Josephine G. Marcellin

Back on Track: an It Manager's Guide to Leading Projects out of Crisis Josephine G. Marcellin

The Back On Track manual delivers more than a step-by-step system guaranteed to successfully recover projects that have gone off-track. Using examples garnered from the author's sixteen-year experience, it presents common-sense but highly effective techniques that will help you, as a project manager, stand out from the "pack".

Written in a straight-forward, conversational style, the manual is filled with practical tips for the new or inexperienced project manager and is a fresh alternative to other management texts.

You will learn how to elegantly recover a project that has gone off-track by understanding: Which critical actions need to be taken immediately; The key to becoming a project leader - not just a manager; How to foolproof your project plan; Why you must never rely on "percent complete"; How to maintain control-even when things are falling down all around you; And much, much more!

Here's what practicing project managers have to say:

"Having managed multi-million dollar projects, I can highly recommend this book to anybody that needs to diagnose and more importantly correct any project, large or small. Read this and make disastrous projects a thing of the past."
Alex Nghiem
Author of "Web Services: A Roadmap for the Enterprise"

"'Back on Track' is exactly what I needed. It is both motivating and enlightening, filled with the wisdom and experience of a seasoned, successful project manager. I loved this book and I know that I will refer to it again and again."
Cynthia Cormier, Project Manager, Micromedia ProQuest

"This is a great guide for new managers and those who do not have established project management methodologies. Because I had the opportunity to read this book, I'm positive that I'll get my project back on track."
Gerardine delos Santos, Project Leader, BMO Financial Group