Preface. -- Part 1. -- 1. It Sounded Good When We Started. -- 2. A Place Where Everyone Knows Your Name: The Project Room. -- Part 2. -- 3. A Charlatan in Expert's Clothing: Writing a Lie-The Proposal. -- 4. Leaving the Station Before Everyone Is on Board: Staffing-Up. -- 5. After The Party Is Over: Letting Everyone Do Their Own Thing. -- Part 3. -- 6. Months Have 30 Days in Them, Except Those That Don't: Planning. -- 7. Be Careful What You Ask For, You Just Might Get It: The Requirements. -- 8. If I Could Just Find a Question for this Answer: Designing Before the Fact. -- 9. A Miracle Occurs Here: Schedule Tracking. -- 10. Getting Mugged by the Facts: Risk Mitigation Strategies. -- Part 4. -- 11. A Charlatan in Sheep's Clothing: The Right Project Manager. -- 12. But You Didn't Ask-Communicating with the Customer. -- 13. A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned: Maximum Reward versus Minimum Regret. -- 14. Punish the Innocent By-Standers: Award Fee, Bonuses and Other Rewards and Punishments. -- Part 5. -- 15. Digging Yourself Into A Hole: Put Down The Shovel And Seek Outside Help. -- 16. Fear of Stepping on Superman's Cape: Not Holding Meaningful Internal Reviews. -- 17. Not Providing Adult Supervision: Do the Junior Team Members Really Need Mentoring? -- Part 6. -- 18. Being Too Big For Your Britches: So Much Confidence With So Little Talent (Experience). -- 19. Appointed Experts: Who Brings What To The Table. -- Part 7. -- 20. The Shallow End of The Gene Pool: Small Projects and Large Corporations. -- 21. Telling Your Customer What You Think He Wants To Hear and Believing It: Outsourcing. -- 22. Going Where Angels Fear to Tread: There Is No Right Way to Do The Wrong Thing. -- Part 8. -- 23. Not Knowing What You Know: Are You Really Getting The Desired Results? -- 24. Don't Forget to Breathe: What People Often Do Wrong When Behind Schedule. -- 25. We're Almost Out of the Woods: You Aren't Finished Until You Are Finished. -- Index.