Peter Taylor reveals how adopting a more focused approach to life, projects and work can make you twice as productive.The Lazy Project Manager has been the project management book to own in the last six years and now this new edition brings the art of lazy productivity bang up to date. Anyone can apply the simple techniques of lazy project management to their own activities in order to work more effectively and improve their work-life balance. By concentrating your project management and learning to exercise effort where it really matters, you can learn to work smarter. Welcome to the home of 'productive laziness'. Inside this insightful and informative book you'll discover: The intelligence of laziness - why smart, lazy people have the edge over others; Why The Jungle Book's 'Bare Necessities' should be the productive lazy theme tune; How to get the maximum output for a minimised input; Quick tips to productive lazy heaven, including avoiding project surprises and being lazy on several projects at once. You'll also find out why you should never go ballooning, how to deliver a good Oscar acceptance speech, and why it is important for your team that you read the newspaper each morning. And yes, you may even learn some, quick, simple but incredibly important things about project management. If you are lazy enough.