 | and case studies drawn from the extensive experience of seasoned practitioners, Laufer's book provides plenty of substantial information to those seeking how-to advice. But the unique power of the book is in its effort to embrace, and to some extent accommodate, the paradoxical nature of management."
Richard Farson, author,Management of the Absurd |
| "Dr. Laufer's book, Simultaneous Management, exhibits the same depth of thought and creativity typified by all his professional activities. As a master educator, he is articulate and absorbing. Using seemingly simple stories, he explains his nine commonsense principles of project management in an intelligent, lucid, and exciting manner. His pragmatic treatment of uncertainty is both stimulating and insightful."
Richard L. Tucker, Director and Professor, Construction Industry Institute, The University of Texas at Austin |
| "At last, a clear description of how to manage in the real world. I immediately recognized the styles and characteristics of most of the successful managers I have known through the years, and to find these principles so well explained was indeed a pleasure."
Paul Gates, Rear Admiral, Civil Engineering Corp., United States Navy, retired |
| "Offers a new look at project management different from anything I've seen before. In keeping with the simultaneous theme in its title, the book is both extremely well researched and full of fresh new insights on project management. But what I like best of all are the stories, from every corner of project and life experience, each ideally placed to illustrate a different guiding principle of project management. If you are serious about project management, you'll want this book."
Owen C. Gadeken, Professor of Engineering Management, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia |
| "A quantum move forward in the direction of managing complex programs. We have all known managers who, in spite of insufficient time and information, consistently manage to 'put it all together.' Laufer has gotten out among the best to show us how they do it."
Theodore Kratt, Vice President & Division Manager, J. A. Jones Construction |
| | "Finally, a book on management principles that puts actual practices into an acceptable perspective. Laufer's discussion on decoupling uncertain tasks from those that are more stable directly relates to my work. My overall plans are much more stable since I adopted his |
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