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THE PROMISE - concise naked summary version

A short, sharp description of what the problems with project delivery are and how the multi-lens approach used by Totally Optimized Projects addresses these problems.

This is intended to enable busy executives to understand

  • the problem, and
  • that there is a proven solution.

It also gives you a quick ‘reality check’ exercise to assess if you need to change.

If you want more information there are more complete versions of The Promise available. This is the primer.
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The ‘concise naked summary’ version of THE PROMISE gives you a quick snapshot of the problem and solution without justification or explanation (for that you need to read one of the other two versions - the Full Summary version or the complete book).

Project delivery performance has not improved in 30 years - so what is wrong? We’ve been looking at the problem the wrong way, through the wrong ‘lens’. We’ve been using the 

  • project management lens, and
  • technical delivery lens predominantly.

Now we have to add the

  • business value, and
  • investment strategy lenses.

When we do it changes our perspective on projects and our measures of success. It enables us to fill the gaps that exist in the existing project delivery approaches. 

When we ‘plug’ these gaps we can deliver a quantum increase in project results and consistently deliver projects with certainty.

The design of Totally Optimized Projects directly fills the gaps and equips the business to extract more value from each and every project. TOP provides you with the opportunity to up your project delivery game - quickly and effectively. 

No other approach offers the same benefits. Read this book to find out more.

The Chapters are...

  1. The promise
  2. The challenge
  3. Some perspective
  4. The technical delivery lens
  5. The project lens
  6. The business value lens
  7. The investment strategy lens
  8. Consistency and certainty
  9. Value Delivery Management
  10. Models, principles and processes
  11. Detailed processes
  12. Adopting TOP
  13. A new opportunity
  14. A quick reality check
  15. Starting with the end defined

Anyone and everyone connected with projects, portfolios and investments.

  • Introduces in just a few pages why we need to change the way we approach projects
  • Explains how the additional lenses change the measures of success, and how projects are approached and delivered
  • How VDM directly addresses the shortfalls that exist
  • How VDM can be adopted within your existing organization
  • Gives you a quick reality check to see how you’re really performing