Project Workout : A Toolkit for Reaping the Rewards of All Your Business Projects [Second Edition with CD] [Paperback]

"Robert Buttrick's book is an invaluable, lucid and practical guide to a crucial area of management, which has been crying out for the treatment it receives in these pages"

Robert Heller

 Projects are an important strategic management tool and a way of life for every business person. But how do you get started and ensure a successful outcome? This book takes the reader step by step through project management, acting as a companion and guide to ultimate project success. The book provides:

• a practical, hands-on, diagnostic guide
• offers help at every stage from building a team right up to reaping the rewards
• new edition will be redesigned both inside and out
• includes a CD for interactive work
• shows how to measure critical factors & diagnose the difficulties of implementation
• demonstrates how to analyse both the project as a single entity and the complexities of simultaneous projects
• shows how to assess resource strategy and management, analyse one's understanding of the business culture and improve project tracking

 

 

If the world of projects and programs confuses you, read on!
This book is about driving change in your organisation by selecting the RIGHT projects and managing them in the RIGHT way. My approach is to keep things simple, stick to some basic principles and minimise the "rules". In this way, the liklihood of success is increased dramatically and you, as an executive, will have to freedom to direct and manage.

I am not a consultant. I am not an academic. I work within one of the most challenging and high growth industries in the world - telemedia. Everything in the book I have put into practice, the methods work and are proving resilient.I live with the results of my own advice every day!

The approaches I introduce you to in the book are applicable to any industry. I have used them in banks, construction, manufacturing, retail finance, industrials and in the public sector.

Crucially, this book not only tells you about managing or directing a single project but also how to deal with the hundreds of projects that many organisations have. That is NEW and very few companies can honestly say they can handle this. We can usually afford a few projects to fail but, as organisations, it's how we choose and manage our complete portfolio of projects that makes the difference.

In the Foreward to the book Robert Heller, one of the UK's leading business gurus says this "book is an invaluable, lucid and practical guide to a crucial area of management which has been crying out for the treatment it receives in these pages. The companies and managers who best master the methods and maxims in this book will not only achieve their specific objectives, they will win the whole game."

I hope you enjoy the book and that it will indeed help you win "the whole game".

“Robert Buttrick's book is an invaluable, lucid and practical guide to a crucial area of management, which has been crying out for the treatment it receives in these pages"
Robert Heller
“The Project Workout introduces ways of thinking and working which deal with uncertainty and risk by providing a practical, top to bottom guide to making business-led project management work for you and your organization.”
Peter Ellwood, Chairman, Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
“This book is all about the hard business issues of increasing customer satisfaction, creating a happier workforce and ultimately increasing profits. I commend it to all leaders who lie awake at night struggling with these issues.”
Greg Clarke, Chief Executive, Lend Lease Group
"The Project Workout is an important book, taking a lead role in growing a new generation of professional project managers."
Oded Cohen, The Goldratt Institute.
“One of the best introductions to managing behavior and dealing with culture in organizations I've seen in a long time, and the lessons it delivers offer insights for veteran HRIS professionals and managers as well as first-time project leaders.”
Robert H. Stambaugh, President, Kapa’a Associates, USA
“An essential read for all project professionals who are looking for practical support and advice.”
Dr Christopher Worsley, Chief Executive, CITI Limited
The Project Workout is a valuable executive companion which shows you how to drive your business forward by using benefit-led project and program management effectively.
Supported by its online resource, this book shows you how to-
improve project tracking and delivery
manage a portfolio of projects successfully
measure critical success factors in any project
diagnose and address any implementation challenges
master a staged framework for managing successful projects
develop the 'soft' and 'hard' skills of the project sponsor and manager. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Robert Buttrick currently works for Cable & Wireless as well as providing independent consulting advice on programme and project management. He is a frequent contributor to conferences. He also writes articles, including a series in Project Manager Today. Robert is a chartered engineer, Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Member of the Association of MBAs. He retains links with his former Business School, Henley Management College.