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Contact: Ericka Wilcox
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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
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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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