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MICHAEL SINGER DOBSON is an internationally known project management consultant, author, and lecturer. He's the author of 20 books on various aspects of project management, office politics, organizational dynamics, and personal growth. A popular seminar leader and keynote speaker, Dobson brings a practical real-world background, good humor, and a dynamic personal style to make his topics come alive. His book Enlightened Office Politics (with Deborah Dobson) was named one of Library Journal's Top 100 Business Books for 2001. His simulation game BATTLESYSTEM won the H. G. Wells Award.Michael's client list has included the U.S. Navy's nuclear program, Calvin Klein Cosmetics, Union Carbide, NASA, GSA Public Building Service, and Australian State Rail. He recently authored the "Decision-Making" chapter for a NASA-sponsored textbook on systems engineering. He's given well over a thousand seminars on three continents. Michael is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute.
Acknowledgments | p. v |
Why Do 70 Percent of Projects Fail? | p. 1 |
What We Know and What We Think | p. 23 |
The Most Dangerous Word Is a Premature Yes | p. 47 |
Good Enough, Barely Adequate, Failure | p. 75 |
When the Project Appears Impossible | p. 99 |
Knowns and Unknowns: The Risk Factor | p. 130 |
Project: Intelligence | p. 155 |
It Takes a Village to Wreck a Project | p. 171 |
Framing Change | p. 194 |
Salvaging Project Value | p. 213 |
Questions for the Creative Project Manager | p. 227 |
Cognitive Biases | p. 233 |
Bibliography | p. 247 |
Index | p. 251 |
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