Book Structure
The contents of this book are set out in six chapters and an "Appendices"
section as follows:
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1.
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The Past, the Present and the Possible Social Future
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2.
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The Challenge of being a Social Project Manager
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3.
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The Practical Social Project Manager
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4.
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The Social Project Manager as a Commercial Force
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5.
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The Socially Mature Organization
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6.
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Social Project Management Tips
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Appendices
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The first three chapters are by far the largest that, together, cover the real
meat of the book. Chapter six consists of eleven tips ranging from the need to
involve the team to create a social environment, to know your own social strengths
and weaknesses. The Appendices section provides a brief description of some of
the contributors to the book's content, among other things. The book is well written
in a clear and easy style. It has 175 pages in all and includes a limited
number of illustrations, mostly relating to communication links. It does not include
a Glossary of Terms.
About the author
Peter Taylor is an experienced project and program manager who has also written
and lectured on topics in the project management domain. More particularly, over
the last four years, he has focused his energies on broader subjects like his
very successful book: Lazy Project Manager[7].
This has culminated in his modern ground-breaking approach towards project collaboration
through team members' use of personal social media software and habits, rather
than using formal centralized control. Peter is also the Head of a Global PMO
for a billion dollar software organization. He can be reached at peter.b.taylor@btinternet.com.
7. See our
book review of the Lazy Project Manager here: maxwideman.com/papers/lazy_pm/intro.htm
who, by the way, has to be anything but lazy!
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Introduction
