The seven essential tools for keeping projects on time and under budget 
You're executing risk management, leadership, and planning--all hallmarks of outstanding project management. And yet you're still having trouble keeping your projects on schedule. 
Creative Project Management adds two new elements to the mix: creativity and innovation. 
Internationally renowned project management consultants Michael Dobson and Ted Leemann combine traditional project management skills, such as risk evaluation, decision-making, and human dynamics, with outside-the-box thinking and business creativity. They provide seven new tools and approaches you can apply to any project. 
The methods discussed inside Creative Project Management show you how to:
<ul>
<li>Realistically imagine the outcome of your decisions </li>
<li>Work with--and around--the realities and constraints that affect your decisions </li>
<li>Read and predict trends </li>
<li>Manage the long- and short-term ramifications of your decisions </li>
<li>Evaluate the impact of present and future technologies on your decisions </li>
<li>Imagine new choices you didn't think you had</li>
</ul>
Creative Project Management provides an invaluable new set of tools for any project management professional tasked with making difficult decisions in these uncertain times.

Creative Project Management

Business & Money

Dobson, Michael S.

Management & Leadership

McGraw=Hill

Successful Project Management: How to Complete Projects on Time, on Budget, and on Target - used

Successful Project Management: How to Complete Projects on Time, on Budget, and on Target

Ama Self-Study

Why is it that some people consistently seem to get more done than others? The answer is that they know how to set specific, achievable goals for themselves...and then follow through on them. This revised and updated edition of Goal Setting features worksheets, quizzes, and other practical tools, giving readers powerful techniques they can use to set a goal, make a plan, and acquire the resources and power necessary to achieve their objective. The book shows readers how to: act upon their objectives in a precise, targeted way • recognize obstacles and overcome them • become more assertive • change counterproductive behavior • establish priorities • make the most of their time Achieving goals takes hard work and discipline. This expanded edition of Goal Setting gives readers the tools and techniques to accomplish anything.

Goal Setting: How to Create an Action Plan and Achieve Your Goals (Worksmart) (Worksmart Series)

Business Culture

AMACOM

"All too often, Machiavellian managers ruthlessly use office politics to get what they want...and they make good employees feel it's bad to be political. But it doesn't have to be that way! Enlightened Office Politics takes a positive look at the political side of the workplace, explaining why office politics are inevitable, emphasizing their importance, and showing how to play them--and win--in an ethical, principled manner. Readers will learn how to: * Overcome negative attitudes toward office politics and view them as a force for good * Determine whether a coworker is friend or foe * Turn foes into friends * Discover what motivates others * Develop their own political skills and use them in appropriate, powerful ways * Plan and execute an effective ""political campaign""--and more. In the world of office politics, it's play or be played. Enlightened Office Politics proves it's possible to play to win--and still keep a clear conscience."

Enlightened Office Politics: Understanding, Coping with, and Winning the Game--Without Losing Your Soul

Dobson, Deborah Singer

Goal Setting: How to Create an Action Plan and Achieve Your Goals (WorkSmart Series)

WILSON, Susan B.

BRILLIANCE AUDIO ^

Working with Difficult People (WorkSmart Series)

Lundin Ph.D., William

Lundin, Kathleen

From the novice to the most experienced and senior project manager, triple constraint issues are at the core of the most crucial decisions about a project. The Triple Constraints in Project Management explores the triangle of time, cost, and performance that bounds the universe within which every project must be accomplished – and shows how controlling the hierarchy of constraints can mean the difference between success and failure on virtually any project.

The Triple Constraints in Project Management (Project Management Essential Library)

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Master the Six Dimensions of the Project Management Universe!Learn how to turn constraints into resources to achieve project objectives! Through case studies and practical exercises, The Six Dimensions of Project Management demonstrates the six possible combinations (or dimensions) of the “hierarchy of constraints"" (time, cost, and performance existing in a hierarchy of driver, middle and weak constraint) and the specific set of challenges and opportunities associated with each. Project managers will learn how to recognize a project’s dimension and, by understanding its set of problems and resources, get the job done on time, on budget, and to spec! You will uncover hidden flexibility, unlock valuable new resources, discover threats before they turn into problems, and win the admiration of customers and projects sponsors alike. You’ll learn:•How to use the “inner purpose” of a project to empower project mangers and team players •Why certain kinds of failure point the way to higher levels of success •What creates opposition to your project—and how to leverage it for your benefit •Where to look to find creative opportunities on every project

The Six Dimensions of Project Management: Turning Constraints into Resources

Feickert, Heidi

Economics

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