This new classic is an examination of how to refigure project management to be more efficient and effective, particularly in terms of leadership. Using a case study approach, the author, Alex Laufer presents a specific set of guidelines on how to improve the team approach to any project, be it a new airline jet or an IT project.

ALEXANDER LAUFER is the Barney Seidle Chair in Construction Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, where he served as Dean of the Faculty between 2001 and 2005. He is also currently director of the Center for Project Leadership of Columbia University. He is the author of the co-author ofShared Voyage: Learning and Unlearning from Remarkable Projects, NASA History Office, 2005; the co-author ofProject Management Success Stories: Lessons of Project Leaders, Wiley, 2000; the author ofSimultaneous Management: Managing Projects in a Dynamic Environment, AMACOM, The American Management Association, 1997; and the co-author ofIn Quest of Project Excellence through Stories, Procter& Gamble, 1994. He is currently a member of the Editorial Review Board of the Project Management Journal.

Introduction: The Real Story of Project Management: Results-focused Leadership The Green Principle, Plan and Control to Embrace Change The Brown Principle, Create a Results Oriented Focus The Yellow Principle, Develop a Will to Win The Red Principle, Collaborate Through Interdependence and Trust The Gray Principle, Update and Connect Through Intensive Communication Epilogue: Becoming a Results-focused Leader: From Geometric Order to Living Order