KEY LESSONS TO LEARN

A project professional is something like the driver of a car, its windshield spattered with an opaque layer of mud, who is trying to negotiate the vehicle down a steep, twisting road filled with potholes and littered with broken shards of glass, boulders, and patches of treacherous ice. It is a hazardous undertaking.

This book can be viewed as a travel guide written to help project managers negotiate their difficult journey. It is in part a road map, designed to guide project professionals over the twists and turns of the contorted course. A special feature of this road map is that it points out the more salient obstacles that project professionals are likely to encounter on the way. It is also a repair guide, giving project ...

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