The one primer you need to launch, lead, and sponsor successful
projects.
We're now living in the project economy. The number of projects
initiated in all sectors has skyrocketed, and project management skills
have become essential for every leader and manager. Still, project
failure rates remain extremely high. Why? Leaders oversee too many
projects and have too little visibility into them. Project managers
struggle to translate their hands-on, technical knowledge up to senior
management. The result? Worthy projects are starved of time and
resources and fail to deliver benefits, while too much investment goes
into the wrong projects. To compete in the project economy, you need to
close this gap. The HBR Project Management Handbook shows you how.
In this comprehensive guide, project management expert Antonio
Nieto-Rodriguez presents a new and simple framework that will increase
any project's likelihood of success. Packed with case studies from many
industries worldwide, it will teach you how to manage your
organization's projects, strategic programs, and agile initiatives more
effectively and push the best ones ahead to completion. Timeless yet
forward-looking, this book will help you win in the project-driven
world.
In the HBR Project Management Handbook you'll find:
- Everything you need to know about project management in practical,
nontechnical language
- A definitive taxonomy of project types, from product launches to
digital transformations to megaprojects
- A road map for becoming an effective project leader and executive
sponsor
- A new, simple, and universal project framework, the Project Canvas,
that breaks down any project into essential building blocks that can
be easily understood by all project stakeholders
- Original concepts and exclusive case studies from public- and
private-sector organizations worldwide
You'll learn:
- A common language for project managers and executives to run
successful projects across your organization
- When to use agile, traditional, or hybrid methods in your projects
- The twelve principles of successful projects, including purpose,
agility, and a focus on outcomes
- Techniques for selecting and advancing the best projects and managing
a strategic and balanced project portfolio
- How today's projects will help address some of the most pressing
global trends, including automation, sustainability, diversity, and
crisis management
- Why project management needed to be reinvented and what the future
holds
HBR Handbooks provide ambitious professionals with the frameworks,
advice, and tools they need to excel in their careers. With step-by-step
guidance, time-honed best practices, and real-life stories, each
comprehensive volume helps you to stand out from the pack—whatever your
role.
