Books

Three of Neal’s latest books are described below. To purchase a book, click on “Order now” and you will automatically be transferred to Amazon.com. If you have an interest in purchasing many copies of a book, contact neal@nealwhittengroup.com for volume discount information. Thank you for visiting.

Neal Whitten’s Let’s Talk! More No-Nonsense Advice for Project Success
Author: Neal Whitten, PMP
Pages: 353, Paperback
Publisher: Management Concepts
Date Published: 2007
ISBN: 978-1-56726-199-8
Suggested Retail: $34.00
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Description:
In a Q&A format, this book focuses on best-practice project behaviors, answering more than 700 insightful, personal, and sometimes sensitive questions on a broad range of topics, from leadership, communication and culture to accountability, ethics and conflict resolution. Following on the heels of the best-selling Neal Whitten’s No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects, this book offers more of the no-nonsense advice that has helped countless leaders and projects. Neal Whitten’s Let’s Talk! is for those who aspire to become consistently effective leaders, project members or employees and therefore become more valuable to their projects and organizations.

Topics include:
Project Manager • Boss/Resource Manager • Project Sponsor • Business Analyst • Project Analyst • Client • Contractors • Vendors • Accountability, Dependencies and Commitments • Leadership Styles, Attributes and Behaviors • Sharing Power • Interpersonal Communications • Resolving Conflict through Escalations • Meetings • Celebrations • Overtime Work • Mentoring • Ethics and Integrity • Telecommuting/Working from Home • Awards and Recognition • Personal Development, Job and Career • Promoting Change in Your Organization • Mergers and Acquisitions • Project Management Institute and PMBOK Guide • Methodologies and Processes • Project Management Organization • Project Culture • Project Plans, Schedules and Budgets • Project Tracking • Scope Change Control • Quality • Post-Project Reviews • Surveys of Client Satisfaction • Study Groups • Culture-Training Classes • Performance-Expectation Workshops.

Neal Whitten’s No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects
Author: Neal Whitten, PMP
Pages: 258, Paperback
Publisher: Management Concepts
Date Published: 2005
ISBN: 1-56726-155-8
Suggested Retail: $29.00
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Description:
Successful projects don’t just happen—they are made to happen. Learn leading-edge best-practices that make the difference between troubled projects and consistently successful projects. There’s no better way to learn a profession—a craft—than by having a mentor by your side. But most project managers and leaders don’t have that advantage—and that’s why Neal Whitten wrote this book. In this book, Neal distills his over 30 years of frontline leadership and project management experience into tips and strategies that are easy to learn and apply to your projects. These strategies will give you a decisive edge in leading projects and working with all stakeholders including clients, senior management and team members.

Topics include:
Leadership styles • being too soft • managing priorities • fostering interpersonal communications • boldness • escalations • integrity • accountability • professional behavior and recognizing professional immaturity • dealing with criticism • how to make long-term project commitments • conducting an effective meeting • the need to fail • dealing with difficult people • duties of the effective project manager/resource manager/project sponsor • how technical should a project manager or resource manager be • should you be given a project end date • giving customers what they need—not what they want • how much contingency buffer is enough • three critical actions that are overlooked on most projects • and many more specific leadership tips for promoting project success.

The EnterPrize Organization: Organizing Software Projects for Accountability and Success
Author: Neal Whitten, PMP
Pages: 251, Paperback
Publisher: Project Management Institute
Date Published: 2000
ISBN: 1-880410-79-6
Suggested Retail: $34.95
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Description:
A serious problem has plagued the software industry since its beginning: How to effectively organize software projects to significantly increase their success rate. A powerful tool that addresses this problem is the EnterPrize Organization—fully described in this book. Lessons learned by the author are shared that can have a profound impact on drawing out and realizing the potential of the members of a project as well as helping you draw out your own potential. The roles and responsibilities are described for the major project leadership positions of product manager, project manager, business architect, product architect, process architect, resource managers, team leaders, and team members. Other topics addressed include the Project Management Office (PMO), the Escalation Process, and how to be bold in making things happen.

Topics include:
Overview of the EnterPrize Organization • Product Manager • Project Manager • Business Architect • Product Architect • Process Architect • Resource Manager • Team Leader • Team Member • Organizing for Large Projects • Organizing for Multiple Projects • Organizing for Small Projects • Organizing for Maintenance Projects • Project Management Office • Are You Too Soft? • Escalation Process.

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