Stop Playing Games! A Project Manager's Guide to Successfully Navigating Organizational Politics

Stop Playing Games! by best-selling author Rick A. Morris takes a completely different look at project management, using games like The Pricing Game, Guess the Truth, and Grapevine; to illustrate and help readers overcome organizational politics on projects.This one-of-a-kind book from the author of Project Management That Works! and The Everything Project Management Book dives deep into the topics of gaining buy-in from upper management, accurately estimating time and cost, controlling project communication, managing within corporate culture, taking care of your team, and more. Challenges and issues covered in this book include:

- Presenting management with realistic options - Getting your point across without confrontation - Controlling the message and the communication channels - Utilizing honesty and trust as a project management tool - Knowing what is under your control, and what is not - Overcoming poor project management conditions - Making real change happen without taking things personally! If navigating organizational politics is stifling your ability to effective manage projects, you need to read this book today!