Project Rescue

SANJIV PURBA is Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting. He is also a successful author and columnist.

Follow the exact steps the experts have successfully taken to rescue a project from failure. This informative and concise book will guide you step-by-step through an effective intervention, allowing you to salvage more than you might think of a project's deliverables and goals. Recognize the early warning signs of decline, then develop swift strategies to handle communication and consensus, research, diagnosis, and timing. Proven techniques, along with case studies and sidebars, help you understand exactly how to save your project--and possibly your career.

This is a classic book about projects that are heading towards failure and the resulting behaviors of the project team. Our book focuses not only on the project team, but also in managing user expectations and stakeholders. This is critical for launching a successful intervention for a project rescue.

From the contents:Forward
Introduction
Part I: Troubled Projects
Chapter 1: Spotting the Warning Signs
Chapter 2: Four Phase Intervention Framework
Chapter 3: Rescue Deliverable Framework
Chapter 4: Basic Detection Questionnaire
Part II: Pre-Intervention
Chapter 5: Trouble Identification
Chapter 6: Research and Information Collection
Chapter 7: Diagnosing the Situation
Chapter 8: Building the Intervention Organization
Chapter 9: Pre-Intervention Questionnaire
Part III: Plan the Intervention
Chapter 10: Communication
Chapter 11: Defining a New Approach
Chapter 12: Defining a New Project Plan
Chapter 13: Plan the Intervention Questionnaire
Part IV: Execute the Intervention
Chapter 14: Managing the Process
Chapter 15: Incremental Adjustment
Chapter 16: Execute the Intervention Questionnaire
Part V: Post-Intervention
Chapter 17: Learn and Repeat
Chapter 18: Returning to Standard Project Management Principles
Chapter 19: Post-Intervention Intervention Questionnaire Part VI: Intervention Techniques
Chapter 20: Building Cooperation
Chapter 21: Measuring Quality
Chapter 22: Conflict Management
Part VII: Case Studies
Chapter 23: Online Portal Project
Chapter 24: Financial Project
Chapter 25: Application Development
Appendices
Bibliography
Project Rescue:
Avoiding a Project Management Disaster