Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail

How project management can change your business for the better

Turn your business strategy into business reality - one project at a time.

Do you want to change and grow your business? But is putting your plans into practice harder than you imagined? Adopting a project approach will help you spend your time and money more effectively and really make a difference. And you don’t have to be a professional project manager to do it.

This book will explain what you need to know, introduce you to some helpful tools and techniques and tell you where to get extra help, just in case you need it. It’s down to earth style highlights the key concepts that make projects different and explains:

· why project leadership is as important as project management

· why the beginning and end of the project is as critical as the middle

· how to manage an uncertain and shifting environment

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Testimonials

“What a great read . . . I read this book prior to setting up a new business in 2009 and in large part the successes we've had so far are a direct result of following Steve's principle's as laid down in his inimitable style - clear, concise and naked of the waffle and unnecessary filling so often padding other books.

I love the quote 'the more you plan the luckier you get', oh so true!

Victoria Jeffs
Victoria Jeffs Estate Agents

“I would like to say how much I enjoyed reading it. What I like is the target audience perspective. My thinking mostly centres on PM in the enterprise so to see writing aimed at the business owner PM offered an alternative perspective. Thanks for sharing that “

Simon Harris
Logical Model Ltd

“Just finished reading the book and I loved it. This is a very readable book. The concise writing style gave me lots of practical business advice in a form that I could easily digest along with a quick cup of coffee. I know you are an experienced business consultant and this is clearly demonstrated in the examples that you have used to illustrate key points throughout the text - and there are some great quotes too”

Melanie Franklin
Chief Executive Officer
Maven Training Limited

News and Reviews

May 2009

“From the importance of project leadership to how to manage an uncertain and shifting environment, this little book covers all the bases”

See what the Chartered Management Institute had to say in the May publication of Professional Manager magazine. To subscribe go to www.managers.org.uk

“A Warwickshire business consultant has put his words of wisdom onto paper after winning his first book deal, which could help businesses thrive in the recession”

Read what Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce thought of the book in the May/June issue of their C&W in Business publication. To subscribe visit www.cw-chamber.co.uk

April 2009

“Too often, a business owner is unable to break down a long-term goal into short term objectives and requirements. Instead, everyone talks and talks about where the company is going but, in reality; they stay stuck in the present. And this can mean death to a business, particularly in the current economic climate.”

Take a look at the review of the book in the March/April edition of PMI Newsletter from the PMI UK Chapter here