{"product_id":"9781948580700","title":"The Lost Art of Planning Projects","description":"\u003cb\u003eAppropriate planning of a project is the hallmark of a professional project manager. Good planning is what sets apart great projects from accidents.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurposeful planning is what ensures that the executive actions undertaken remain connected to the goals and outcomes expected by the stakeholders. There is no single approach to planning a project, but neither is project planning a free-for-all. This book takes you through many of the common planning situations you will meet, addressing how planning decisions alter depending on the project context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt also discusses how resource-constrained planning differs from end-date schedule planning. The authors look at what is different between cost-constrained plans and time boxing and they discuss why you must plan when using Agile, and how to plan for innovation, as well as planning when managing a project portfolio, and what planning means in a program. To tell this story, we have distilled over seventy years of our combined personal experience of supporting project managers deliver, and thousands of person-years of others’ practical knowledge to illustrate tools, models, and approaches that suggest what to do in what circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlso available are supplementary materials and tools, on a website associated with the book, which we hope you find useful when you plan your next project!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Business Expert Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48078501839089,"sku":"9781948580700","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781948580700_p0.jpg?v=1776972544","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781948580700","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}