186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
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Despite the increasing proliferation of project management frameworks and best practices, the failure rate of complex projects remains extraordinarily high. This book examines how organisations systematically undermine the projects they commission and why traditional approaches to project management are failing managers.
The author argues that project managers need to challenge and overcome the... Read more
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Death of Autonomous Projects
2. Managing the Schedule versus Managing the Project
3. Projects and the Simulacrum of Power
4. Rewriting the Narrative of Project Management
5. Project Risk and the Illusion of Control
6. Project Management Is a Language Game
7. Summary of Arguments
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Bradley Rolfe was a project, programme, and portfolio manager in the Australian ICT industry for over 30 years. He has an MBA and a PhD in Project Management from Macquarie University, Australia, and has lectured in project management for the Sydney University Business School.
