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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Contact: Ericka Wilcox
Phone: 408-257-3000
E-Mail: ericka.wilcox@happyabout.info
Announcing the release of “Scrappy
Project Management: The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls
Every Project Faces” by Kimberly Wiefling
Cupertino, CA (PRWEB) October 9, 2007 – “
Scrappy Project Management: The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls
Every Project Faces” gets down to the real nuts and
bolts of project management. Structured around “the dirty
dozen” of project “worst practices”, this book
is about what REALLY happens in the project environment, how to
survive it, and how to make sure that your team avoids the predictable
and avoidable pitfalls every project faces.
The converse of the dirty dozen are twelve
“best practices” for project management that have
been proven to help leaders steer their teams clear of avoidable
disasters, and as much as double the chances of project success.
"Put this spine on your bookshelf,
or in your survival kit,” said Michele Jackman, Michele
Jackman Enterprises and Adventures, co-author of Star Teams, Players.
“This is THE resource for the power starved PMs who need
to learn how to street fight for resources, deal with customer
insanity, and dodge the falling rocks as you stay on top of everything.
A fighting spirit and a confident strategy is the RETURN ON THIS
INVESTMENT."
Project management is not for the faint
of heart. Many projects start in the deep recesses of some corporate
hallway, and the project manager only hears about them long after
they are well underway. Even when a project is carefully planned
and properly kicked off, the plan changes before the ink is dry
on the schedule. Tact and diplomacy only get you so far in the
wild and whacky world of project work. A combination of outrageous
creativity, sheer bravado and nerves of steel will serve you far
better than any fancy-schmancy Microsoft Project Ghantt chart!
The book is available from Amazon
and Happy
About.
Key stats on “Scrappy
Project Management: The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls
Every Project Faces”
About the Author
Kimberly Wiefling is the founder of Wiefling Consulting, LLC,
a scrappy enterprise enabling individuals, teams and organizations
to achieve results that seem out of reach or nearly impossible
through leadership and project management excellence. A physicist
by education, she spent 10 years at HP in technical leadership
and project management roles, then 5 years in the wild and crazy
world of Silicon Valley start-ups before leading one to a glorious
defeat during the dotcom bust of 2001. Vigorously scrappy, she
reemerged, consulting on leadership and project management worldwide
- from Armenia, to Tokyo, to the Silicon Valley. Kimberly is the
executive editor of The Scrappy Guides™, a regular contributor
to the "Project Connections" newsletter, (70,000+ subscribers
weekly), and her radio show, "The Scrappy Dialogues™",
airs occasionally on www.wiefling.com, and she is the lead blogger
at
www.SVProjectManagement.net . "Scrappy Project Management
is a trademark of Kimberly Wiefling."
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Press Copies
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