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Creative project management : innovative project options to solve problems on time and under budget / Michael S. Dobson and Ted Leemann.
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| Authors: |
Dobson, Michael Singer.
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| Call number: |
658.404 DOB |
| Publisher: |
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010. |
| Publication date: |
c2010. |
| Subject: |
Project management.
Creative ability in business.
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| Title: |
Creative project management : innovative project options to solve problems on time and under budget / Michael S. Dobson and Ted Leemann. |
| Physical description: |
v, 261 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents note: |
Why do 70 percent of projects fail? -- What we know and what we think -- The most dangerous word is a premature "yes" -- Good enough, barely adequate, failure -- When the project appears impossible -- Knowns and unknowns : the risk factor -- Project : intelligence -- It takes a village to wreck a project -- Framing change -- Salvaging project value -- Appendix A. Questions for the creative project manager -- Appendix B. Cognitive biases. |
| Summary note: |
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. |
| Biography note: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-249) and index. |
| Added author: |
Leemann, Ted.
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| ISBN: |
9780071739337 (alk. paper)
0071739335 |
| LCCN: |
2010009826 |
| Url for this record: |
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1369232
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| Bib No.: |
1369232 |
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