Table of Contents:

Section I: Individuals and Interactions,
Chapter 1: Chasing Mercury: The Emotional and Social Pillars of High-Performing Teams
Chapter 2: Values as the Basis for Successful Teams: A Scrum Perspective and Primer
Chapter 3: The Power of Empowering Others: Coaching as a Leadership Model for High Performing Teams
Chapter 4: Coping with the Unexpected: Flexibility, Resilience and Culture
Chapter 5: Leading Without Authority

Section II: Processes, tools, and techniques,
Chapter 6: Performance: a combined project and portfolio perspective
Chapter 7: Communications Shape Reality
Chapter 8: Knowledge Management Shapes Culture
Chapter 9: Risk Management Principles
Chapter 10: Risk Management Practices
Chapter 11: Act Fast and Think Fast: Agile Schedule Performance
Chapter 12: Monitoring and Controlling: understanding your project’s status
The Project Management Office (PMO)
Chapter 13: Managing Change: from adoption to completion
Chapter 14: Securing Benefits
Chapter 15: Beyond the Triple Constraints: Creating Conditions for Optimal

Section III: Experience
Chapter 16: Critical Success and Failure Factors in Large Scale Complex Projects
Chapter 17: Performance and Measurement: an Interdisciplinary Study of Public Sector Projects
Chapter 18: Creating Value in Infrastructure Projects: The Public Value Chain
Chapter 19: Evaluating Project Performance: A Comprehensive Approach Studying EU Structural Programs
Chapter 20: Project Performance in the Financial Sector

Section IV: Responding to Change,
Chapter 21: Matching Theory to Practice in a Complex World: A Philosophical Approach
Chapter 22: The Future of Global Program Leadership: A Sci-Fi Narrative
Chapter 23: Mindfulness: Achieving Performance in an Accelerating Technology Landscape
Chapter 24: Continuous Digital and #NoProjects

This book is a modern guide to the leading edge of project performance management and a path to the future of project delivery. This book is the result of the hard work and dedication of more than 35 authors from more than 15 countries across four continents. It brings a diversity of experience, professional and personal. It includes practitioners, leading academics, renowned theorists and many who straddle those roles. The chapters cover experiences in software, large-scale infrastructure projects, finance and health care, to name a few. The chapters themselves take many forms. Check out the Table of Contents to get a deeper sense of the topics included. All provide real-world guidance on delivering high-performing projects and show you how to build, lead and manage high-performing teams.