This is a bedside book for anyone who participates in a project that changes how your company works. While the book is generally focused on software projects and programs, most of it is universally applicable. It is most particularly for executives, line managers and project managers suffering from Confusing direction. Conflicting priorities. Out-of-control costs. Underperforming improvements. Change sabotage. Technical delays. Process surprises, Chronically late deliveries. Over-worked and resentful employees. This book is about what can and does go wrong, and what you can and should be...

Querencia is the story of finding, building and running an elegant inn. Starting with raw land, Mike and Mary Jo built the iconic small inn Querencia over a fourteen year adventure. After a year-long search, Mike and Mary Jo acquired forty acres near the town of Murphys in Calaveras County, California. There was no road, no power, no water, and no communications on site. The project was entirely built from scratch. It was a long, cripplingly costly slog. Querencia is now one of the highest rated (Yelp and Trip Advisor) inns in Gold Country. This book details the care, commitment, and...