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Results Without Authority Tom Kendrick

Results Without Authority By Tom Kendrick

Results Without Authority by Tom Kendrick


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Leading a team of people who don't report to you is a tricky endeavor--and an essential feature of a project manager's role. Discover the start-to-finish system for getting others to deliver top results.

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Results Without Authority: Controlling a Project When the Team Doesn't Report to You by Tom Kendrick

For project managers looking to establish credibility and drive winning results, author Tom Kendrick's groundbreaking system provides the key to leading cross-functional, outsourced, and other types of teams through every stage of the project cycle. Results without Authority is the definitive book on control--teaching the three principal levels of control, including project process, influence, and metrics, among other important areas. Readers learn the surefire way to keep projects moving forward: by relying only on these factors. The book's completely updated second edition includes new information on agile methods and evolving project management tools, strategies for working with virtual teams, analytical versus "blink" decision processes, the use (and misuse) of social media in project environments, and the myth of multitasking. For project leaders lacking clear-cut authority, getting everyone on board--and keeping them there--can be a challenge. Whether you're managing small, team-level projects or major organizational initiatives, Results without Authority is the must-have guide to getting the best outcomes for your company.

About Tom Kendrick

TOM KENDRICK, PMP has over 35 years of project and program experience, including senior positions with Hewlett-Packard and Visa. A respected author, he received PMI's David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award for the previous edition of this book.

Table of Contents

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. CONTROL OF PROJECTS

Who's in Charge?

Structure of This Book

Elements of Project Control

No One Ever Said That Projects Are Easy

2. CONTROL THROUGH PROCESS

Project Management Processes

Quality Management

Project Infrastructure

The Project Management Office

Key Ideas for Project Processes

3. CONTROL THROUGH INFLUENCE

Appropriate Leadership Styles

Getting Through Giving

Enhancing Influence

Maintaining Relationships

Key Ideas for Influencing

4. CONTROL THROUGH PROJECT METRICS

Desired Behaviors

Types and Uses of Project Metrics

Measurement Definition and Baselines

Potential Problems and Measurement Barriers

Key Ideas for Project Metrics

5. CONTROL BEGINS WITH PROJECT INITIATION

Sponsorship

Project Vision

Project Launch

Start-Up Workshops

Projects with Cross-Functional, Distributed, and Global

Team Members

Key Ideas for Project Initiation

6. BUILDING CONTROL THROUGH PROJECT PLANNING

Plan Collaboratively

Measure Your Plan

Set a Realistic Project Baseline

Use Your Plan

Key Ideas for Project Planning

7. MAINTAINING CONTROL DURING PROJECT EXECUTION

Deploying Status-Based Metrics

Status Collection

Informal Communication

Maintaining Relationships

Keeping Your Team Focused

Key Ideas for Project Execution

8. TRACKING AND MONITORING FOR PROJECT CONTROL

Scope and Specification Change Management

Overall Control

Formal Communication

Rewards and Recognition

Project Reviews for Lengthy Projects

Project Cancellation

Control Challenges

Key Ideas for Project Tracking and Monitoring

9. ENHANCING OVERALL CONTROL THROUGH PROJECT

CLOSURE

Delivering Your Results and Getting Sign-Off

Employing Retrospective Project Metrics

Administrative Closure

Celebration and Team Rewards

Capturing Lessons Learned

Key Ideas for Project Closure

10. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX A: EXAMPLE PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS

APPENDIX B: SELECTED REFERENCES

INDEX

Additional information

CIN0814417817VG
9780814417812
0814417817
Results Without Authority: Controlling a Project When the Team Doesn't Report to You by Tom Kendrick
Used - Very Good
Paperback
HarperCollins Focus
2018-03-23
288
N/A
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