This is a very negative book. As long as you are prepared for that, it is actually a very helpful book. I’ve read every chapter as: “Okay, assuming the worst, what are my options?”. With that in mind, it is a very helpful book. As such I don’t intend to pick up many of the techniques. Things like “Chinese Water Torture” as a technique for negotiating budget for IT projects are not my style. But what the book does do is help recognize when others employ those techniques. And that’s very helpful.