New Book by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez & LinkedIn Live on Monday
I am so excited to share that my dear friend and project management expert Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez has just released his "Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook: How to Launch, Lead, and Sponsor Successful Projects"! We will be going live Monday, November 1st at 11 am eastern to discuss the book, among other topics. We hope to see you all there!
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Until recently, projects and project management were far too often hidden, invisible, or simply underappreciated. But the Covid-19 pandemic brought one of the world’s largest-scale projects to date to light: the Covid-19 vaccine development and distribution. Project-based work is the engine that drives progress and gives work meaning. The trillions of funds that have been promised for the pandemic recovery, are millions of projects that will require millions of project managers and sponsors. In this decade, the world will see more projects than ever. Welcome to the Project Economy.
No matter what stage you have reached in your career, or which profession you work in, you will certainly have been involved in many projects – some of the successful, others less so. However, most of us have not received training in the methods and tools that are vital to project success.
This book's purpose is to fill that gap and provide you with an easy-to-apply book to help you and your organization succeed in the new project-driven economy. To fully harness project management methodologies and to live into the idea that projects can inspire positive change—it’s time for companies and leaders to break out of outdated structures and lean into a fresh, modern approach.
Order your copy today: https://www.amazon.com/Harvard-Business-Project-Management-Handbook/dp/1647821266
In the HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK: How to Launch, Lead, and Sponsor Successful Projects (Harvard Business Review Press; October 19, 2021; $29.99, Paperback) project management expert Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez presents an intuitive framework that will increase the likelihood of any project’s success. Nieto-Rodriguez has distilled the best research about project management from Harvard Business Review, and from his own career as a strategy and project practitioner, author, professor and advisor, into a concise handbook with advice and tools that will help individuals and organizations thrive in a project-driven world.
Despite this great outlook, the failure rate among projects remains high and business transformations continue to fall short. Imagine the benefits, both for organizations and society at large, if we could increase the current poor project success rate—the additional trillions of dollars and social, environmental, educational, and other benefits that would represent. And the impact could be almost immediate, which is one of the goals of this book.
Project management methods used today were designed for a world where operations were the primary focus and projects were a small fraction of an organization's activities. In the Project Economy, project-based work becomes the primary unit of work, while operations need less and fewer resources to be carried out. To deal with this new reality, most of the current project management methods, tools, and techniques needed to be reinvented.
Anyone can be an effective project manager and executive sponsor. To execute truly successful projects, there are specific skills, tools, and techniques that must be developed and honed. Nieto-Rodriguez helps bridge this gap with walking managers and executives through the Project Canvas—a simple and smart tool suitable for any project, whether agile, traditional, or hybrid. The Canvas features nine building blocks across three central domains:
1. FOUNDATION: Examining the purpose of the project, the investment that will go into it, and the expected benefits.
2. PEOPLE: Deciding on the sponsorship, who the stakeholders are, and what resources will be used.
3. CREATION: Seeing what the deliverables look like, what the plan for this project is, and what change might look like during and after the project.
Brimming with case studies, accessible tools, and proven methods, HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK is the first pragmatic, hands-on book for anyone looking to lead more successful projects and for executives who aspire to become better project sponsors. Projects can bring ideas to reality. By utilizing the Project Canvas, everyone is able transform the world through more inspiring projects.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Author of the Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook and four other books, Antonio is the creator of concepts such as the Project Economy and the Project Manifesto. His research and global impact in modern management have been recognized by Thinkers50. Former Chairman of the Project Management Institute, he is the founder of Projects&Co and co-founder of the Strategy Implementation Institute. He is a member of Marshall Goldsmith 100 coaches. Born in Madrid, Spain, and educated in Germany, Mexico, Italy, and the United States, Antonio is fluent in five languages. He has an MBA from London Business School. You can follow Antonio through his LinkedIn Newsletter - Lead Projects Successfully and website.