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Setting Goals and Expectations
 Setting Goals and Expectations
Successful projects need not be elusive. Simple, practical, and tangible techniques yield excellent and repeatable results. This book not only presents the tricks and tools that make projects successful, it shows you how to execute them. Examine techniques for gathering and understanding clients' and stakeholders' objectives. Learn how to present your project to senior managers, how to cost-justify your projects, and handle disagreements among stakeholders. Then see how to gather support for your projects and align all stakeholders behind you. You and your organization will know what to expect before committing major resources and time.
* Align projects with organizational objectives
* Write solid project requirements
* Cost-justify projects
* Gain stakeholder buy-in and commitment
Key Concepts and Tools
- How to write a project charter
- Talking the language of executive management
- All project requirements must map up to and support organizational objectives
- Requirements must balance client's goals with the performing organization's goals
- Simple cost-benefit justification simplifies stakeholder buy-in
- Where to find sources for project requirements
Key Quotes
Understanding why a project exists must be a criterion to determine
if the project was successful.
If goals are omitted [in the beginning] they become changes later.
What is obvious to you is an assumption to everyone else.
About the Author
Michael B. Bender, PMP, is founder and CEO of Ally Business Developers, a consortium of world-class business, organizational, and professional development experts. Bender’s project/program management experience spans 30 years and several continents. He has applied his technical, leadership, and managerial skills to projects including the Hubble Space Telescope; NEXRAD (Next Generation Weather Radar); and air traffic control systems for the United States, UK, and Taiwan. A frequent speaker for the DePaul University’s business and MBA programs and recently completed a study of best practices in multi-project management.
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- ISBN-10: 1-58939-581-6
- ISBN-13: 9781589395817
- Format: Soft cover, 178pp
- Publisher: Virtual Book Worm Publishing
- Pub. Date: 2004
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