LEADER 04698oam 22006855 450 001 9910967957803321 005 20241204160807.0 010 $a9780821398975 010 $a0821398970 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-9896-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000358277 035 $a(EBL)1190814 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000886048 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11493726 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886048 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10817310 035 $a(PQKB)10441855 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1190814 035 $a(DLC) 2013013045 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1190814 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10705958 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL492315 035 $a(OCoLC)833631178 035 $a(The World Bank)17666659 035 $a(US-djbf)17666659 035 $a(Perlego)1483697 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000358277 100 $a20130320d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aFail safe management $efive rules to avoid project failure /$fJody Zall Kusek, Marelize Gorgens Prestidge, and Billy C. Hamilton 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington DC :$cThe World Bank,$d[2013] 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 75 pages 24 cm) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780821398968 311 08$a0821398962 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFront Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- What is project failure? -- Why study failure? -- Where do things go wrong? -- References -- Rule 1. Make it about the how -- If you don't know where you are going, ask the right questions -- Fail-safe management starts by getting the why and what right -- Make it about the how -- Forgetting the how can lead to failure -- Ask these key questions when using Rule 1 -- References -- Rule 2. Keep your champions close but your critics closer -- Stakeholders matter -- Mindful managers seek out champions -- Manage stakeholder groups according to their ability to affect the project's success or failure -- Manage relations with champions and opponents as a key project activity -- Ask these key questions when using Rule 2 -- Note -- References -- Rule 3. Informal networks matter-work with them -- Be aware of different formal and informal network structures -- Why formal structures? -- Types of organizational structures -- What role do informal networks play? -- Use informal networking to enhance development projects -- Analyze informal organizations to tap into their power -- Use informal networks in times of organizational crisis -- Ask these key questions when using Rule 3 -- References -- Rule 4. Unclog the pipes -- Blocked work processes can slow or stop work -- What is a process? -- A simple method to review a work process -- Process managers help work to get done -- Time is the enemy -- Ask these key questions when using Rule 4 -- References -- Rule 5. Build the ship as it sails -- Quick wins are important -- Be flexible during implementation -- Be willing to make mistakes and correct them -- Ask these key questions when using Rule 5 -- References -- Summary: Use the five rules to avoid project failure. 327 $aFindings were surprising to management but not to staff -- The fail-safe manager has a checklist for avoiding project failure -- Five rules to avoid project failure checklist -- Reference -- Afterword -- Back Cover. 330 $aThe decision to look at failures for answers is a bold one. Policy makers, planners and implementers have a tendency to look through prisms of success in framing working policies, programs and results when justifying them. Despite this, we still tend to address failures indirectly by looking at risk, critical success factors, unintended outcomes or consequences, and negative impacts to name a few. As the authors say, 'while success is desirable and we plan for it, failures are inevitable and we seldom plan to mitigate them.' The authors have clearly emphasized the need to look at failures in a 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aProject management 606 $aBusiness failures 615 0$aProject management. 615 0$aBusiness failures. 676 $a658.4/04 700 $aKusek$b Jody Zall$f1952-$01810844 701 $aPrestidge$b Marelize Go?rgens$01810845 701 $aHamilton$b Billy C$01810846 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967957803321 996 $aFail safe management$94362367 997 $aUNINA