This text combines classic project management theory and similutaneous project management (SPM). It spells out the stages of SPM, and identifies informal methods that project managers use to delineate between people and concurrent task priorities.
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Managing complex, uncertain and quick projects,
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This review is from: Simultaneous Management: Managing Projects in a Dynamic Environment (Hardcover)
Simultaneous Management is the only book I know offering practical advice for people making decisions in complex, uncertain and quick situations. But don't expect prescriptions about what you "should" do. Instead the book offers 9 principles drawn from observing and working with top managers and illustrates their application with elegant stories from real life. Theory and practice in one package. The book rests on research in construction project management and is valuable in different ways for the both experienced and novice managers in any industry. The experienced manager will discover new ways to understand their experience; what worked and why. The novice will keep coming back as the principles provide a comprehensive basis for thinking about and making decisions. I particularly recommend the principles and stories for coping with uncertainty
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A Must Read for Today's Project Manager,
By Jim Wink (San Diego, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Simultaneous Management: Managing Projects in a Dynamic Environment (Hardcover)
This is not your typical project management book. Where others discuss the mechanics of project management, Dr. Laufer explores the art of successful project management.After years of study, Dr. Laufer has synthesized experiences of countless project managers and developed nine principles that that the most successful of them have in common. He then illustrates these principles with concise, interesting stories that will strike a chord with anyone who has managed complex projects. A critical insight into project leadership!
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How do you make a Project Manager?,
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This review is from: Simultaneous Management: Managing Projects in a Dynamic Environment (Hardcover)
I have now read two of Dr. Laufer's books as well as been fortunate to be a "story" author. Dr. Laufer's ability to gain the insight of Project Managers (PMs) in the private and government sector's by having them share their experiences via short, concise stories has allowed me to train many new and experienced PMs by availing them of experienced project managers learning's one at a time versus deluging them with reams of data. Dr. Laufer's style allows you to savour the project management experience one delicious bite at a time. Worthy reading for new and experienced project managers.
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critical planning assumptions, master project managers, multiorganizational teams, successful project leaders, decision matrix tool, effective project leader, contending demands, successful project teams, postpone planning, timing dilemma, project management handbook, multiple time horizons, successful project managers, downstream phases, uncertain tasks, redundant resources, preferred contractor, project speed, schedule engineer, planning accuracy, downstream people, project pace, parking apron, new project manager, project uncertainty Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The first principle of Simultaneous Management, Systematic and Integrative Planning, advocates a systematic, formal, and disciplined approach. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
critical planning assumptions, master project managers, multiorganizational teams, successful project leaders, decision matrix tool, effective project leader, contending demands, successful project teams, postpone planning, timing dilemma, project management handbook, multiple time horizons, successful project managers, downstream phases, uncertain tasks, redundant resources, preferred contractor, project speed, schedule engineer, planning accuracy, downstream people, project pace, parking apron, new project manager, project uncertainty Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Simultaneous Management, Timely Decisions Adjusted, United States, Critical Assumptions Matrix, Friends of the University, Group Tasks According New!
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- Project Management (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series) by Harvard Business Review on 5 pages
- The Reflective Practitioner, How Professionals Think in Action - 1984 publication on 4 pages
- Project Management: Strategic Design and Implementation by David I. Cleland on 4 pages
- Project Management Handbook by David I. Cleland on 4 pages
- Project Management: Strategic Design and Implementation by David Cleland on 4 pages
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- Project Management Success Stories: Lessons of Project Leadership by Alexander Laufer in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Managing Up: 59 Ways to Build a Career-Advancing Relationship with Your Boss by Michael S. Dobson on page 19, and Back Matter
- Effective Software Project Management (Wiley Desktop Editions) by Robert K. Wysocki in Back Matter
- Napoleon on Project Management: Timeless Lessons in Planning, Execution, and Leadership by Jerry Manas in Back Matter
- Concurrent Engineering in Construction Projects (Spon Research) by Chimay Anumba on page 28
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