Download or read book Attributes of Project Friendly Enterprises written by Vittal S. Anantatmula and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project management sophistication is the state of enterprise practices in which success of projects is predictable and that the definitive measure of project management success continually improves with time. Sophistication in project management will lead to efficiency in operations and better profits. Enlightened enterprises are sensitive to project management sophistication and the definitive way of measuring it and improving it. As full assessment of the organizational project management sophistication is relatively time consuming and costly, enterprises have a need and desire for instruments that would provide an estimate of the project management maturity of the organization with less effort. This book includes such instruments and attributes of a successful enterprise. Attributes of Project-Friendly Enterprises creates a structured approach and presents attributes of a healthy project environment that include key indicators of success for projects, proposals, portfolios, project teams, Project Management Office (PMO), and the enterprise.

Download or read book Innovative Business Projects written by Rajagopal and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the project management tools and techniques in reference to innovation management analyzing global-local business scenarios, project environment, and administrative perspectives. It also details the financial, risk management, new project designs, complexities in managing innovation, and developing customer-centric innovation projects. Discussions in the book also deliberate on how innovation business project can be managed systematically to enhance organizational performance.

Download or read book Successful Project Management Practices written by Parviz F. Rad and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If an organization has reached a high level of project management maturity, the organization should regard that as a reason for extreme pride among competitors. This book describes the attributes, procedures, and policies that reflect sophisticated organizations.

Download or read book Strategic Leadership of Portfolio and Project Management written by Timothy J. Kloppenborg and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an executive, your organization may have limited resources. This book will instruct you and your leadership teams on implementing strategy through identifying, selecting, prioritizing, resourcing, and governing an optimal work portfolio. You’ll learn how to sponsor every project stage, as well as leading project managers as direct reports. Detailed advice is given for developing project management competency and utilizing input from customers, employees, and processes. You’ll learn how your organization can capitalize upon information technology to become competitive and to effectively implement business strategies, as well as how to make portfolio and project decisions using both qualitative and quantitative data and reliable analysis methods.

Download or read book Project Based Learning written by Harm-Jan Steenhuis and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides students guidance on how to deal with the project-based instruction form. Project-based learning is different from traditional lectures and requires students to behave different from the traditional classroom. Different types of projects such as projects that contribute to theory and projects that contribute to practice are covered, to explain to students what to expect, how to approach the project, how to interact with students in groups, and how to interact with the instructor. The discussion includes many useful examples.

Download or read book A Practical Guide for Holistic Project Management written by Lex van der Heijden and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project management is a multidisciplinary profession requiring not only knowledge and experience but also a lot of personal skills. A project is defined as: A temporary organisation that is created for the purpose of delivÂering one or more business products according to an agreed business case (Prince2 [1]). A project is executed on behalf of and by people. In fact it is all about people. This book is a holistic approach of project management which not only describes items such as risk management in a very practical way but also pays attention to the project impact and psychological part. Furthermore the challenges regarding outsourcing are described in order to reduce the amount of 'surprises'.

Download or read book Adaptive Project Planning written by Louise M. Worsley and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text explores why you must plan when using agile approaches, how to approach the planning in stakeholder complex projects, and how to plan for innovation. Despite claims to the contrary, there is no single approach to planning a project, but for a given project, there is a best one. This book takes you through many planning situations you will meet. The authors use stories of real projects to show how planning decisions alter depending on the project context. They discuss how resource-constrained planning differs from end-date schedule planning and look at what is different between cost-constrained plans and time boxing. The text explores why you must plan when using agile approaches, how to approach the planning in stakeholder complex projects, and how to plan for innovation. For project managers, getting involved with increasingly complex projects, it’s all about developing your judgment. The crucial judgments remain how to plan and structure a project. Through the exploration of many types of projects and the introduction of models and an approach to planning this book will aid your journey into high performance project management.

Download or read book Why Projects Fail written by Tony Martyr and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are all involved at some time in our lives in projects, if not professionally then in our private and community lives. Some projects fail completely and many more disappoint. We frequently hear reports of IT, construction, engineering, and personal projects failing by going over budget, or running late, or failing to meet the client’s expectations; or all three. This book deals with the nine features that almost all failing projects share. In this easy to read book, the author uses his nine laws of project design and control to lead the reader through the traps that that can catch out not only project managers but also the project client and other members of a project community. This book is not a treatise of project management theory but practical guide, based on wide experience and the study of the causes of project failure, aimed at the professional and amateur alike.

Download or read book Financing and Managing Projects Volume I written by Nand L. Dhameja and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project is an instrument of change and no project is complete unless its objective is achieved. Every project is specific and unique and the term ÒprojectÓ is constantly expanding and ever changing. This first volume deals with the managerial aspects of a project, i.e., project phases; its formulation and appraisal techniques; there is no single best technique and executive judgment is essential. Every chapter outlines the objectives to be delivered and includes project instances, brief case examples, and case studies that provide an analytical kit for executives and professionals. The book makes for a lucid reading and serves as a guide for the reader. It has been written based on our experiences gained and feedback collected from teaching, training, and delivering various consultancy projects..

Download or read book Financing and Managing Projects Volume II written by Nand L. Dhameja and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project is an instrument of change and the term "project" is evolving and constantly changing. With the increasing emphasis on social and infrastructure projects, executives, regulatory bodies, and other stakeholders have to look into the managerial and financing aspects of infrastructure and social projects. This second volume is devoted to the financing aspects, and provides insight into the New Sources of Financing with particular reference to infrastructure and social projects and the PPP approaches relating thereto, Government Funding Policy, and the project sponsor and the issues relating to time and cost over-run of projects. The book makes for a lucid reading and serves as a guide for the reader. It has been written based on our experiences and feedback from teaching, training, and delivering various consultancy projects.

Download or read book Project Portfolio Management Second Edition written by Clive N. Enoch and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this book is aimed at providing a mechanism to determine the individual and cumulative contribution of portfolio components to strategic objectives so that the right decisions can be made regarding those components. Project portfolio management (PfM) is a critically important discipline, which organizations must embrace in order to extract the maximum value from their project investments. Essentially, PfM can be defined as the translation of strategy and organizational objectives into projects, programs, and operations (portfolio components); the allocation of resources to portfolio components according to organizational priorities; alignment of components to one or more organizational objectives and the management and control of these components in order to achieve organizational objectives and benefits. The interest and contribution to the body of knowledge in project portfolio management has been growing significantly in recent years, however, a particular area of concern is the decision-making, during the management of the portfolio, regarding which portfolio components to accelerate, suspend, or terminate. Failing to determine how the individual and cumulative components of a portfolio contribute to an organization’s strategic objectives leads to poorly informed decisions that negate the positive effect that a sound understanding of project portfolio management could have in an organization.

Download or read book Project Communication from Start to Finish written by Geraldine E. Hynes and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research shows that 90 percent of a project manager’s time is spent communicating with various stakeholders. This book offers strategies that enhance communication throughout the project cycle and describes innovative techniques for bridging cultural gaps, increasing understanding, and ensuring project success.

Download or read book Improving Executive Sponsorship of Projects written by Dawne E. Chandler and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses gaps in current project management literature. From a senior management perspective, the gap is the lack of resources explaining why and how to establish a program to improve executive sponsorship strategically across an organization. From a tactical perspective, the gap is a scarcity of actionable materials to clarify roles, responsibilities, expected behaviors, and identify support necessary for improving sponsor effectiveness. Improving Executive Sponsorship of Projects identifies key factors to consider before creating an executive sponsorship improvement program or enhancing an existing one. The authors explain why executive sponsorship is important to an organization, how an organization’s culture influences the effectiveness of the sponsor role, and why project management standards are critical to success. The book explores what roles, responsibilities, and behavior should be considered and how to determine whether the person in the sponsor role is the right person and prepared to do the job. Finally, it provides a process and tools to assess an organization’s readiness to implement an executive sponsorship program, develop a plan for improvement, and monitor the progress of a program once it has begun.

Download or read book Project Management for Archaeology written by Rodrigo Vilanova and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology, the science in charge of studying ancient cultures, is without a doubt one of the most alluring professions in today's academic world. It is a versatile and complex discipline requiring a lot of skill expertise from both students and specialists, including the efficient management of team of coworkers, logistics, resources, etc. Project Management for Archaeology is a first approach to students and inexperienced archaeologists striving to better organize, lead, and execute an archaeological project. It also offers great insight and strategies to experienced and Òold-schoolÓ researchers in order to improve efficiency, leadership, and organizational skills, following the most effective management techniques in the market. Presented with a flexible approach that accommodates all types of archaeological research (from academic to rescue and salvage projects), Project Management for Archaeology is meant to be a practical handbook to be used all along the lifetime of any archaeological project.

Download or read book Research Handbook on Project Performance written by Vittal S. Anantatmula and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging Research Handbook presents a fresh look at how to improve project performance for the project sponsor, client and end user using a number of empirical research studies. Focusing on project performance concepts and methods, the Handbook provides a fresh look at successful project completions, achieving project objectives, on-time or ahead of time project completion or delivering within budget.

Download or read book Stakeholder led Project Management written by Louise M. Worsley and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If stakeholders matter on projects, then they must make a difference to the way we plan, structure, and execute projects. This book provides a stakeholder-centric analysis of projects, and explains which engagement models are relevant to different types of projects—from simple office moves to IT enterprise changes, to transformational change of a business, and to complex social development. With case studies from around the world, the book illustrates what goes wrong when stakeholders are not engaged successfully, what amazing things happen when they are, and what lessons can be learned from both experiences. Cases drawn from a variety of contexts are used to demonstrate the application of stakeholder tools, leaving the reader with a very practical understanding of which techniques may be beneficially applied to their own projects. Key models introduced include the following: • The stakeholder-neutral to stakeholder-led project continuum • Role-based and agenda-based stakeholders • Purposeful communication—the 6-why model for communication • Power and influence in projects • The six principles of stakeholder engagement. This book is intended for project managers and those project staff involved in the engagement of stakeholders to deliver successful project outcomes.

Download or read book The Lost Art of Planning Projects written by Louise Worsley and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appropriate planning of a project is the hallmark of a professional project manager. Good planning is what sets apart great projects from accidents. Purposeful planning is what ensures that the executive actions undertaken remain connected to the goals and outcomes expected by the stakeholders. There is no single approach to planning a project, but neither is project planning a free-for-all. This book takes you through many of the common planning situations you will meet, addressing how planning decisions alter depending on the project context. It also discusses how resource-constrained planning differs from end-date schedule planning. The authors look at what is different between cost-constrained plans and time boxing and they discuss why you must plan when using Agile, and how to plan for innovation, as well as planning when managing a project portfolio, and what planning means in a program. To tell this story, we have distilled over seventy years of our combined personal experience of supporting project managers deliver, and thousands of person-years of others’ practical knowledge to illustrate tools, models, and approaches that suggest what to do in what circumstances. Also available are supplementary materials and tools, on a website associated with the book, which we hope you find useful when you plan your next project!