Race Through the Forest: A Project Management Fable

By Timothy L. Johnson

Imagine working for an organization mired in the way we've always done things for almost 100 years. When executives (and twin sisters) Flora and Fauna Forest disagree on the best approach to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977714616
• ISBN13: 9780977714612
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Tiberius Publications
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Project management application

This book is for project managers... and those who need to work with project managers to understand them better... I think Johnson has been spying on a lot of companies because he got a bullseye on both good and bad project behavior. I've been managing projects for over twenty years and this is the first book I've seen that highlights the important stuff so that readers can go back to their desks and put it into action. The SR ARTERY business case and the tips on staffing projects are simple yet amazingly insightful. Regarding the earlier negative review (what was he reading, by the way???), I also hope Johnson does not quit his day job because he obviously uses it to bring so much to the rest of us. This is my best business read of the last two years.

Simple Fun Useful Brilliant

Race Through The Forest is what the business world needs right now. No silver bullets here... just useful ideas. Timothy Johnson is straight as an arrow in writing about the race. The comparison between Biff and Barry is obvious but shows the simple truths about projects. There's a subtle sense of humor throughout the book which keeps the reading interesting. I really liked the acronyms and how they are presented, especially WUHOT.

Everything you needed to know...

...about project management, presented in an easy to read parable. If your projects aren't running smoothly enough, this is the book you need.

Seeing the Forest AND the Trees

FINALLY - after having my cheese moved, being told what my team's five dysfunctions were, motivating me to have raving fans, and trying to be a one minute manager, it's about time somebody wrote a cerebrally witty business fable for project managers. Johnson captures the reality of project management in a succint way that does what no other business fable has done yet: provides real application that I can use. My status reports and project plans will never be the same. I'm giving this to my team as a must read!

This Race is a Winner!

Author Johnson's fable pitting opposing management styles against one another illustrates with allegorical panache, the results of well executed project oversight. Beware the "Biffster" that awaits managers ignorant of how to effectively plan.