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Rescue the Problem Project
A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure

Author: Todd C. Williams, PMP
Pub Date: March 2011
Print Edition: $32.95
Print ISBN: 9780814416822
Page Count: 304
Format: Hardback
e-Book ISBN: 9780814416839
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements xv
Foreword by Tom Kendrick xvii
Introduction xix
PART I Understanding the Process and Realizing
a Problem Exists 1
1 The Basics of the Recovery Process 3
2 Management’s Responsibility in
PART II Auditing the Project: Understanding the Issues 31
3 Assessing the Human Role in Project Failure 33
4 Auditing Scope on a Red Project 49
5 Determining Timeline Constraints 63
6 Examining Technology’s Effect on the Project 73
PART III Analyzing the Data: Planning for Project Recovery 81
7 Determining and Initiating Remedial Action 83
8 Building an Extended Project Team 93
9 Considering Options for Realigning Technology 109
10 Assessing How Methodology Affects the Project 119
11 How Agile Methodology Can Assist in a Recovery 131
12 How Critical Chain Methodology Can Assist in a Recovery 157
13 Comparing the Relative Value of Methodologies
PART IV Negotiating a Solution: Proposing Workable Resolutions 183
14 Proposing and Getting Agreement on a Recovery Plan 185
15 Dealing with “Unprojects” 205
PART V Executing the New Plan: Implementing the Solutions 213
16 Implementing Corrective Actions and Executing the Plan 215
PART VI Doing It Right the First Time: Avoiding Problems
That Lead to Red Projects 221
17 Properly Defining a Project’s Initiation 223
18 Assembling the Right Team 231
19 Properly Dealing with Risk 239
20 Implementing Effective Change Management 253
Appendix: Files on the Rescue the Problem Project Web Site 263
Endnotes 265
Recommended Reading 267
Index 269
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