About the Authors

Vicki James is passionate about learning and sharing best practices in project management and business analysis. Certified in both project management (Project Management Professional® certification from the Project Management Institute since 2005) and business analysis (Certified Business Analysis Professional from the International Institute of Business Analysis since 2010), she provides a broad view to support project governance and processes.

Vicki spent 11 years in the public sector successfully delivering projects to support governmental operations. Today she provides private training and consulting to government and private industry clients in addition to writing and presenting on all things project. She also serves as president of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA, Seattle Chapter, 2012–2014).

Vicki was a contributor to The Complete Project Manager (2012) by Randall Englund and Alfonso Bucero and is a popular blogger and tweeter. You can find more information to connect with or follow Vicki at www.project-pro.us.

Ron Rosenhead is known for his highly practical approach to project management. He has spent more than 25 years as a trainer and consultant; for the last 17 years he has specialized in helping organizations increase the probability of project success. He has personally trained and coached over 10,000 people in the project management world, including both project managers and project sponsors, across all sectors.

He is also a professional speaker and author of Deliver that Project (ebook), as well as a regular blogger and tweeter. Ron writes practical project management training materials and has contributed to Construction Stakeholder Management (Wiley-Blackwell) and Business Proficiency (Klett International).

More information can be found at www.ronrosenhead.co.uk, www.projectagency.co.uk, and www.deliverthatproject.com. Ron can be contacted at rr@projectagency.com.

Peter Taylor is a dynamic and commercially astute professional who has achieved notable success in project management.

He has 27 years of experience in project management and marketing and has spent the last eight years leading program management offices (PMOs) and developing project managers. He is now an independent PMO coach, workshop trainer and consultant, and professional speaker, as well as the author of The Lazy Project Manager (Infinite Ideas), The Lazy Project Manager and the Project from Hell (Infinite Ideas), Leading Successful PMOs (Gower), The Lazy Winner (Infinite Ideas), and Project Branding (RMC, June 2013).

More information about Peter’s work can be found at www.thelazyprojectmanager.com, www.leadingsuccessfulpmos.com, and www.thelazywinner.com, and through his free podcasts in iTunes. If you would like to learn even more, Peter can be contacted for articles, training, workshops, presentations, and keynotes at peter.b.taylor@btinternet.com.