Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure

by Todd C. Williams

When budgets are dwindling, deadlines passing, and tempers flaring, the usual response is to browbeat the project team and point fingers of blame. Not helpful. For these situations, what is needed is an objective process for accurately assessing what is wrong and a clear plan of action for fixing the problem. Rescue the Problem Project provides project managers, executives, and customers with the answers they require. Turnaround specialist Todd Williams has worked with dozens of companies in multiple industries resuscitating failing projects. In this new book, he reveals an in-depth, start-to-finish process that * Techniques for identifying the root causes of the trouble * Steps for putting projects back on track-audit the project, analyze the data, negotiate the solution, and execute the new plan * Nearly 70 real-world examples of what works, what doesn't, and why * Guidelines for avoiding problems in subsequent projects Many books explain how to run a project, but only this one shows how to bring it back from the brink of disaster. And with 65% of projects failing to meet goals and 25% cancelled outright, that's essential information!

Genres: Business, Management

277 pages, Hardcover

First published March 20, 2011

About the author

TODD C. WILLIAMS, is an executive consultant with three decades of experience helping organizations connect strategy to successful projects. He has worked with startups and multibillion dollar companies. He is a prolific writer sharing his wisdom and experience so that others can succeed. He has authored two books:
• Filling Execution Gaps: How Executives And Project Managers Turn Corporate Strategy Into Successful Projects (De Gruyter, 2017)
• Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure (AMACOM, 2011)
He has also contributed chapters to other books on lean and project management as well as worked as a technical editor. You can read more of his work on his own blog (http://ecaminc.com/blog) and look for contribution on numerous other sites including CEO Magazine and ProjectManagement.com.
Online magazines, including Fortune/CNN Money, CIO.com, CIO Update, ZDNet, Enterprising CIO, IT Business Edge, PM World Journal, to name a few, regularly consult with him for quotes and content.
He holds a PMP certification.

Reviews

[Omar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insightful, Actionable

I’ve been looking for a book on project recovery for a long time. While there’s no lack of titles on the topic, very few of them offer any true insight into the potential causes or offer any suggestions on course correction. This book, however, does provide plenty of both. Well done.

[Carlo Martinello · Rating 5 out of 5]

Possibly one of the best and most complete books on project recovery.
I consider this a must for all the recovery manager

[Todd Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am honored to be included @Getapp.com with the likes of Lencioni, Drucker, & Sinek in this list of 15 "best project management books" Read the article or better yet read the book (http://vs2vl.co/AmazonRPP) and see why it has made two of these lists in the last 5 months!

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[Andrew Doran · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent book. There is so much good advice in this text, I had to resist highlighting even more than I did. I think I will be using this as a reference guide for many years to come. Thank you to those on Twitter that recommended it to me.