Follow the exact steps the experts have successfully taken to rescue a project from
failure. This informative and concise book will guide you step-by-step through an
effective intervention, allowing you to salvage more than you might think of a project's
deliverables and goals. Recognize the early warning signs of decline, then develop swift
strategies to handle communication and consensus, research, diagnosis, and timing. Proven
techniques, along with case studies and sidebars, help you understand exactly how to save
your project - and possibly your career.
Sanjiv Purba, PMP, (Mississauga, Ontario) is an IT executive with more than 15 years of
industry and consulting experience. He has written over 10 books and hundreds of articles
for such organizations as the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star.
Dr. Darren Dalcher (Middlesex, U.K.) is Professor of Software Project Management at
Middlesex. He leads the Software Forensics Centre, a specialised unit that focuses on
systems failures, software pathology and project failures.
Table of Contents
Part I: Troubled Projects
Chapter 1: Recognizing the Warning Signs
Chapter 2: Four-Phase Intervention Framework
Chapter 3: Rescue Deliverable Framework
Chapter 4: Early Detection Questions
Part II: Assessment
Chapter 5: Diagnosing the Situation
Chapter 6: Risk Management
Chapter 7: Assessment Questionnaire
Part III: Planning the Intervention
Chapter 8: Establishing a Management Control Office
Chapter 9: Defining the Project Rescue Approach
Chapter 10: Building a New Project or Rescue Plan
Part IV: Execute the Intervention
Chapter 11: Managing the Intervention
Chapter 12: Incremental Adjustment
Chapter 13: Execution Phase Questionnaire
Part V: Post-Intervention
Chapter 14: Forensic Project Review and Lessons Learned
Chapter 15: Realigning with Industry Best Practices
Chapter 16: Post-Intervention Intervention Questionnaire
Part VI: Intervention Techniques
Chapter 17: Conflict Management, Building Consensus, and Group Relationships
Chapter 18: Additional Tools
Chapter 19: Virtual Database of Experiences and Techniques