Learning Lessons from Projects

I wrote this book because it upsets me to see waste. That's waste of money; waste of time; waste of knowledge. And not just mine either - anybody's. Although the future is never exactly like the past, I believe that there are usually enough similarities between the two for our past experience to provide us with clues on how we could approach the future more productively - if only we knew how to find those clues, decode them and apply them. Organisations that run projects have...
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I wrote this book because it upsets me to see waste. That's waste of money; waste of time; waste of knowledge. And not just mine either - anybody's. Although the future is never exactly like the past, I believe that there are usually enough similarities between the two for our past experience to provide us with clues on how we could approach the future more productively - if only we knew how to find those clues, decode them and apply them. Organisations that run projects have experience and useful knowledge passing right under their noses every day, but so often the value in this experience goes to waste because of a failure to take appropriate action. This book attempts to address why this happens, and to offer to Project Managers (PMs) and Project Management Office (PMO) people some suggestions as to how to improve the way your organisations learns lessons from projects. If, as a result of reading this book, you are moved to do something differently that reduces some waste and improves the way that you and your organisation learn from running projects, then it will have achieved its purpose. Early views: "A pragmatic approach on #lessonslearnt full of practical tips that any #PMO or project practitioner can put into practice. Great new resource by @PragmaticPMO #pmot" - @Aspire_ToBeMore (Anke Bysouth) on Twitter; "Lessons learned (rather than just documented...) persists as one of the most difficult to embed processes in PMOs thus I'm very happy to see more guidance available for practitioners to address this challenge. Well done, @PragmaticPMO! :-)" - @TheLuckyPM (Marisa Silva); "Delighted to share this new book on Learning Lessons from Projects [...] Great for PMO professionals looking to sort out this whole lessons learnt thing in their organisation [...] brilliant for any PMO people wanted to not only gen up on the subject but also learn some new insights on how to do it better. [...] A great addition to any PMO professionals bookshelf..."- Lindsay Scott (PMO Flashmob, PMO Learning) on LinkedIn and Twitter; "Packed with techniques. Just what's needed" - Jonathan Norman (UK Major Projects Knowledge Hub) on LinkedIn; "Love this! The power of story to teach in project management. Ken Burrell's videos and his new book are fabulous!"- Lori Silverman (Partners for Progress) on LinkedIn