Includes index.

Acknowledgements 1 The road to brilliant project management: a street guide 2 The art of planning a project:sharpening the axe 3 Risk and issue management: transforming admin into action 4 Delivering quality:getting fit for purpose 5 Resource management: from estimating to completing 6 Leading effective teams: making the most of your assets 7 Productive meetings:running the best get-togethers in town 8 Facilitation skills:the show must go on 9 Making use of lessons learned:brilliant mistakes 10 The journey to brilliant project management: fasten your seatbelts! Index.

Project consultants Barker and Cole condense their combined 30 years of project management experience to reveal techniques and tricks of the trade used by the most accomplished managers. In addition to covering traditional topics, such as planning and risk management, they tackle the people side of the job that often gets overlooked, with material on building enthusiasm for projects and orchestrating meetings. Light on theory and heavy on practice, the book contains original b&w cartoons and tongue-in-cheek lists of ways to de-motivate employees, kill a meeting, and concentrate on mistakes. The book is for anyone who wants to become a better project manager. As of May 2007, the book was not distributed in the US. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).