Did you know that more than 60 percent of executives say they struggle making kill/go decisions on their projects? Corporations are counting on project managers more than ever to help them navigate these tough decisions. Do you have the right tools, team, skills, and data necessary to help your executives? The environment that project managers operate in has turned global, with faster “to-market” turnarounds, higher sensitivities to regulatory compliance, and zero tolerance for low quality. Rapid advancements in technology and offshore resourcing make projects and their path to success more complex and fraught with risk. If you feel unprepared, then you need S.T.O.P. — The Project Management Survival Plan, a new book from The Actuation Press. S.T.O.P. provides the reader with proven project management principles complemented with tools, tips, techniques, and stories to ensure your success in project delivery. The S.T.O.P. management process is designed around the survival principles used by many of our armed forces divisions. Its foundation is based on the understanding that project management is more than just managing scope, schedule, and cost. Every project manager is familiar with the iron triangle. But it’s time that a new triangle emerge. A triangle based on managing value, team performance, and communication. Steven has taken those principles and constructed a framework for project management planning, execution, monitoring, and control. The framework is designed to ensure you've done everything you need, from a project management perspective, to ensure you and your team succeeds and guarantee you're not the reason for stopping the project. What’s inside the book: • New equations providing focus and the ability to quantify value, team performance, and communication • How to apply Agile techniques to your project – the right way • Tips and techniques to increase the value of your project schedule • 5 steps to Risk Management • Guidance and instruction on how to evaluate your project and stop it if necessary • Heat map techniques for project portfolio management And much more…
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"S.T.O.P. provides a remarkably thoughtful and insightful project management framework, chock full of best practices. Steven is right when he says there is no silver bullet; however, the process defined in this book combined with the always-requisite due-diligence is a formula for success." Neal Whitten PMP, veteran best-selling PM author
"Steve provides a candid look into his experiences and lessons learned in a way that will help every project manager approach things differently the very next day."
-- Matt Jackson, PMP, Founder, Jackson Consulting
"Steve provides a candid look into his experiences and lessons learned in a way that will help every project manager approach things differently the very next day."
-- Matt Jackson, PMP, Founder, Jackson Consulting
"Finally, a departure from 'schedule, scope, and cost,' as the mantra for technology-focused project managers. Steve's focus on project success criteria and business outcomes is what is needed in today's fast-paced technology-driven era."
-- George Moore, Chief Technology Officer,
Elsevier Health Sciences
-- George Moore, Chief Technology Officer,
Elsevier Health Sciences
From the Back Cover
Proven project management principles designed to
ensure your success in project delivery, focusing on
maximizing value, and guaranteeing you're not the
reason for stopping the project.
When is the last time, you, the project manager, yelled Stop!? Have you lost control of
your projects? Are you maximizing your value to the organization by ensuring the right
decisions are being made at the right time, on the right projects? If you're asking yourself
any of these questions, then S.T.O.P. is right for you.
In S.T.O.P., you'll learn how to change your perspective and start treating your projects as
survival missions, in which it's your responsibility to save and lead members of your team
to safety and ultimate success.
Project teams, more than ever, need to rely on, you, the project manager to clearly
articulate the boundaries of scope, understanding of the budget, timelines for delivery,
and process for delivery through the product development process. With S.T.O.P., you'll
learn how to create a Project Survival Plan that will allow you to effectively lead crossfunctional
teams in product delivery. It's adaptable, focused, and an ef cient way to
manage your team and ensure that value is delivered to your organization.
Not all projects are meant to be completed; some need to be stopped. Stopping a project
for the right reasons should be considered success. S.T.O.P. will ensure, if your project is
viable, it completes successfully AND if it's not viable, you have the data you need to stop
it and stop it quickly!
ensure your success in project delivery, focusing on
maximizing value, and guaranteeing you're not the
reason for stopping the project.
When is the last time, you, the project manager, yelled Stop!? Have you lost control of
your projects? Are you maximizing your value to the organization by ensuring the right
decisions are being made at the right time, on the right projects? If you're asking yourself
any of these questions, then S.T.O.P. is right for you.
In S.T.O.P., you'll learn how to change your perspective and start treating your projects as
survival missions, in which it's your responsibility to save and lead members of your team
to safety and ultimate success.
Project teams, more than ever, need to rely on, you, the project manager to clearly
articulate the boundaries of scope, understanding of the budget, timelines for delivery,
and process for delivery through the product development process. With S.T.O.P., you'll
learn how to create a Project Survival Plan that will allow you to effectively lead crossfunctional
teams in product delivery. It's adaptable, focused, and an ef cient way to
manage your team and ensure that value is delivered to your organization.
Not all projects are meant to be completed; some need to be stopped. Stopping a project
for the right reasons should be considered success. S.T.O.P. will ensure, if your project is
viable, it completes successfully AND if it's not viable, you have the data you need to stop
it and stop it quickly!
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Steven Starke has more than 15 years of experience in Project/Program Management, specializing in solving business problems with technical solutions by delivering multi-million dollar projects and programs on time and within budget while maximizing project value. He received a B.S. degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Steven currently lives in Chicago where he practices project management and is actively involved helping to advance the profession of product development. He is also the illustrator for Mrs. McGee's Garden, a children's book sold through Amazon.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is brilliantly written in a way that is informative in a fun to read way. The author uses his own true to life experiences as examples in many cases to better show how to use and apply some of the fundamental principles of S.T.O.P. This book shows ways to help enhance the effectiveness within teams, tips for delivering and developing a product, how to build up the social aspect of team building, and so much more that it would take me forever to list it all!
By reading a book such as this, following and applying the advice and tips gathered within, and utilizing the tools and valuable time spent to combine the real life experience with the charts and figures within the book, everyone in project management and even those just looking to understand what those involved in project management go through should give this book a shot. You will learn quite a bit from it and walk away with a broader understanding of what is involved in project management.
I really enjoyed reading this book, learned a lot that will stick with me and be useful in many aspects of my life (not just project management, much can be applied in other areas!), and am so glad I took the time to give this book a chance. This book is well worth the read!
By reading a book such as this, following and applying the advice and tips gathered within, and utilizing the tools and valuable time spent to combine the real life experience with the charts and figures within the book, everyone in project management and even those just looking to understand what those involved in project management go through should give this book a shot. You will learn quite a bit from it and walk away with a broader understanding of what is involved in project management.
I really enjoyed reading this book, learned a lot that will stick with me and be useful in many aspects of my life (not just project management, much can be applied in other areas!), and am so glad I took the time to give this book a chance. This book is well worth the read!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you believe there is more to project management than initating and closing projects and that the true value of project management is understanding the drivers of business value and making sure that your team produces valuable products and services - then this is the book for you. Steven quite literally captures the formulas for project success and shares tips, tactics, and tools to enhance your team's effectiveness bringing products to market. Highly recommended!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Mr. Starke's book is an engaging narrative for project managers to help them articulate and deliver on the essential purpose and value of project management. For any project manager, this book should sit on the shelf next to the PMBOK. As the SVP for IT, I have recommended this book to every project manager (even those in IT) in my organization. Reading this book is time well spent, and applying the S.T.O.P. approach will help ensure your investments of capital and time are correctly focused.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic project/product management book!
I have to say; when I started this book I thought that it was going to be another lecture on how to effectively manage a project. You've read one, you've read them all. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Lori Harrington
5.0 out of 5 stars
Time well spent!
This is a great book... a wonderful "How to" guide on how to tackle and solve many of the common issue's associated with Project Management. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Tom Kap
