The Blind Men and the Elephant: Mastering Project Work
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.19 (683 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1576752534 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A handbook to help anyone create coherent projects--and enjoy the experience
Thoughtprovoking "The Blind Men and the Elephant" is a small book (130 pages) which covers the relationship or human side of project management. The book is structured around the poem about the blind men touching the elephant. Each interpretation of the blind men is used as a metaphor for a chapter in the book (thus 6 chapters plus a start and end chapter). Each chapter consists of stories from the author relating to one concept of project communities that he feels is important.I e. Find the Juicy Part of Every Project You Do Here's a new way to look at complex development work:Your project is an invisible elephant. It's standing in a room, waiting to be revealed by a group of groping teammates.Like the six blind men from Indostan in John Godfrey Saxe's famous poem, "The Blind Men and the Elephant," we encounter pieces of projects, rarely the whole elephant. We grasp whatever we can -- an ear, a tail, a trunk, a leg, a tusk, a broad, flat side.Based on what we grasp -- our piece of the . ""People and Collaboration" Over "Process and Controls"" according to Amazon Customer. This is a book you have to read, by this I mean it is both an important text that should be read and a book you can not dip-into or skim. You have to read it carefully to absorb the concepts that build upon each other to provide great insights into how projects actually work. The descriptions are rich and complex but because the book is small (under 1"People and Collaboration" Over "Process and Controls" This is a book you have to read, by this I mean it is both an important text that should be read and a book you can not dip-into or skim. You have to read it carefully to absorb the concepts that build upon each other to provide great insights into how projects actually work. The descriptions are rich and complex but because the book is small (under 130 pages) it never feels overwhelming and the topics are well covered but not repeated or over stated.Recognition is. 0 pages) it never feels overwhelming and the topics are well covered but not repeated or over stated.Recognition is
""Don't start your next project till you've read it.""