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Volume IX - Issue I - January 2007

 

PM Book Reviews

 

 

 


Results without Authority - Controlling a Project
When the Team Doesn’t Report To You

Reviewed by: James Page, PMP
Author: Tom Kendrick
Published by: AMACOM .
Date of Review: October 2006
Publication Date: 2006
List Price: $ 19.95 US

 

Introduction to the Book

Results Without Authority – Controlling A Project When the Team Doesn’t Report To You is a very informative guidebook to program and project management professionals.   His purpose in writing this book is to present a roadmap for project success.   Project control without authority is perhaps the greatest challenge to project management.   Process, influence, and measurement are defined into proven techniques for controlling a project in a variety of situations while managing diverse teams. 

Tom Kendrick is a program manager most recently with Hewlett-Packard Company.  He has written several other project management books, conducts project management classes, and presents at conferences and universities on program management, project risk and related topics. 

 

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Results Without Authority – Controlling A Project When the Team Doesn’t Report To You

 

 

 

About Reviewer
James Page

James Page is the Information Technology Program Manager for the Chickasaw Nation. This Native American government spans 14 counties in southern Oklahoma with significant markets in entertainment, gaming, consulting, construction, and gourmet chocolates. His initial staff upon joining this organization was one project coordinator. Today he directs project managers in 5 divisions and has opened the Chickasaw Nation’s first Project Management Office. Four Chickasaw Nation project managers have achieved PMO certifications in the past years. He is an ardent follower of John Zachman’s Enterprise Architecture concepts and processes. These processes made a significantly positive and profitable impact for the Chickasaw Nation. His career as a project management professional spans 35 years for the Department of Defense, International Paper, and a consultant before returning to Southeastern Oklahoma to retire and work the family ranch. His current position in the Chickasaw Nation is service repaid for their life long support of him and his family. Mr. Page can be contacted James.Page@chickasaw.net.

 

 

 

 

 

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