{"id":1462,"date":"2012-08-10T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corevalues.com\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2012-08-10T07:00:06","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T13:00:06","slug":"new-book-provides-guidance-for-improving-project-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/2012\/08\/10\/new-book-provides-guidance-for-improving-project-results\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book Provides Guidance For Improving Project Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Is there underperformance anywhere in your organization?<\/p>\n

\u00a0Are people getting frustrated? If so, here\u2019s a new resource for turning the situation around \u2013 Everything\u2019s A Project: 70 Lessons From Successful Project-Driven Organizations <\/em>by author Ben Snyder.<\/p>\n

This fast-paced book is based on three premises:<\/p>\n

1. The ways you manage projects, people and organizational culture are inextricably linked. If you are not getting the project results you want, looking solely at project management practices is insufficient. You need to examine how your people management strategies and your culture are working for or against your quest for quality, efficiency, timeliness and cost control.<\/p>\n

2. If you want great project results throughout your organization, the executive team needs to be deeply involved, willing to challenge sacred cows and implement systemic changes. Individual project managers do not have the authority to alter corporate culture or your organization\u2019s approach to people management.<\/p>\n

3. Most organizations view the term \u201cproject\u201d too narrowly. They tend to think of R&D or IT efforts. In reality, nearly all corporate work today is in the form of projects. This means virtually all employees are project workers. Many, if not most, are using ad-hoc methods to accomplish their work because they don\u2019t have any formal project training. If you want great results, more people need access to best-practice processes and tools.<\/p>\n

In 70 brief chapters, he provides crisp how-to information for the executive suite, managers and project leaders. Here\u2019s a brief sampler of the topics covered:<\/p>\n