Mark Phillips (editor) - The Practitioners Handbook of Project Performance: Agile, Waterfall and Beyond

The Practitioners Handbook of Project Performance

Practitioners operate in a necessary reality. We work in a space where project performance is above theory or methodology. In the best environments, delivery and an affirmative culture are what matter most. In the worst, it is politics and survival. In any environment, we are challenged to adopt best practices and adapt our style to the environment in which the project is occurring. This is a book about those best practices and practitioner experiences. It is a must-have reference and guidebook for project managers, general managers, business leaders and project management researchers.

This book is the result of the hard work and dedication of more than 35 authors from more than 15 countries across four continents. It brings a diversity of experience, professional and personal. It includes practitioners, leading academics, renowned theorists and many who straddle those roles. The chapters cover experiences in software, large-scale infrastructure projects, finance and health care, to name a few. The chapters themselves take many forms. Check out the Table of Contents to get a deeper sense of the topics included. All provide real-world guidance on delivering high-performing projects and show you how to build, lead and manage high-performing teams.

The Practitioners Handbook of Project Performance is complete in itself. It can also be an enticing start to an ongoing dialogue with the authors and a pleasurable path to get deeper into the subject of project performance. Find your favorite place to begin learning from these chapters, to begin taking notes and taking away nuggets to use in your everyday. But dont stop there. Contact information and further resources for this diverse team of experts are found throughout. The Practitioners Handbook is a modern guide to the leading edge of project performance management and a path to the future of project delivery.

Mark Phillips is an accomplished business leader and innovator through a range of business cycles. His experiences include start-ups, cutting-edge defense projects and senior leadership in the automotive sector. The author of Reinventing Communication , he has presented to thousands of people globally on project performance.

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The Practitioners Handbook of Project Performance

Agile, Waterfall and Beyond

Edited by Mark Phillips

First published 2020

by Routledge

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Names: Phillips, Mark, 1960- editor.

Title: The practitioners handbook of project performance: agile, waterfall and beyond/edited by Mark Phillips.

Description: 1. Edition. | New York: Routledge, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |

Identifiers: LCCN 2019026302 (print) | LCCN 2019026303 (ebook) | ISBN 9781138288225 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315268040 (ebook)Subjects: LCSH: Project management. | Leadership.

Classification: LCC HD69.P75 P6578 2019 (print) | LCC HD69.P75 (ebook) | DDC 658.4/04dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019026302

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019026303

ISBN: 978-1-138-28822-5 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-26804-0 (ebk)

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Contents

A. Geoffery Crane

Steve Berczuk

Susanne Madsen

Andreas G.M. Nachbagauer and Iris Schirl-Boeck

Andrew Kallman, Jeff Kissinger and Ted Kallman

Jamal Moustafaev

Ann Pilkington

Stephen Duffield

Glen B. Alleman, Tom Coonce and Rick Price

Glen B. Alleman, Tom Coonce and Rick Price

Robert Van de Velde

Kristine A. Hayes Munson

Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton

Jim Young

Jim Young

Marisa Silva

Azadeh Rezvani and Pouria Khosravi

Maude Brunet, Jean-Sbastien Marchand and Mylaine Breton

Leonie Koops, Marian Bosch-Rekveldt, Hans Bakker and Marcel Hertogh

Gran Brulin and Lennart Svensson

Tiago Cardoso

Louis Klein

Alejandro Arroyo Welbers and Thomas Grisham

Anthony Phillips

Allan Kelly