The Project Success Method A Proven Approach for Achieving Superior Project Performance in as Little as 5 Days

by Padgett, Clinton M.

• ISBN13: 9780470455838
• ISBN10: 0470455837
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-15
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The Project Success Method is a unique, proven and fire-tested methodology which allows companies, groups or managers to learn and develop consistency in the way they plan, schedule, manage, control and close out projects on time, per spec and within budget-- in as little as 5 days.Over the last 25 years, the methodology has been used around the world by manufacturers of heavy equipment, electronics, aircraft components, paper products, beverages, electric and gas utilities, hotel and restaurant chains, and companies in the financial services, telecommunications, real estate, entertainment, and transportation industries. The Project Success Method has proven effective in a vast array of project applications, including new product development and introduction, IT systems development and implementation, process improvement initiatives, marketing programs, engineering and architectural design, construction and renovation, facility relocations and startups, mergers and acquisitions, major industrial maintenance and special events.

Author Biography

The author, Clinton (Clint) M. Padgett, President and CEO of Atlanta-based consultancy Project Success, Inc. has provided consulting, training and account management to clients in a wide range of industries, such as: manufacturing, food/beverage, electric utility, and technology. His project experience covers many traditional and special applications, including: product development, equipment installation/startup, facility construction/relocations, marketing, software/hardware system implementation and international sporting events.

Clint uses case studies to identify and explain the core elements of this successful methodology, and provides the missing links between strategy and implementation.

Clint is a graduate of The Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface The Power of Project Success

The Easier Way

Master the Method

Shift the Worry Curve

Build a Real Project Team

Charter for Clarity, Consensus, and Commitment

Break It Down and Divvy It Up

Network for Success

Try to Be Normal

Figure Out What's Critical

Compress for Profit

Monitor, Correct, and Update

Build a System for Project Success

Overcome the Objections

Apply the Power of Project Success

Developing Operating Procedures for Projects Involving

Multiple Organizations Using a Linear Responsibility Chart

Generalized Precedence Diagramming

Schedule Calculations

Anticipating and Resolving Resource Overloads

How to Organize Project Budgets

Why Track Actual Costs and Resource Usage?

The Project Management Office

Case Studies

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