The Lazy Project Manager

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About Peter Taylor

Profile: Peter Taylor Profile Contact: peter.b.taylor@btinternet.com or +447966 800578

About The Lazy Project Manager Book

Format: Hardback 160 pages
Date of publication: 01/09/2009
Publisher: Infinite Ideas Limited
ISBN: 9781906821135

Q: Why is this different to all the other books about project management - A: It isn't a text book and it isn't a traditional reference book, it is a way of working smarter and achieving better results whilst doing less. You won't fall asleep as you read it therefore you may just learn something new.
Q: Why are there no famous project managers? A: Mainly because to be a successful project manager means delivering something on time, to budget and working as specified. In other words delivering nothing more than what was expected. As a result it tends to be the project failures that make the headlines.
Q: Why did you feel the need to write (yet) another book about project management? A: I believe there is a gap in the market, plenty of reference books, plenty of theoretical tomes to excite the reader, plenty of governance type documents that need to be consumed and obeyed. But a general lack of light-hearted, easy to read, user-friendly books that speak about real life experiences in a way that could be useful.
Q: Why haven't you ever been asked by your kids to go in to school and talk about your job? A: Well, as a published author I may stand a better chance, but as a project manager it just isn't seen to be glamorous - by the kids or by other adults. Who knows what a project manager does? Only other project managers mostly. Plus Firemen, Policemen and Doctors all have an edge - they have a uniform to start with.
Q: Are projects really important? A: Absolutely. We now live in a project based world. We are creatures of constant change and for each step of defined change there equals a project. Want to manage that change, de-risk that change, and raise the odds for succeeding in that change? Well then you should have a good project manager in place.

Press Releases

Book	The Lazy Project Manager
Headline	BE TWICE AS PRODUCTIVE AND STILL LEAVE THE OFFICE EARLY
Reference	The Lazy Project Manager Book
Summary	Just working harder isn't going to make you more successful; working smarter will
Date Line	5^th May, Oxford UK
Introduction	To really be successful we should all adopt a more focused approach to our work and to exercise our efforts where it really matters, rather than rushing around like busy, busy bees involving ourselves in unimportant, non-critical activities that others can better address, or indeed that do not need addressing at all in some cases.
Body	The Pareto Principle or 80/20 rule can and should be used by every smart but lazy person in their daily life. The value of the Pareto Principle for a project manager is that it reminds you to focus on the 20 percent that matters and filter, delegate or ignore the 80% that doesn't. Those 20 percent produce 80 percent of your results., and applying this approach will prove you are productively lazy Productive lazy people have a real edge over others and are most suited to leadership roles in organizations.
Boilerplate	Peter Taylor (Rugby) is the head of a Project Management Office for Siemens PLM Software, a company specialising in Product Lifecycle Management. Despite his title of 'The Lazy Project Manager' Peter Taylor is in fact a dynamic and commercially astute professional who has achieved notable success in project management. He is an accomplished communicator and leader and is the author of 'The Lazy Project Manager'.
Media Contact	For further information on The Lazy Project Manager, please contact Tim Moore on 01865 514 888. Alternatively emails can be sent to tim@infideas.com.

Book	The Lazy Project Manager
Headline	ARE YOUR PROJECT MANAGERS TOO BUSY TO BE SUCCESSFUL?
Reference	The Lazy Project Manager Book
Summary	More projects than ever fail to deliver on time, on budget and to scope.
Date Line	5^th May, Oxford UK
Introduction	New Standish Group report shows more projects failing and less successful projects. 'This year's results show a marked decrease in project success rates, with 32% of all projects succeeding which are delivered on time, on budget, with required features and functions' says Jim Johnson, chairman of The Standish Group in the 2009 CHAOS report
Body	Having a good project manager in place raises the likelihood of delivering a successful project. But having a project manager in place who is too busy to be allowed to be good is just a waste. To be truly effective project managers need to be lazy but in a productive way.
Boilerplate	Peter Taylor (Rugby) is the head of a Project Management Office for Siemens PLM Software, a company specialising in Product Lifecycle Management. Despite his title of 'The Lazy Project Manager' Peter Taylor is in fact a dynamic and commercially astute professional who has achieved notable success in project management. He is an accomplished communicator and leader and is the author of 'The Lazy Project Manager'.
Media Contact	For further information on The Lazy Project Manager, please contact Tim Moore on 01865 514 888. Alternatively emails can be sent to tim@infideas.com.

Book	The Lazy Project Manager
Headline	THE BEST LEADERS ARE THE LAZY ONES
Reference	The Lazy Project Manager Book
Summary	'Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.' Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
Date Line	5^th May, Oxford UK
Introduction	In 1857 Helmuth Moltke was given the position Chief of the Prussian Military Staff. He had a particular insight to and approach to categorising his officer corps, something which lives on to this day within many armed forces, and something which can apply to all forms of leadership, including project management.
Body	One category Moltke identified were the mentally bright and yet physically lazy officers who he felt could and should take the highest levels of command. This type of officer was both smart enough to see what needed to be done but was also motivated by inherent laziness to find the easiest, simplest way to achieve what was required. Put in a more positive way they would know how to be successful through the most efficient deployment of effort. In other words, those who were 'productively lazy' were the best and most successful leaders. 'Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.' - Walter Chrysler
Boilerplate	Peter Taylor (Rugby) is the head of a Project Management Office for Siemens PLM Software, a company specialising in Product Lifecycle Management. Despite his title of 'The Lazy Project Manager' Peter Taylor is in fact a dynamic and commercially astute professional who has achieved notable success in project management. He is an accomplished communicator and leader and is the author of 'The Lazy Project Manager'.
Media Contact	For further information on The Lazy Project Manager, please contact Tim Moore on 01865 514 888. Alternatively emails can be sent to tim@infideas.com.

Book	The Lazy Project Manager
Headline	PROJECTS ARE FAILING MORE OFTEN - TIME TO CHANGE
Reference	The Lazy Project Manager Book
Summary	One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Date Line	5^th May, Oxford UK
Introduction	Project failures are on the rise again but we are in a period of history that demands quite the opposite. Projects that are allowed to continue in the current economic climate and new projects that are commissioned require more certainty of success. So doing what we have always done is going to lead to failure.
Body	A significant change in approach to project management is a requirement as we appear to just be doing the same thing over and over again. 'This year's results show a marked decrease in project success rates, with 32% of all projects succeeding …' says Jim Johnson, chairman of The Standish Group in the 2009 CHAOS report. Looking back at past projects and truly learning the lessons that are there to be learned will help shape a new way of working. The 'productive lazy' approach can contribute to the required new way of working with projects (and can lead to a decline in project insanity).
Boilerplate	Peter Taylor (Rugby) is the head of a Project Management Office for Siemens PLM Software, a company specialising in Product Lifecycle Management. Despite his title of 'The Lazy Project Manager' Peter Taylor is in fact a dynamic and commercially astute professional who has achieved notable success in project management. He is an accomplished communicator and leader and is the author of 'The Lazy Project Manager'.
Media Contact	For further information on The Lazy Project Manager, please contact Tim Moore on 01865 514 888. Alternatively emails can be sent to tim@infideas.com.

Book	The Lazy Project Manager
Headline	THERE IS NO PLAN 'B' - THE RECESSION BITES
Reference	The Lazy Project Manager Book
Summary	The world is challenged that is for sure! On one hand we have a history littered with significant project failure and on the other with an even more critical need for project success.
Date Line	5^th May, Oxford UK
Introduction	On one hand we face the Global Recession, with all the impact that this is having on people and business, and on the other hand we are a dynamic, resourceful and ever evolving world that demands change as part of its survival. And change demands projects and these projects demand better prepared project managers.
Body	Now is the time that is even more critical to succeed, and succeed with a higher level of certainty than seen before since those projects that will be commissioned in the future, as well as the ones that are allowed to continue in the current climate, will be expected to deliver higher business impact, be under closer scrutiny from senior management and be under far more pressure. You also need to prepare for this 'new world' of project deployment and prepare yourself for the challenges ahead. There is no Plan 'B' but there is a need for project managers to re-invest in their profession, to be flexible in their work, and to deliver what their businesses need for survival in these challenging times. To work in a smarter and more productive way.
Boilerplate	Peter Taylor (Rugby) is the head of a Project Management Office for Siemens PLM Software, a company specialising in Product Lifecycle Management. Despite his title of 'The Lazy Project Manager' Peter Taylor is in fact a dynamic and commercially astute professional who has achieved notable success in project management. He is an accomplished communicator and leader and is the author of 'The Lazy Project Manager'.
Media Contact	For further information on The Lazy Project Manager, please contact Tim Moore on 01865 514 888. Alternatively emails can be sent to tim@infideas.com.

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