Preface

I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PROJECTS for about twenty years. Starting as a project team member, I have made the transition through being a project manager of various hues, to running teams of project managers, finally to being a project customer and a sponsor. It has had its ups and downs – but overall it has been great fun. I enjoy tremendously the challenge of complex delivery.

As part of this fun I have been responsible for work to improve various organisations’ delivery and implementation skills. Doing this I have recruited and built teams, set up and arranged training, read and shared the contents of lots of books, and sought outside consultants to help. I have seen project managers gradually become more accredited with industry-recognised ...

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