Why do carefully planned projects fail? Projects are affected, for good or ill, by the humans who undertake them. If the plan fails to take account of the psychology of managing people and the psychology of managing change there may be trouble ahead. Sharon De Mascia's "Project Psychology" uses human behaviour and emerging psychological models to provide an insight into the successful management of people in projects. By selecting the right team, facilitating a common vision and by gaining a psychological understanding of how the team and the project stakeholders interact together, a project manager improves the chance of a successful outcome. Whether you are looking to set up and manage a new project or working to develop the competence and maturity of your organization's project management capability, "Project Psychology" will provide you with insights and tools for making sense of the people involved and for managing them to best effect.
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This book addresses a gap in the Project Management literature - how people and their behaviours contribute to project failure, and shows the reader how psychology can improve the chances of project success....I would not have thought of buying this book, but am glad I have read it. It gave me several "A ha!" moments (of understanding), which I am sure others would have, too. It offers a good balance between psychological theory, and practical techniques to improve project results. Project Psychology is recommended for all project managers seeking to improve their people skills. ----- Ken Burrell PMP for Arras People
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Sharon De Mascia is a Chartered Business Psychologist and a HR/HRD professional. She has extensive project management experience and is Prince2 qualified as well as being an experienced coach. Sharon has 20 years experience of delivering change management and other organisational initiatives across both public and private sectors. In the past she has worked with: Dorset Training and Enterprise Council, the NHS, Tyneside Training and Enterprise Council, The Employment Service, The Highways Agency, The Co operative Insurance Society, The Vita Group, and Mendas. Sharon is an assessor for the British Psychological Society and the Health Professions Council, and an examiner for the International Baccalaureate in Psychology. She is also the Director of 'Cognoscenti', a business psychology consultancy. www.cognoscenti.uk.com.
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In a welcome book, Sharon de Mascia mediates a wide reservoir of psychological research for the task of improving project success. As she argues in the introduction, our current knowledge on the factors that enable project success is inadequate, but it is well understood that the human factor is key -- and generally underprioritised in project management training.
The book applies a series of well-known techniques, such as MBTI, situational leadership and coaching, to project management. None of this is new material: de Mascia cites freely and accurately so that project leaders who wish to go deeper in a particular area can go straight to the source. What is unique here, though, is that a full suite of evidenced approaches is drawn together to enable project leadership.
This is a welcome move away from some of the more sterile project management approaches, such as the OGC's PRINCE 2 methodology, which emphasise process and governance but take little account of motivation, behaviour and team management.
At 201 pages, this book is inevitably brief. It provides a good, clear overview for each of the topics it addresses. The summary, at the book's close, acknowledges that Project Psychology will be no more than a beginning for many project leaders. It helpfully points the way both to practical development and further reading.
Strongly recommended for project managers wishing to develop into project leaders, and for people with existing leadership skills wishing to deploy them in larger projects.
The book applies a series of well-known techniques, such as MBTI, situational leadership and coaching, to project management. None of this is new material: de Mascia cites freely and accurately so that project leaders who wish to go deeper in a particular area can go straight to the source. What is unique here, though, is that a full suite of evidenced approaches is drawn together to enable project leadership.
This is a welcome move away from some of the more sterile project management approaches, such as the OGC's PRINCE 2 methodology, which emphasise process and governance but take little account of motivation, behaviour and team management.
At 201 pages, this book is inevitably brief. It provides a good, clear overview for each of the topics it addresses. The summary, at the book's close, acknowledges that Project Psychology will be no more than a beginning for many project leaders. It helpfully points the way both to practical development and further reading.
Strongly recommended for project managers wishing to develop into project leaders, and for people with existing leadership skills wishing to deploy them in larger projects.
By Martin
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I went hrough this book in only two days. It covers all aspects of people and organizational management to deal with in project world, backed by studies and focussed on key and relevant activities. Reading this book will make you a better project manager!
By A. Allan
Format:Hardcover
Every year organisations throw trillions of dollars at projects - the majority of them IT based - only to have somewhere between 40 and 70 per cent of them fail due to human factors. A Google search for Human Resources in project management turns up over two million hits, but in the first hundred, less than a handful actually relate to the impact of human behaviour on projects. And much of this small selection merely applies a few management theories to project teams. So it would seem this book is urgently needed and long overdue.
The book covers the essential psychological theory needed to manage the human aspects of project work successfully and considers a wide range of issues including the challenges of multi-site and remote working, how Positive Psychology can be used to build winning teams and the cross-cultural issues likely to impact multi-national projects. In many ways it is best approached not as a stand-alone volume, but an essential appendix to any technical project management manual.
One of the books biggest strengths is the straightforward language which neatly summarises a wealth of knowledge so that it can both act as an introduction for those unfamiliar with psychology or an "aide memoire" for those with considerable knowledge in this area. Insightful questions throughout the book enable both types of reader to focus on the psychological essentials for successful projects.
Writing a book which is likely to appeal to both HR Specialists and technically trained Project Managers is a skill in itself and De Mascia is to be congratulated on her achievement. Much of what she covers is also likely to be of interest to HR and MD specialists operating in more traditional team development settings.
The book covers the essential psychological theory needed to manage the human aspects of project work successfully and considers a wide range of issues including the challenges of multi-site and remote working, how Positive Psychology can be used to build winning teams and the cross-cultural issues likely to impact multi-national projects. In many ways it is best approached not as a stand-alone volume, but an essential appendix to any technical project management manual.
One of the books biggest strengths is the straightforward language which neatly summarises a wealth of knowledge so that it can both act as an introduction for those unfamiliar with psychology or an "aide memoire" for those with considerable knowledge in this area. Insightful questions throughout the book enable both types of reader to focus on the psychological essentials for successful projects.
Writing a book which is likely to appeal to both HR Specialists and technically trained Project Managers is a skill in itself and De Mascia is to be congratulated on her achievement. Much of what she covers is also likely to be of interest to HR and MD specialists operating in more traditional team development settings.
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Think People or Fail (Probably)!
This is a well rounded and very accessible introduction to a critical area in project management: The people dimension and how psychological models and tools can be used to improve... Read more
Published 14 months ago by DR D
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People at the heart of successful Projects
A much needed book that takes us away from the processes and procedures of project management, and brings us to the heart of things.
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