Project Planning and Project Success: The 25% Solution (Hardcover)

Introduction

Spectacular Project Failures
Mars Climate Orbiter
FoxMeyer Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) program
Canada’s Long-Gun Registration System
Homeland Security’s Virtual Fence
Proper Planning

Academic History of Planning
The Study of Project Planning
History of the Study of Planning in General Management
Project Planning in Academic Literature
Modern Views on Planning
Analysis
Project Planning Practice

Reasons Not to Plan
Value in Planning?
Errors in Planning
Planning and Business Success
Planning and Avoiding Failure
Planning and Delays

Project Success and Planning: What Are They?
The Triple Constraint
Project Time Frames
Broader Success
Efficiency and Success

Efficiency versus Success
Project Efficiency versus Project Success
Practical Applications

Planning Variation by Industry
Approaches in Different Industries

Geography and Industry and Success
New Research
Industry
Geography

Planning in the Construction Industry
Research in construction
PDRI

Planning in Information Technology
Research in IT
Critical Success Factors
Empirical IT Research
How Much to Plan

Practical Planning Impacts on Success: A Software Development Case Study
Estimating Faults
Replanning Mishaps
Solutions
Estimate Right the First Time!
Tracking Changes

Planning and Success in General Project Management
Impact of Planning from a Conceptual Standpoint
Critical Success Factors
Planning Tools’ Effect on Project Success
Planning Phase Component Completeness/Quality and Project Success
Planning Phase Completeness and Project Success
Planning Phase Effort and Project Success
Conclusion

Consensus on Planning and Success
Literature Summary
Empirical Results

Planning Deliverable Quality and Success
Original Research
Quality of Planning and Success
Planning and Efficiency

How Much to Plan
How Much to Plan in IT
Other Industries
Conclusion

Planning Phase Effort and Success
Planning Effort versus Success
Nonlinear Relationships
Impact of Moderators
The Final Model

What Is the Optimum Planning Phase Time?
Optimal Planning Effort
Maximums for Subsets
Further Analysis
Conclusion

Planning Budgets and Success
New Research on Planning Budgets
Optimal Planning Budgets

Planning and Agile/Iterative Methods
Agile
Up-Front Planning in Agile/Iterative
Planning in Agile
Agile versus Traditional

Agile Methods and Success
Overview of Agile Methodology and Success Rates
Agile Usage around the World
Agile Usage by Industry
Agile Usage Analyzed Using Moderators
Conclusion

Planning’s Importance to Manager Success
Manager Planning Time
Planning Strategies of Successful Managers
Conclusion

New Research: Planning and Manager’s Success
Personal Planning Habits
Planning and Job Function
Additional Analysis
Manager’s Project Planning Time
Experience and Project Success
Conclusion

Conclusions

Abbreviations
Checklists
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
References
Index