eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles, and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility [Hardcover]

Todays new breed, eXtreme projects are different. They feature high speed, high change, high complexity, high risk, and high stress.? While traditional projects follow the classic model of ready, aim, fire, eXtreme project managers succeed by shooting the gun and then redirecting the bullet while not loosing sight of their moving target.?eXtreme Project Management provides a practical guide for leaders working under high risk and high pressure while producing the desired bottom-line results.? Based on Doug DeCarlos extensive experience in working with more than 250 project teams, his eXtreme project management model is built around an integrated set of principles, values, skills, tools, and practices proven to consistently work under conditions of rapid change and uncertainty.?eXtreme project management is based on the premise that you dont manage the unknown the same way you manage the known.? Its a people-centric approach to high performance that makes quality of life a fundamental part of the project venture.

Foreword by James P. Lewis xv

Preface: Out of the Darkness xix

Acknowledgments xxix

The Author xxxiii

Introduction: Into the Light 1

How eXtreme Projects Are Different 4

Ready, Fire, Aim 6

How eXtreme Project Management Is Different 7

Changing the Paradigm 9

Part One: The New Reality 13

1 Developing a Quantum Mind-Set for an eXtreme Reality 15

Is There a Method to Your Madness? 17

Linear Lunacy 18

Newtonian Neurosis and the eXtreme Project Manager 19

Self-Diagnostic Tool 21

Do You Walk Your Talk? 24

Its Jazz, Not Classical Music 24

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