How to Save a Failing Project

Chaos to Control

Ralph R Young, Steven M Brady, Dennis C Nagle, Jr

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Management Concepts, Inc
01 January 2018

Project management; Personnel & human resources management

You CAN Turn Around A Failing Project! Poor project results are all too common and result in dissatisfied customers, users, and project staff. With countless people, goals, objectives, expectations, budgets, schedules, deliverables, and deadlines to consider, it can be difficult to keep projects in focus and on track. How to Save a Failing Project- Chaos to Control arms project managers with the tools and techniques needed to address these project challenges. The authors provide guidance to develop a project plan, establish a schedule for execution, identify project tracking mechanisms, and implement turnaround methods to avoid failure and regain control. With this valuable resource you will be able to- .

Identify key factors leading to failure .

Learn how to recover a failing project and minimize future risk .

Better analyze your project by defining proper business objectives and goals .

Gain insight on industry best practices for planning

By: Ralph R Young, Steven M Brady, Dennis C Nagle, Jr
Imprint: Management Concepts, Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 429g
ISBN: 9781567262391
ISBN 10: 1567262392
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 01 January 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ralph R. Young, DBA, has led projects in local government, management information systems, systems and software engineering, process improvement, and systems integration. He is the author of four books that address aspects of requirements engineering. Dr. Young is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and holds an MA in economics and a DBA from The George Washington University. Steve M. Brady, PMP, has worked extensively in the information technology industry, providing project management, organizational process development, business analysis, and strategic planning services. Mr. Brady holds a BS in management of information systems and an MBA from Wright State University. Dennis C. Nagle, Jr., has spent more than 20 years as an engineer on project teams, both as a programmer and also as the principal software architect. He is certified in the personal software process (PSP) as defined by the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. Nagle holds a BS in Computer Science from Virginia Tech and an MS in Computer Science from Wright State University.

Reviews for How to Save a Failing Project: Chaos to Control

"""In summary, the book is a great reference for newcomers to project management or people who are dealing for the first time with failing or struggling projects, but it still offers new reference material for experienced project managers, too...It's a source for inspiration and contribution for project mangers who successfully shifted a failing project from chaos to control."" How to Manage a Camel, November 2010"