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Business is becoming increasingly project-based and our ability to manage projects has become one of the key skills for success as managers and business people. This compact guide, written by a leading project management expert, gets to the heart of successful project management. Project management is not complicated – many projects may be complicated, but project management itself is not. By following a set of simple rules and applying simple techniques, there will be no need for the expensive project failures that we often see. Moreover, as this book shows, projects can be significantly shortened by again using simple ideas and techniques. Anyone who manages projects will find this book helps them to save time, effort, resources, and money. AUTHOR: Fergus O'Connell is a leading consultant and trainer in project management. He is the author of 15 business and self-help books, including the bestselling Simply Brilliant (Pearson). He is based in the UK. SELLING POINTS: . How to manage any project successfully and on time . Key trend – business and work is increasingly becoming project-based today . This book is written by one of the leading trainers in project management . The book provides proven and easy-to-apply techniques that can be used by anyone managing a project

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""If you only have one project management book on your shelf, it should be this one."" --Raomal Perera, Entrepreneur & Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, INSEAD, France ""If you know anyone facing challenges in project management, this book could be the best gift ever. It glows with inner light and practical wisdom and surely will become a contemporary classic in project management."" --Luis Sampaio, President, CEO and Founder, MOG Technologies SA, Porto, Portugal ""I'm astounded it has taken me 20 years to get this update -- and what an update this is! Additional to the original are dos, don'ts, and how-tos ' la carte' for faster projects in return for less work: what's not to like?!"" --Tom Cahill, VP EMEA, Logi Analytics ""For nearly 25 years I have referred to Fergus' Ten Steps in my work and seen hundreds of leaders breathe a huge sigh of relief when this simple practice gave them the breakthrough they needed. Now he has knocked me over again with this gem of a book."" --Petra Oorthuijs, Founder, toBE

If you only have one project management book on your shelf, it should be this one. --Raomal Perera, Entrepreneur & Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, INSEAD, France If you know anyone facing challenges in project management, this book could be the best gift ever. It glows with inner light and practical wisdom and surely will become a contemporary classic in project management. --Luis Sampaio, President, CEO and Founder, MOG Technologies SA, Porto, Portugal I'm astounded it has taken me 20 years to get this update -- and what an update this is! Additional to the original are dos, don'ts, and how-tos ' la carte' for faster projects in return for less work: what's not to like?! --Tom Cahill, VP EMEA, Logi Analytics For nearly 25 years I have referred to Fergus' Ten Steps in my work and seen hundreds of leaders breathe a huge sigh of relief when this simple practice gave them the breakthrough they needed. Now he has knocked me over again with this gem of a book. --Petra Oorthuijs, Founder, toBE

"""If you only have one project management book on your shelf, it should be this one."" --Raomal Perera, Entrepreneur & Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, INSEAD, France ""If you know anyone facing challenges in project management, this book could be the best gift ever. It glows with inner light and practical wisdom and surely will become a contemporary classic in project management."" --Luis Sampaio, President, CEO and Founder, MOG Technologies SA, Porto, Portugal ""I'm astounded it has taken me 20 years to get this update -- and what an update this is! Additional to the original are dos, don'ts, and how-tos ' la carte' for faster projects in return for less work: what's not to like?!"" --Tom Cahill, VP EMEA, Logi Analytics ""For nearly 25 years I have referred to Fergus' Ten Steps in my work and seen hundreds of leaders breathe a huge sigh of relief when this simple practice gave them the breakthrough they needed. Now he has knocked me over again with this gem of a book."" --Petra Oorthuijs, Founder, toBE"

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Fergus O'Connell is a leading consultant and trainer in project management. He is the author of 15 business and self-help books, including the bestselling Simply Brilliant (Pearson). He is based in the UK.

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