How to Cook a Project: Recipes for Creating Successful Products and Teams

Tired of project chaos and unpredictable outcomes? Imagine a world where every project is under control, and results are predictable. This book offers a collection of the most effective practices to transform chaos into successful projects, providing you with proven tools for project and product management.

Unlock Project Success with Proven Recipes

Are deadlines looming, tasks getting lost, and your team struggling? You're not alone. Project management can feel like an unpredictable nightmare. But what if you had a clear, understandable, and tested recipe for doing things right?

Egor Ganin, a seasoned professional who has launched (and sometimes failed) projects at Yandex and Mail.ru Group (now VK), has navigated the chaos, faced challenges, and learned from his failures. He has developed a method to transform disorder into a clear system, understanding how to set tasks correctly, manage deadlines and priorities, and bring projects to successful completion.

This book is the result of years of working with real projects and teams. It helps you view projects not as a collection of disparate tasks, but as an interconnected system, regardless of their scale or complexity. Learn how to:

• Establish the right project goals from the outset to avoid stagnation.
• Prioritize tasks and effectively focus on what truly matters.
• Use "push tables" to accelerate task progress and increase productivity.
• Transition from project manager to product manager, unlocking the secrets of effective product management.
• Optimize your project management process and achieve consistent, predictable results.

The author uses the metaphor of cooking and cuisine, making complex project management concepts accessible even to those new to the field. This approach makes the book easy to understand while being packed with valuable insights.

Why Read This Book?

• Build an effective project management system if your projects are disorganized and deadlines are constantly missed.
• Find practical solutions for managing projects when there is a lack of understanding within the team and communication is poor.
• Acquire not just "correct" project management recipes, but learn to analyze and adapt them to the specific conditions of your business, team, or processes.
• Discover new methods for optimizing processes that can take even successful projects to the next level.

Key Features

The methodology presented is universal and applicable not only in IT, marketing, education, finance, design, and manufacturing, but also in other industries. Whether you have a startup or a large business, the fundamental principles of project and process management remain the same. This methodology will help you establish effective management in any organization, improve team interaction, and achieve consistent results.

Who is This Book For?

This book is beneficial for project and product managers, team leaders, entrepreneurs, HR specialists, IT professionals, students, and experts from any industry who are looking to improve their project management skills and optimize their surrounding processes.

Take control of your projects and cook up success!