Contents 1. Why you need to be organised to be creative 2. Prioritise work that is ‘important but not urgent’ 3. Ring-fence your most creative time 4. Avoid the ‘Sisyphus effect’ of endless to-do lists 5. Get things done by putting them off till tomorrow 6. Get things off your mind 7. Review your commitments 8. Resources to help you get things done 9. If you found this e-book helpful... 10. The author and publisher
Process Management: Why Project Management Fails in Complex Decision Making Processes
What is it that makes a manager or a politician a successful decision maker? Our first inclination would be to say decisiveness and substance. Many managers who met those criteria, however, had to abandon the field in the past several years. The authors of Process Management regard a manager as successful if he pays much attention to the process aspects of change.
This handbook is based on the premise that the multi-functional disciplines inherent to both Government and industry acquisition agencies are integral parts of program management and must be fully integrated to ensure successful Integrated Project Management of DoD programs. This handbook examines the interrelationships, synergism, and dependencies of the various project management activities leading to contract award and initial program execution.
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Project management strategies for meeting Six Sigma project goals--on time and on budget. The Six Sigma Project Planner shows Six Sigma Black Belts and Green Belts how to use project management tools to complete Six Sigma improvements on time and on budget. The Planner provides dozens of reproducible project management tools for following the proven Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve- Control (DMAIC) process improvement format.
