This text is based on the concept that the "ten step method" explained in the first edition is the solution to the software industry's biggest problem: projects arriving late, over budget or not delivering what was needed. The ten steps come in two sections: planning the project and excuting the plan. This edition explains that the method should be seen as the Silver Bullet, making the path to success clearer. Drawing on actual experience from dealing with ETP clients, this book aims to make the application of the ten steps as easy as possible.
The Sunday Business Post has described Fergus O'Connell as having 'more strings to his bow than a Stradivarius'.
His first novel, 'Call The Swallow', was described by The Irish Times as 'better than Schindler's Ark (itself a Booker Prize winner). 'Call The Swallow' was short listed for the 2002 Kerry Ingredients Irish Fiction Prize and nominated for the Hughes & Hughes / Sunday Independent Novel of the Year. His new novel, 'Starlight' has just been published.
Fergus is also the author of twelve business books. The first of these, 'How to Run Successful Projects - the Silver Bullet', has become both a bestseller and a classic and has been constantly in print for over twenty years. His book on common sense entitled 'Simply Brilliant' - also a bestseller and now in its fourth edition - was runner-up in the W H Smith Book Awards 2002. His books have been translated into twenty languages.
He is married, has two children and is returning to Ireland after eight years living in France.
