HBR: MANAGING PROJECTS

What does it take to make a project succeed? This astute collection of articles helicopters managers above the day-to-day grind of project management to understand the big-picture reasons behind why projects fly—and why they fail. Why are some bad projects so hard to kill—and why do some good projects tank? This book will help managers make decisions that enable the right projects to succeed.

Why Good Projects Fail Anyway
NADIM F. MATTA AND RONALD N. ASHKENAS
New Projects: Beware of False Economies
DAVID DAVIS
The Return Map: Tracking Product Teams
CHARLES H. HOUSE AND RAYMOND L. PRICE
Knowing When to Pull the Plug
BARRY M. STAW AND JERRY ROSS
Why Bad Projects Are So Hard to Kill
ISABELLE ROYER
How to Kill Creativity
TERESA M. AMABILE
Speeding Up Team Learning
AMY EDMONDSON, RICHARD BOHMER, AND GARY PISANO
What You Don't Know About Making Decisions
DAVID A. GARVIN AND MICHAEL A. ROBERTO
About the Contributors
Index