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Neal Whitten's Let's Talk: More No-Nonsense Advice for Project Success

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Neal Whitten

Neal Whitten’s Let’s Talk! More No-Nonsense Advice for Project Success focuses on best project behaviors, by answering more than 700 insightful, personal, and sometimes sensitive questions on a broad range of topics from leadership, communication, and culture, to accountability, ethics, and conflict resolution. Following on the heels of Neal Whitten’s No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects, this book offers more of the no-nonsense advice that has helped countless leaders and projects. This book is for those who aspire to become consistently effective leaders, project members, or employees and therefore become more valuable to their projects and organizations.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: The Project Stakeholders

The Project Manager
The Boss/Resource Manager
The Project Sponsor
The Business Analyst
the Project Analyst
The Client
Contractors
Vendors

Part Two: The People Side

Accountability, Dependencies, and Commitments
Leadership Styles, Attributes, and Behaviors
Sharing Power
Interpersonal Communications
Resolving Conflict through Escalations
Meetings
Celebrations
Overtime Work
Mentoring
Ethics and Integrity
Telecommuting/Working from Home
Awards and Recognition
Personal Development, Job, and Career
Promoting Change in Your Organization
Mergers and Acquisitions

Part Three: The Project Side

The Project Management Institute (PMI) and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)
Methodologies and Processes
Project Management Organization (PMO)
Project Culture
Project Plans, Schedules, and Budgets
Project Tracking
Scope Change Control
Quality
Post-Project Reviews
Surveys of Client Satisfaction