Description: Project Management, Denial, and the Death Zone : Lessons from Everest and Antarctica, Hardcover by Avery, Grant; Fiennes, Ranulph, Sir (FRW), ISBN 1604271191, ISBN-13 9781604271195, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Drawing on examples and lessons learned from the failures and successes of Antarctic explorers Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, the Mount Everest expedition leader John Hunt, and others, in addition to studies and academic research, Avery, a project management professional and consultant on success and quality assurance for large and high-risk projects and programs and other areas, explores the causes of project and program failure in high-risk environments and how to manage them. He provides examples of failures and considers why lessons haven't been learned from them, then describes examples of high-risk situations; risk homeostasis theory and its role in understanding failure in high-risk situations, including project management; the role of risk appetite in projects, as well as risk personality, and how to manage it; a new model of risk appetite relationships that emphasizes their management; the role of denial and narcissism; the death zone, or the region of risk appetite where the ambitions of projects exceed organizational portfolio, program, and project management capabilities, and how to mitigate it; achieving Level-3 maturity in project management; the role of heroism in projects; business cases and quality assurance and high-return techniques and tips; the importance of project management ethos; and leadership skills. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Project Management, Denial, and the Death Zone : Lessons from Eve
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Project Management, Denial, and the Death Zone : Lessons from Everest and Antarctica
Publisher: Ross Publishing, Incorporated, J.
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Project Management
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.9 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Grant Avery
Subject Area: Business & Economics
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
