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a Adrian has produced a guide that deals with the realities of project management. He addresses the key issues that cannot be controlled by rules and procedures, including the interaction between people, the relevance of organisational structures and the importance of stakeholders. He uses practical experience to guide us through the management of the full project lifecycle from a supplier and owner organisations view. This helps the reader understand the challenges of their counterpart. This is a wide-ranging and practical guide.a (TM) Steve Pears, Managing Director, telent Technology Services Limited a Much has been written about project management over the last ten to twenty years. Around the world well developed project management Bodies of Knowledge (and methodologies) have developed. One area that is ignored by Bodies of Knowledge is the conflict between the owner organisation and the contracting organisation. These two parties have much in common. They both want a successful project but they measure success in different ways. One wants to maximise profit, while the other wants to maximise the benefit derived from the output. This creates conflict and tension in the project. This book is about how to manage the tension to generate creative solutions for the benefits so both parties get what they want.a (TM) Paul Naybour, Parallel Project Training, UK a Although private supplier organizations have always existed, they havena (TM)t always been as keen to share their secrets and hidden ways, as their publicly funded customers. This book really opens up the differences in approach between supplier organizations and owner organizations and serves as a solid foundation for both areas. Dealing with the uncertainty of facts and circumstances is a common theme throughout and we are shown some important ways of addressing our own over-confidence and assumptions. What is great about this book is that the author has an entertaining and light-hearted approach of simplifying some complex concepts. He shares important methods and models as well as his own secrets.a (TM) Neil Murdy, ABB Global Process Template Owner - Projects a This is a precious addition to the project management literature. The beauty of this book is that it encompasses a theoretical framework of project management with its profession and practice. This contribution also embraces and covers in good depth the APM body of knowledge. Adriana (TM)s book is essential reading for academics, practitioners and project-based businesses.a (TM) Taha Elhag, University College London, UK

’Adrian has produced a guide that deals with the realities of project management. He addresses the key issues that cannot be controlled by rules and procedures, including the interaction between people, the relevance of organisational structures and the importance of stakeholders. He uses practical experience to guide us through the management of the full project lifecycle from a supplier and owner organisations view. This helps the reader understand the challenges of their counterpart. This is a wide-ranging and practical guide.’ Steve Pears, Managing Director, telent Technology Services Limited ’Much has been written about project management over the last ten to twenty years. Around the world well developed project management Bodies of Knowledge (and methodologies) have developed. One area that is ignored by Bodies of Knowledge is the conflict between the owner organisation and the contracting organisation. These two parties have much in common. They both want a successful project but they measure success in different ways. One wants to maximise profit, while the other wants to maximise the benefit derived from the output. This creates conflict and tension in the project. This book is about how to manage the tension to generate creative solutions for the benefits so both parties get what they want.’ Paul Naybour, Parallel Project Training, UK ’Although private supplier organizations have always existed, they haven’t always been as keen to share their secrets and hidden ways, as their publicly funded customers. This book really opens up the differences in approach between supplier organizations and owner organizations and serves as a solid foundation for both areas. Dealing with the uncertainty of facts and circumstances is a common theme throughout and we are shown some important ways of addressing our own over-confidence and assumptions. What is great about this book is that the author has an entertaining and light-hearted approach of simplifying s

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Adrian Taggart is an experienced project management consultant. He has managed, and advised on, national and international projects within sectors that include defence, manufacturing, heavy engineering and utilities, requiring him to represent the interests of both clients and contractors. Interest in the topic and its practitioners has led him to teaching project management at MSc degree level, and also tutoring numerous candidates for the professional qualifications of the APM and PMI(R). This combination of experience and a detailed knowledge of the Bodies of Knowledge, has given him a strong appreciation of the distinctive differences in how each type of company (Owner and Supplier Organizations) sees project management, the techniques and strategies that work for each, and the different understanding and skills required by practitioners within each.

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