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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Projects are MESSY! From the minute the project begins, all manner of changes, surprises and disasters befall them. Unfortunately most of these are PREDICTABLE and AVOIDABLE.

Tact and diplomacy can only get you so far in the wild and wacky world of project work. A combination of outrageous creativity, sheer bravado and nerves of steel will serve you far better than any fancy-schmancy Microsoft Project Gantt chart!

'Scrappy Project Management' is about what REALLY happens in the project environment, how to survive it, and how to make sure that your team avoids the predictable and avoidable pitfalls that every project faces.

Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Wiefling really gets it. Incisive observations and ideas for real projects in today's climate November 21, 2008
Weifling `s concise and elegant book captures project implementation as practiced in high tech silicon valley companies. At times the book is painfully funny as she covers real life scenes where well intentioned people collide with failures that could have -should have been avoided. Many of the ideas: anticipate sick leave, review requirements with end customers, communicate across teams, are not new - but the author grasps why the obvious doesn't always happen, and provides pathways and encouragement to actually implement these ideas. She spells out the extra challenges of a project team divided by organizational lines as well as time zones and continents.
The book is empowering for project managers, and really everyone on the project, to take ownership of their parts and push for the right way to do things. She repeats that standing up for doing the project correctly is a critical part of an effective project manager, even if it risks likability and job security. I loved the templates. They are a way to connect the dots and summarize in a way that will be genuinely palatable to the typical smart but impatient team members and leaders that we find on cutting edge projects.
Overall the book is fun to read, accurate, and pertinent. It is a very worthwhile read.

3 out of 5 stars

Scrappy Project Management October 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Easy reading! The information was presented in a light, tongue-in-cheek manner that made for quick reading, with real world examples and common sense approaches to overcoming the challenges of managing a project. I found some of the content a little disorganized maybe because there are so many anecdotes inserted into each chapter.
All in all it as an excellent book for those who are new to project management and a much easier read than PMBoK!

5 out of 5 stars

I bought this book for all my clients September 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I am a lawyer working in Tokyo providing CCQ and strategic communication training for businessmen and women. Kimberly's book is not only applicable to project management per se, but the principles Kimberly expounds have far broader application.

Her book has been an invaluable resource. In short, applying what she has written to my work has resulted in MUCH MUCH happier clients. The book is so easy to get your head around, and if you are looking for strategies to really get things rocking along, you'd be mad not to read it. You'd be even madder not to mold her ideas to fit your situation and then action them.

I was fortunate enough to observe one of her seminars here in Tokyo, and then join her afterwards for drinks with my manager, Ian Cross. I've read, seen and heard wads of charlatans, as we all have - however, Kimberly is the real deal. No grandeur or bollox, she genuinely cares about the success of the people she works with, and she knows her stuff.

I have bought copies to present to all my clients not only on the strength of what she has written, but also because I can vouch for who she is and what she is about.

If you are in any business which has clients, and you put these principles into action, you will be stunned at the results.

2 out of 5 stars

Large List of Pitfalls - Short on Solutions July 31, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

The book defined a set of pitfalls and never went below the highest levels on how to resolve any of them. Might be a good overview book but you won't find any meat here.

5 out of 5 stars

Real Life Project Management July 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a great book for how to manage a project in real life. The author is witty and her material is fun to read. I recommend this book to anyone who got a failing project thrown in their lap and is expected to complete it.