Leading and Managing Complex Projects : A Competency-Based Approach that Integrates Planning and Evaluation with Resource Management and Leadership and ... for Structured Learning Book 1109)

by Wesley Donahue

Winner - 2023 Global Book FINALIST / Organizational Change

Leading and managing complex projects involves planning, coordinating, and directing teams of individuals to achieve goals within specific timeframes. Complex projects often have multiple stakeholders, tight deadlines, and require the integration of various resources, processes, and systems.

Diverse competencies are required of effective project managers and leaders. A few of the qualities required are communication, teamwork and collaboration, interpersonal relationship building, resource management, planning and evaluation, leadership, and coaching.

This competency-based workbook provides a roadmap to help you apply what you learn. After completing this workbook, you will be able the characteristics and skills of an effective project leader.Identify and describe typical project constraints.Explain the common elements of the project management cycle and associated tools.Describe how personality traits can affect effective time usage and stress.Explain how setting priorities and developing an overall time management plan can help professionals better lead multiple project priorities. 10 Key Concepts to MasterExamine the Characteristics of an Effective Project Leader Lead and Develop Project Teams Define Project Scope, Goals and Objectives Initiate and Plan Projects Schedule, Budget, and Execute Projects Manage Project Risk and Estimate Costs Control Projects and Report Performance Close Projects and Review Lessons Learned Understand Personality Traits, Time Usage, and Stressors Set and Manage Multiple Priorities Structured Learning

All our workbooks align with our research-based Competency Model. The model, which is rooted in work by the U.S. Department of Labor and others, gives you a framework for structured learning by helping you identify and develop specific competencies.

Competencies are sets of skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that are observable and measurable. Our model has 35 competency dimensions associated with successful performance in leadership and professional roles. Competencies are clustered into five domains that may overlap.

This Leading and Managing Complex Projects workbook focuses on the competency areas of Planning and Evaluation, Resource Management, and Leadership and Coaching. The content is primarily associated with the Resource Management competency cluster or domain. For more information or www.centrestar.com

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152 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 6, 2023

Reviews

[Celeste · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read many books from the prolific writer Wesley Donahue and they are all interesting, accurate and useful. In Leading and Managing Complex Projects, he explains in his usual simple and straightforward way how any business owner or manager can lead teams in order to complete a particular project over a determined period of time. It sounds simple but managing and coordinating a certain number of people and making them work towards a common objective requires a lot of planning, time-management abilities, and leadership.
The book approaches this issue from different angles and covers all the concepts that are essential to running a project. It is practical and provides many detailed and easy exercises that help readers understand and finally acquire the skills they need to succeed as project managers. This book is very well written and I recommend it.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wesley Donahue is a renowned author of Competency-Based Workbooks for Structured Learning. In this opportunity, the author presents us with "Leading and Managing Complex Projects", a guide for managers and leaders of effective projects.

Communication is one of the most important qualities when it comes to leading and managing complex projects, which is why the author, Wesley Donahue, presents a road map to help the businessman achieve his goals. I honestly really liked the author's proposal. I have been reading his books for a while now, and I simply think they are wonderful and easy to read. I certainly recommend it to all those leaders and entrepreneurs who want to improve in their positions.

[Marina Lujan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leading and Managing Complex Projects is a fantastic book that can be an incredibly useful tool if you are new to project management or have just been put in charge of a project. It focuses on topics such as planning and assessment competency, resource management, and leadership and preparation.

It was a comprehensive and detailed guide that covered all of the essential aspects of project management, in my opinion. This book contains everything you need to know about the common elements of the project management cycle, ensuring quality communication, working with stakeholders, setting priorities and developing an overall time management plan, being a great leader, and much more! This is absolutely a must-read.

[S Tyty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Leading and Managing Complex Projects by Donahue is a book written in the form of a workbook since it allows us to follow tasks that end up allowing us to develop skills on how to be a better leader, how to develop project teams and how to understand personality traits.
The author is extremely knowledgeable on the topic and this means that what he included in this book is reliable and useful for any kind of reader out there.
The narrative is detailed but straightforward and the information is clear and concise.
The tips he includes are easy to put into practise, what makes the read a great tool for entrepreneurs and leaders.