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Author DeCarlo, Doug, 1942-

Title EXtreme project management : using leadership, principles, and tools to deliver value in the face of volatility / by Doug DeCarlo ; foreword by James P. Lewis ; afterword by Robert K. Wysocki
Edition 1st ed
Published San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 515 pages) : illustrations
Series Jossey-Bass business & management series
Jossey-Bass business & management series.
Contents Developing a quantum mind-set for an eXtreme reality -- The eXtreme model for success -- Leadership begins with self-mastery -- The eXtreme project manager's leadership role -- Principles, values, and interpersonal skills for leading -- Leading the eXtreme team -- eXtreme stakeholder management -- Visionate : capturing the sponsor's vision -- Visionate : establishing the collective vision -- Speculate : the planning meeting -- Speculate : postplanning work -- Innovate : learning by doing -- Reevaluate : deciding the project's future -- Disseminate : harvesting the payoff -- Real-time communication -- Agile organization : a senior management briefing
Summary Today's new breed, eXtreme projects are different. They feature high speed, high change, high complexity, high risk, and high stress. While traditional projects follow the classic model of ready, aim, fire, eXtreme project managers succeed by shooting the gun and then redirecting the bullet while not losing sight of their moving target
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-499) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Project management.
Leadership.
Teams in the workplace -- Management
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Project Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Project Management.
Project management.
Leadership.
Teams in the workplace -- Management.
Leadership
Project management
Teams in the workplace -- Management
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0787976814
9780787976811
0787974099
9780787974091