up
20. Managing Benefits
21. Managing the Schedule
22. Managing the Finances
23.Managing What Might Go Wrong (or Right): Risks and Opportunities
24. Managing What Has Gone Wrong (or Right!): Issues
25. Lets Do It Differently!: Change Management
26. Reviews and More Reviews
27. Closing the Project
PART V IMPLEMETING THE FRAMEWORK
28. Implementing the Framework
Appendix A Brainstorming
Appendix B Glossary
Appendix C A Project Process Framework
Index
The third edition of the Project Workout will reflect the changes in the project
environment since the year 2000. Whilst the fundamental principles have not changed, the
business, organisational and technical landscape has moved on.
Features
The 2nd edition clearly sold well 15,000 sales to date and received quality reviews.
3 years on it is now time to update and bring the book into line with leading edge
practices. The third edition of the Project Workout reflects the changes in the project
environment since the year 2000. Whilst the fundamental principles have not changed, the
business, organisational and technical landscape have moved on.
There is a growing demand in the UK public sector, where in 2003, the Cabinet decided ALL
government departments should have centres of excellence in project management. Peter
Gershon, CEO of the Office of Government Commerce, is himself aware of the Project Workout
and the impact it can have on selling real world project management. At a recent OGC
conference one delegate described it as Bloody brilliant!
The third edition will also be a message to academic buyers that the book is here to stay
and that many more universities can safely include it as a course text.
The Third edition will be supported by the Project Workout Live online resource. A fully
web enabled project environment will illustrate that this book not only tells people what
to do, but also gives them the tools.
Author
Robert Buttrick currently works for Cable and Wireless as well as providing independent
consulting advice on programme and project management. He is a frequent contributor to
conferences. He also writes articles, including a series in Project Manager Today. Robert
is a chartered engineer, Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Member of the
Association of MBAs. He retains links with his former Business School, Henley Management
College.
Paperback
535 pages + CD
