Sun Tzu and the Project Battleground: Creating Project Strategy from 'the Art of War'

DAVID E HAWKINS is Director of Project Operations at PSL. He has an extensive career in projects and procurement, particularly in the construction industry working in many parts of the world. He has developed training programmes and frequently has been a leading speaker in the field of exploiting relationship management through effective leadership and strategy development. He is also a regular contributor to professional magazines and journals.SHAN RAJAGOPAL is a practitioner, academic and consultant with over twenty year's experience covering clients in public and private sectors. He held senior positions in culturally diverse organisations in the Far East, USA and Europe managing, interacting and implementing cross cultural programmes. He conducts project portfolio assessments and its implementations for several organisations. He advocates Sun Tzu's Art of War as a strategic thinking process for complex programmes and change management initiatives. He is the author of the best-selling Strategic Supply Management: An Implementation Toolkit. He is a regular speaker at major international conferences and has published numerous papers and articles in professional magazines and journals.