Harvard business review on managing projects.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Harvard Business School Press, c2005Description: vii, 190 p. : illustrationISBN: 9781591396390; 1591396395Subject(s): Project managementDDC classification: 658.404 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Why Good Projects Fail Anyway / Nadim F. Matta, Ronald N. Ashkenas -- New Projects: Beware of False Economies / David Davis -- The Return Map: Tracking Product Teams / Charles H. House, Raymond L. Price -- Knowing When to Pull the Plug / Barry M. Staw, Jerry Ross -- Why Bad Projects Are So Hard to Kill / Isabelle Royer -- How to Kill Creativity / Teresa M. Amabile -- Speeding Up Team Learning / Amy Edmondson, Richard Bohmer, Gary Pisano -- What You Don't Know About Making Decisions / David A. Garvin, Michael A. Roberto.
Summary: "This astute collection of articles helicopters managers above the day-to-day grind of project management to understand the big-picture reasons behind why projects fly - and why they fail. Why are some bad projects so hard to kill - and why do some good projects tank? This book will help managers make decisions that enable the right projects to succeed."--Jacket.
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Articles originally published 1985-2003 in Harvard business review.

Why Good Projects Fail Anyway / Nadim F. Matta, Ronald N. Ashkenas --
New Projects: Beware of False Economies / David Davis --
The Return Map: Tracking Product Teams / Charles H. House, Raymond L. Price --
Knowing When to Pull the Plug / Barry M. Staw, Jerry Ross --
Why Bad Projects Are So Hard to Kill / Isabelle Royer --
How to Kill Creativity / Teresa M. Amabile --
Speeding Up Team Learning / Amy Edmondson, Richard Bohmer, Gary Pisano --
What You Don't Know About Making Decisions / David A. Garvin, Michael A. Roberto.

"This astute collection of articles helicopters managers above the day-to-day grind of project management to understand the big-picture reasons behind why projects fly - and why they fail. Why are some bad projects so hard to kill - and why do some good projects tank? This book will help managers make decisions that enable the right projects to succeed."--Jacket.

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