Index_P

P

Paradigm

defined, 2728

new, see New paradigm

prevailing, see Prevailing paradigm

role of, 2728

Participation, 116, 127

Partnership, 63

Passion, 5960, 204205

Passive listening, 204

Path-Goal Theory, 45

Patterns, 45, 46

Peak experience, 147

People, 48, 50, 5152, 102, 107

difficult, dealing with, 144146, 150

motivation, see Motivate

skills in dealing with, 7073

Perceptual blocks, 233

Perfection, 3233

Perfectionists, 144

Performance, 103

Performing, 63, 64, 163

Personality traits of leadership, 2

Person-oriented leadership style, 3, 4

Persuasion, 213214

Planning, 32, 97

PM Boulevard, 26

Polarization, 39

Potholes, 122

Power plays, 42

Precision, 3637

Predictability, 36, 43

Prescriptive problem, 119

Prevailing paradigm, 2728, 29, 30, 31

characteristics of, 3237

consequences of, 3741

Primal leadership, 9

Principles, 159

Priorities, 98

Proactivists, 220

Probability, 4446

Problem definition, 114

Process, 102103

Procrastinators, 144, 145, 150

Profit, 103

Project

as a system, 9092

categorizing, 104

five stages of, 103104

redefinition of, 4748

Project charter, 61, 67

Project failure, 28, 30, 57, 58, 59

Project leader, 11, 20, see also Leader

actions of, 1415

role in project success, 2627

Project life cycle, consequences of not understanding context, 9798

Project management

paradigm shift in, 2831

situational, 1314

style and project type, 13

systemic view, 43

systemic view of the processes of, 93

Project management software, 103

Project manager, 20, 25, 75

as risk taker, 233234

contextual understanding and, see Understand

credibility of, 174175

decision making, see Decide

traits of, 1112

Project Manager Competency Model, 12

Project repository, 198199

Project shaping, 102

Project sinkholes, 57

Project success, 2527, 30, 37

Project vision workshop, 6574

act, 66, 74

execute, 66, 7074

goals, 65

prepare, 6670

Project waterline model, 102

Project web site, 199

Pygmalion Effect, 147