The Project Manager: The Art of Delivery
20 Apr 05

The Project Manager: The Art of Delivery is a fresh, brief, and applied approach to project management. Putting the project manager centre stage, it moves beyond the formal methodologies, to shed light on the core skills that differentiate the great project manager from the merely average.

The ongoing demand for experienced project managers, and project management books, attests to the profession's growth; project management skills are in great demand in both the public and private sectors and these skills form a vital part of many managers' "toolkit".  

Yet for all its importance, managers know that there is something amiss.  Ask managers in any large organisation if they have confidence in the ability of the organisation to deliver projects and you will get a resounding "No!"  Countless studies have shown that a depressingly high percentage of projects fail to come in on time or to budget; many don't come in at all.

For all the processes, training, and methodologies, there is an obvious gap between the expectations and the practical experience.  In contradiction to the faith managers proclaim in the mechanics of PM, under scrutiny one discovers that most organisations have, or know of, only a few people who are "safe pairs of hands", people who can deliver projects on time and to budget.  What causes this gap, and what is it exactly that makes these safe hands safe?

If you read most project management books, be they written by professional managers or by academics, you are most likely to come away thinking that success in practice is simply a matter of mastering the standard project management methodologies and processes. 

However, when asked what makes a successful project manager, rarely will one of these safe hands mention formal methodologies.  The open secret amongst project managers is that good project management is about how you work, interact, and communicate with people.

In this illuminating book, Richard Newton, a successful project manager with twenty years' experience, will reveal the ways project managers can elevate their game. He delivers a set of experience-based lessons, tips and advice to enable project managers to consistently deliver results and become that safe pair of hands.

	The Project Manager: The Art of Delivery
	Author	Richard Newton
	Pub Date	26 April 2005
	Price	£19.99
	Publisher	Financial Times Prentice Hall
	ISBN	0273 70173 8
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