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

by Todd C. Williams

Turnaround specialist Todd Williams has worked with dozens of companies in multiple industries to help them bring projects back from the brink of disaster. Now, in a market full of how-tos on the task of running a project, this one-of-a-kind guide provides project managers, executives, and customers alike with an in-depth start-to-finish process that ensure win-win-win solutions when things go awry. Readers will learn: techniques for identifying the root causes of problems; steps for putting projects back on track--including auditing the project, analyzing the data, negotiating the solution, and executing a new plan; and guidelines for avoiding problems in the future.When projects are failing, rather than pointing fingers at the project team or responding emotionally, what is needed is an objective process for accurately assessing the problem and mapping a clear plan of action to fix it. With nearly seventy real-world examples of what works, what doesn’t, and why, Rescue the Problem Project offers the tools you need to ensure your project is one of the select few to experience major success.

Genres: Business, Management

304 pages, Paperback

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]

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]

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

[Todd Williams]

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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Todd

[Andrew Doran]

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.