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Bob Menlove shares his practical Guide to Project Management in ‘Projects for Profit’. He writes with real-world experience honed over 30 years at the front line of project and programme leadership, from global blue-chips to government departments and start-ups. Menlove knows there are plenty of educational guides to explain the theories, but this book is about how to make Project Management work in practice.Projects for Profit seeks to help people, projects, programmes, portfolios, and organisations in troubled times, recover stabilise or improve. It will guide and structure you, based on terrific experience, from Market to Service and beyond, setting you and your organisation up for success.His experience spans Central Government (Special award), Quangos (NHS Direct, Sky, Highways England & Bentley Systems, Ordnance Survey, CQC), Best brands (BP, DHL - ITIL Project of the Year Award, Microsoft, Barclays, BA,) and more, he spent 6 to 18 months delivering improvements and walking away with great testimonials.Now is precisely the time for organisations to think carefully about transformation.How will they cope with changes in working environments and consumer demand in light of the pandemic? How can they evolve to best take advantage of the shift to big data, the Cloud and AI? And then, how will each business or organisation bring together teams to manage that project effectively?The Figure 8 GuideThe Guide opens with a clear Introduction setting out who should read the book, including aspiring Project Managers, business leaders looking for rescue or change managers, and those facing new challenges in their careers. It sets out how a successful business should operate, digging in to issues such as communication and culture which are often omitted from textbooks in this field.And then we are down to business, with Menlove’s Figure 8 Guide to how to make change work in business. This looping racetrack image visualises the 8 key steps that Menlove says should drive Products, Projects and Programmes towards delivery. Against a background of good Governance and a clear market assessment, Menlove uses snaps from his real life experiences to demonstrate how each step works in practice: identifying Mission and Vision, interrogating Products and the Business Case for each, defining a Strategy and Business Roadmap towards improvement. Then a section on Delivery completes the bottom loop of the Figure 8, showing how to manage a Portfolio, deliver Projects and Programmes, and Service.Personal Skills of a Project ManagerThe final part of this helpful Guide is a practical look at the characteristics that make a good Project Manager, useful whether you are a Board looking to make the right appointment, or a contract PM seeking new work. Menlove has already explained that he uses Project Management as a catch-all term to encompass transformation management, change and recovery leadership and a whole range of related job titles, all of which require not just an academic grasp of principles, but a genuine understanding of the cultural and personal environment that makes change work.On a personal level, Bob loves Sport, played Cricket across Devon, Surrey and the Oval, Hockey and Cricket for University, but is surpassed by the Sporting (and academic) achievements of his Children. Success comes from his Wife and family, strong principles, great grounding in Finance and Civil Service