The one primer you need to launch lead and sponsor successful projects. We're now living in
the project economy. The number of projects initiated in all sectors has skyrocketed and
project management skills have become essential for every leader and manager. Still project
failure rates remain extremely high. Why? Leaders oversee too many projects and have too little
visibility into them. Project managers struggle to translate their hands-on technical
knowledge up to senior management. The result? Worthy projects are starved of time and
resources and fail to deliver benefits while too much investment goes into the wrong projects.
To compete in the project economy you need to close this gap. The HBR Project Management
Handbook shows you how. In this comprehensive guide project management expert Antonio
Nieto-Rodriguez presents a new and simple framework that will increase any project's likelihood
of success. Packed with case studies from many industries worldwide it will teach you how to
manage your organization's projects strategic programs and agile initiatives more effectively
and push the best ones ahead to completion. Timeless yet forward-looking this book will help
you win in the project-driven world. In the HBR Project Management Handbook you'll find:
Everything you need to know about project management in practical nontechnical language A
definitive taxonomy of project types from product launches to digital transformations to
megaprojects A road map for becoming an effective project leader and executive sponsor A new
simple and universal project framework the Project Canvas that breaks down any project into
essential building blocks that can be easily understood by all project stakeholders Original
concepts and exclusive case studies from public- and private-sector organizations worldwide
You'll learn: A common language for project managers and executives to run successful projects
across your organization When to use agile traditional or hybrid methods in your projects The
twelve principles of successful projects including purpose agility and a focus on outcomes
Techniques for selecting and advancing the best projects and managing a strategic and balanced
project portfolio How today's projects will help address some of the most pressing global
trends including automation sustainability diversity and crisis management Why project
management needed to be reinvented and what the future holds HBR Handbooks provide ambitious
professionals with the frameworks advice and tools they need to excel in their careers. With
step-by-step guidance time-honed best practices and real-life stories each comprehensive
volume helps you to stand out from the pack whatever your role.
