Why Should You Read This Book?

The simple answer to this question is for you to answer a couple of other questions:

	Yes	No
I have a completely stable and realistic project plan.
My organization has a stable strategic plan.
My stakeholders are fully committed to my project.
My sponsor is fully effective and available to me quickly.
I have a completely clear statement of scope and objectives.
My team is loyal and devoted to the project.
We have effective risk and quality management plans.
My organization understands project management.
I have access to a group of expert project managers.
I have all the tools, technology, and techniques I need.
My project and organization are not changing rapidly .

If you answered "Yes" to all these questions, this book should be used to raise your Project Manager of the Century award higher for all to see and envy. If you answered "No" to any of these questions, this book will help you get a perfect score.

This book is about a new and radical approach to managing projects and teams ”project management (XPM). It represents a quantum leap in project management.

Our group has been developing, implementing, and refining this approach over the past 25 years . This new project management approach is not based on academic theories or esoteric models. Rather, it has been forged through the experience of thousands of hours of practical experience in hundreds of real projects. The projects have been in virtually all sectors of business ”most government areas, insurance, banking, health, computing software, information technology (IT) hardware and IT services, research and development, retail services, policy development, and manufacturing.