Learn how an "Agile" approach to project management blends older traditional ideas and newer discoveries to create innovative products and services. Agility in project management is the power to move quickly and easily and the ability to think fast and draw swift conclusions. Essentially, it is a value-driven approach that allows project managers to deliver high-priority and high-quality work on projects of a highly uncertain and complex nature. This book provides and understanding of Lean project management methods that are effective for complex projects impacted by cost and resource limitations. The author presents discussions on collaboration, which is a mindset that needs to be developed with training along with creating an environment at the workplace conducive to high performance. Collaboration is a soft skill that needs to be learned by every team member to create a collaborative culture. Readers will learn how to create collaborative leadership aimed at engaging teams and groups outside formal control for trust and innovation and inspiring them toward common goals.

Project management endeavor is a change management process requiring all stakeholders to engage and satisfy human aspects about their experience of workplace change. The goal is to help all concerned more quickly and happily adjust to new approaches and new ways of working. Good change management lets people get back to work faster and feel more satisfied with their change experience and the demands of new approach. This second volume provides team members the necessary support before, during, and after the move to establishing project management approach. It includes dealing with human factors, human psychology, human behavior, managing peak performance, work-enabling environment, transformational management, and preparing for challenges of disruption. Managing workplace change takes time and focus. The communication has to go both ways. It is critical to ask professionals for input, to address concerns as they arise, to identify the influencers within teams, and to engage them in efforts.

Project implementation aligned with strategic advancement is a challenging endeavor, particularly in an environment of increasing complexity and productivity issues. Your prime issue is to plan for right action in right time, in right manner, and for the right purpose. Your attention determines the experience you end up with, and the experience determines the outcomes you have reached. Therefore, you must control your attention to control arriving at your desired outcomes. William James, in his book The Principles of Psychology (Vol I, 1890), wrote a simple statement, "My experience is what I agree to attend to." The statement is highly relevant even in the 21st century for managing high productivity through "attention management." This third volume provides areas for attention management and focuses on diversity, team building, meaningfulness, and growing to leadership, all of which are essentially required for maximizing and cultivating the real benefits with application of project management approach in business and industry.

Project management has evolved to a profession, a methodology for reaching the desired outcomes, a management approach for mov- ing toward strategic direction, and a mindset. It supports an orga- nization to effectively withstand the market challenges and sustain growth with competitive edge. A paradigm shift in management of an organization is discussed for strategic advancement where operation and strategic implementation are managed separately with relevant management approaches. The endeavor is made essentially to capture strengths of project management for strategic advancement. Organizational transformation for high performance is pursued with application of project management and capturing the organizational culture to support high performance for implementation of projects. A unique PM-AURA model is introduced to help maximize the culture for continued high performance. Organizational readiness assessment is critical for commencement of transformation and change management for desired competence. A model is proposed to help application of project management for building competence. The challenges for the 21st century are also discussed for an understanding and preparation.