No-Drama Project Management: Avoiding Predictable Problems for Project Success is a book for
project managers who want or need to be more effective. Having a project crash and burn is
never a great situation author Bart Gerardi explains but it's not a career buster-unless the
failure appears on the short list of recurring avoidable problems that can and will pop up
during any project. If your project fails due to a lack of planning for example expect a trip
to the woodshed. Why? Your unexpected problem was actually both predictable and avoidable. This
book is an exploration of the preventable problems that cause project failures and how to steer
clear of them. It includes far more than simple rookie mistakes like trying to please the wrong
stakeholder or misunderstanding your role on the team. Those who have been around the block a
few times will also find tips and insights that can help them reignite a stalled or meandering
career. The sections on managing change adroitly or handling truly unexpected challenges for
example can get veteran project managers back on track. There are plenty of books about the
science of project management that cover such things as creating a work-breakdown structure or
a Gantt chart. No-Drama Project Management is about the art of project management. It contains
methods and techniques-illustrated with stories from Gerardi's rich store of
experiences-that'll help project managers shine and become promotable. This book: Describes the
common obstacles that all projects face and how to defuse or avoid them Explains how project
managers can hold a mirror to their own performance and improve it Shows project managers how
to become masters at expecting the unexpected and thereby ratcheting up their success rates
