Download or read book Financially Focused Project Management written by Thomas M. Cappels and published by J. Ross Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financially Focused Project Management is a comprehensive reference covering almost every aspect of effective project management and providing breakthrough proven financial methods to ensure profitability.
Download or read book Financially Focused Quality written by Thomas Cappels and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-06-17 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author introduces Financially Focused Quality (FFQ) to the business world. The FFQ management strategy has been evolving over the years at Lockheed Martin and has been documented as having saved them millions of dollars. FFQ takes TQM and Full-Cycle Corrective Action (FCCA) a critical step further by including a financial viewpoint at the beginning of process improvement activity, and integrating recognition of cost in each step of the process. In the 21st century, technical expertise alone will not be enough. This book offers valuable financial concepts and insights that will greatly improve your worth to your companies. Equipped with FFQ concepts and methodologies, you will be able to observe your workplace from a financial viewpoint, enhancing your value as a decision maker and leader. The book presents the methodology for insuring a company-wide education on key financial issues. With an understanding of basic concepts, the book explains FFQ elements and their use in making and implementing business decisions. The final chapters contain case studies showing successful FFQ applications. Financially Focused Quality: TQM in the 21st Century gives you the skills necessary to implement FFQ in work environments, offering the prospect of improving the translation of quality and cost-cutting measures to the bottom line. It is an important professional reference and provides the financial education that all employees should receive to become leaders in the 21st century.
Download or read book Financially Focused Project Management written by Thomas M Cappels and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Project Manager s MBA written by Dennis J. Cohen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2001-07-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project managers are no longer judged by the technical success oftheir projects alone. They're also held accountable for theircontributions to the company's financial goals. Yet most projectmanagers don't have the business knowledge necessary to makeproject-based decisions that lead to bottom-line success. In thisbook, Dennis Cohen and Robert Graham, both former universityprofessors and experienced project management consultants, providethe skills that, until now, could only be gained through a graduatedegree and years of hands-on experience. Cohen and Graham walk project managers through basic businessconcepts such as value creation, accounting and finance, strategy,and marketing. They connect these concepts to the decisions projectmanagers face every day. And they make it easy to apply theresulting solutions on the job through a unique business systemscalculator. Readers can use the online calculator in conjunctionwith the book to understand how different project variables affectbusiness outcomes, to determine the overall impact of proposedproject changes, and to evaluate the economic results of manydecisions they make. Cohen and Graham's principles apply equally to projects inbusiness, non-profit, and government organizations. And each one isillustrated through case studies drawn from a range of industries,including pharmaceuticals, the technology sector, even thewinemaking business. Whether the mandate is to get new products tomarket, improve the infrastructure, or better serve customers andclients, this book teaches project managers how to make day-to-daydecisions from an upper-management perspective. And it provides ablueprint for planning and pitching potential projects thatdemonstrates a higher level of business savvy.
Download or read book Project Management Accounting written by Kevin R. Callahan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past few decades, Project Management has shifted from its roots in construction and defense into mainstream American business. However, many project managers' areas of expertise lie outside the perimeters of business, and most do not have the formal education in business, accounting, or finance required to take their skills to the next level. In order to succeed, today's project managers (PMs) who wish to soar to the top or remain at the helm of their profession need to have a comprehensive grasp of the business context within which they work. Providing a resourceful introduction to the interrelationships between finance, accounting, and Project Management, Project Management Accounting, Second Edition is designed to help PMs at various skill levels improve their business skills, provide advanced contributions to their organizations, and perform with greater proficiency. Authors and industry experts Kevin Callahan, Gary Stetz, and Lynne Brooks combine their decades of Project Management experience and insights to provide professionals in the field with a 360-degree understanding of how costs interact with the general ledger. Through the authors' seasoned expertise, PMs are better equipped to assess all facets of a project with a broader understanding of the "big picture" to determine whether to continue as planned, find an alternative solution, or scrap the project altogether. Rich with new content as well as many new case studies, this Second Edition of Project Management Accounting includes: Updated information on Project Management and its link to Project Accounting A new chapter on assessing risk when managing projects How to determine the greatest tax/cost savings Project Management in relation to a company's mission, objectives, and strategy Project Management in an agile business Coverage of agile Project Management as applied to software and technical projects New, updated, and timely case studies Sample checklists to help readers get started and apply concepts to their business Project managers must make vital decisions every day that impact the schedule, costs, or resources committed to a given project. Project Management Accounting, Second Edition, provides the tools and skills to help PMs establish with greater certainty whether these costs should be capitalized or expensed to stay on budget and improve a company's bottom line.
Download or read book Project Management Planning and Control written by Albert Lester and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2021-08-27 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the principles and techniques you need to successfully manage an engineering or technical project from start to finish, Project Management, Planning and Control is an established and widely recommended project management handbook. Building on its clear and detailed coverage of planning, scheduling and control, this eighth edition includes new case studies from industries including petrochemical and construction, as well as updates throughout to account for changes and best practice in governance and adjudication. It also now includes expanded coverage of AI, Big Data and sustainability. Ideal for those studying for Project Management Professional (PMP) qualifications, Project Management, Planning and Control is aligned with the latest Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) for both the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Association of Project Management (APM) and includes questions and answers to help you test your understanding. Self-contained chapters make this ideal for quick reference. Provides case studies in project management from construction industries and AI. Updated and expanded to address new trends and techniques related to governance, stakeholder management, BIM/VDC and Primavera P6.
Download or read book International Project Management written by Kathrin Köster and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With project management becoming an increasingly global endeavour, a comprehensive and international student text that reflects this reality is essential. International Project Management does just that, systematically linking the key elements of cross-cultural management and the particularities of an international context, with the tools and techniques of project management. Key features include: - A wide variety of examples and illustrations, including an in-depth, end-of-chapter case study with case questions; - Student exercises and review questions; - Detailed further reading - The full support of a Companion Website, featuring a Teacher′s Manual
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 Attributes of Project Friendly Enterprises written by Vittal S. and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 192 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 Project Team Rewards written by Jöran Beel and published by Jöran Beel. This book was released on 2007-11-04 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives you a comprehensive introduction to rewards in general and project team rewards in particular. Motivation theories and their impact on designing a reward system are explained. Throughout the book six so-called 'reward questions' are considered that need to be answered for designing a reward system. These reward questions are: Rewarding or not rewarding? Whom to reward? What to reward? What kind of reward? How much reward? When to reward? In addition, impacts of variable factors that may influence the answers to the reward questions are identified and explained. Some of those factors are employee's age, the company's culture but also project characteristics such as goal clarity, applied success criteria, project duration or member fluctuation. Please note that this book originally was written as a Master's Thesis. Accordingly, you should not expect to read a 'normal' text book but a Master's Thesis. Visit www.project-team-rewards.com for more details.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to RFPs for Libraries written by Frances C. Wilkinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book covers the philosophy behind RFPs to prime readers to understand how to most effectively write them and provides instruction on navigating the submission process as it applies to multiple types of libraries. For many years, only large academic and public libraries and a few library systems regularly used RFPs. Now, smaller schools, public libraries, and library systems use RFPs as tools to select vendors for computer equipment, online systems, databases, and materials. Library consortia frequently use RFPs to select databases and integrated library systems. In this useful book, readers will learn more about the types and advantages of RFPs; the timelines and logistics for submitting RFPs; how to write different types of RFPs; how to evaluate vendor performance; the transfer process when a new vendor is selected; vendor perspectives; and RFP ethics. An appendix includes sample RFPs and evaluation materials, and a glossary defines language necessary to writing and understanding RFPs. This book is essential reading for librarians who need to select vendors to provide library materials including books, serials, and media in all formats as well as for those who are choosing integrated library systems, security and inventory systems such as RFID, computer equipment and software, online and streaming materials such as books and music, or services such as digitization.
Download or read book Project Management ROI written by Jack J. Phillips and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business & Economics/Project Management An exclusive portal to the methods and tools the ROI Institute uses to determine return on investment in project management To survive this modern age of financially skeptical "show me the ROI" investors, it is a crucial step for companies to develop an effective project management strategy in order to stay ahead of the curve and achieve success. Project Management ROI takes the guesswork out of determining how to monetarily value projects by teaching the time-tested Return on Investment (ROI) methodology. It presents these results-based concepts in a methodical, reproducible manner that project managers, executives, and analysts can use as a validated reference for future projects. This book focuses on an array of measures to forecast project value and collect data during and after implementation, including reaction, learning, application and implementation, impact, return on investment, and intangibles. Project Management ROI: Is the first book from the renowned ROI Institute to focus on project management ROI Provides both the tools and methodology for measuring the ROI of project management investments Will help project managers discover the value of specific project management solutions to justify project expenditures
Download or read book Practice of Project Management written by Enzo Frigenti and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2005-12-03 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional project management has tended to focus primarily on the processes of managing projects to successful completion. To manage projects from their inception through to actual delivery of the business-enabling objectives, a different project management approach is needed. Project management needs to become part of the business. This book addresses the concepts and issues of business project management. It aims to assist organisations in making the shift from a narrow, strong, technical focus on project management to a broader, more business-oriented focus. The Practice of Project Management introduces three basic concepts which underpin the philosophy of the business-oriented approach: Business Focused Project Management (BFPM) which takes an organisation-wide view; The Wrappers Model and Objective Directed Project Management (ODPM) both of which provide the philosophies, processes, concepts, and tools used to enable BFPM.
Download or read book An Introduction to It Project Financials Budgeting Cost Management and Chargebacks written by Michael Gentle and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-06-23 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHOW ME THE MONEY! You can assemble the best project teams and meet all of your milestones and deliverables, but at the end of the day, your projects live or die by their financials. And that means getting a handle on everything from investment planning and budgeting to cost management and chargebacks. The good news is that you don't have to a bean-counter to understand this, for only 20% of IT project financials is accounting - the rest is all process. In a clear and engaging style, Michael Gentle lifts the veil off things like portfolio management, capex and opex, depreciation, cost management and forecasting. You'll then understand why time entry is not going away anytime soon (sorry, folks!), and why chargebacks are so hard to implement. Michael Gentle has over 25 years of experience in IT departments and software vendors in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. He is also the author of IT Success! and The CRM Project Management Handbook.
Download or read book Business Process Transformation written by Chitra Sharma and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a framework through transformation and explains how business goals can be translated into realistic plans that are tangible and yield real results in terms of the top line and the bottom line. Process Transformation is like a tangram puzzle, which has multiple solutions yet is essentially composed of seven ‘tans’ that hold it together. Based on practical experience and intensive research into existing material, ‘Process Tangram’ is a simple yet powerful framework that proposes Process Transformation as a program. The seven ‘tans’ are: the transformation program itself, triggers, goals, tools and techniques, culture, communication and success factors. With its segregation into tans and division into core elements, this framework makes it possible to use ‘pick and choose’ to quickly and easily map an organization’s specific requirements. Change management and process modeling are covered in detail. In addition, the book approaches managed services as a model of service delivery, which it explores as a case of process transformation. This book will appeal to anyone engaged in business process transformation, be it business process management professionals, change managers, sponsors, program managers or line managers. The book starts with the basics, making it suitable even for students who want to make a career in business process management.
Download or read book Project Management written by Rory Burke and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-11-25 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest edition of Project Management has been significantly revised to include important new developments in the field. The previous editions of this best-selling book from Rory Burke have been widely used on university degree programmes, executive management training courses, planning software courses and professional certification. Features: Reflects changes in the new versions of the bodies of knowledge of PMI® (Project Management Institute based in America) and the APM (British Association for Project Management) 7 additional chapters including expanded coverage of project methodology, project management process and knowledge area trade-offs. New case studies from different industries to indicate broad use of project management techniques Includes numerous worked examples and practical exercises, which introduce the reader to the latest planning and control techniques (PMI is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute)
Download or read book Project Management written by Jae K. Shim and published by Global Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to impart a deep understanding of the applications and importance of Project Management. The reader will learn how to assess a project with respect to time, costs, risk, and resources in order to effectively and efficiently reach goals. Intended for students as well as for working professionals and volunteers, the book provides the essential skills needed to make effective contributions and to have immediate impact on the accomplishment of projects. This book follows the framework within the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Readers will become familiar with the five processes involved in Project management - Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling, and Closing on time and within budget - along with the nine knowledge areas - Project Integration, Project Scope, Project Cost, Project Quality, Project Human Resources, Project Communications, Project Risk Management and Project Procurement - that are essential to being an expert Project Manager.
