Resources

Grant Avery, Outcome Insights’ Principal and Lead Reviewer, is the author of the award winning and academically acclaimed “Project Management, Denial, and the Death Zone” (JRoss Publishing Inc 2016) with foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

Project success rates haven’t changed in 20 years… Learn why from this book, and what you can do to improve them in your organization.

This title has been recognized by the global PM community for its contribution and ingenuity. It has received the following industry honours:

• Nomination for the prestigious PMI David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award.
• Winner of the 2016 RiskNZ National Awards of Excellence Exemplar Award (RiskNZ is the peak sector and professional body in New Zealand bringing together those people and organisations managing risk).
• Chosen as The Book of the Month in PMI’s inaugural Projectmanagement.com Book Club.

For an excellent precis and reviews of this book please visit:

• The Publisher’s web site (JRoss Publishing Inc)
• Amazon.com
• Book review by Broadleaf Consulting
• Book review by the International Centre for Complex Project Management (ICCPM)
• Book review by “Line of Defence” magazine

• • ‘Quick Scan’ 5-Day P3M3 Maturity Review
  • ‘Quick Scan’ 5-Day PMO Audit Review
  • ‘Quick Scan’ 5-Day Project QA Review

• What should an independent QA review of my project cost?
• Servant Leadership: Reducing the Risks of Complex Projects.
• Why your P3M3® maturity score might not be what you think it is.
• What does level-2 in a P3M3 assessment mean and how can we score it?
• Risk Homeostasis – the reason our projects are still failing.
• The 10 things this Health Board did right to succeed with the establishment of a new PMO.
• PMO Quick-Tip Guides.
• Which project management maturity level should my organization target?

The following tools are taken from the book Project Management, Denial, and the Death Zone, by Grant Avery (JRoss Publishing Inc, 2016).

• Link for Information about P3M3
• Link for Information about MSP