Project Management Excellence

Author : Eric S. Norman,Shelly A. Brotherton,Robert T. Fried
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118000267

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Work Breakdown Structures by Eric S. Norman,Shelly A. Brotherton,Robert T. Fried Pdf

Understand and apply new concepts regarding Work Breakdown Structures The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) has emerged as a foundational concept and tool in Project Management. It is an enabler that ensures clear definition and communication of project scope while performing a critical role as a monitoring and controlling tool. Created by the three experts who led the development of PMI®'s Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures, Second Edition, this much-needed text expands on what the standard covers and describes how to go about successfully implementing the WBS within the project life cycle, from initiation and planning through project closeout. Filling the gap in the literature on the WBS, Work Breakdown Structures: The Foundation for Project Management Excellence gives the reader an understanding of: The background and key concepts of the WBS WBS core characteristics, decomposition, representations, and tools Project initiation and the WBS, including contracts, agreements, and Statements of Work (SOW) Deliverable-based and activity-based management Using the WBS as a basis for procurement and financial planning Quality, risk, resource, and communication planning with the WBS The WBS in the executing, monitoring, and controlling phases New concepts regarding the representation of project and program scope Verifying project closeout with the WBS Using a real-life project as an example throughout the book, the authors show how the WBS first serves to document and collect information during the initiating and planning phases of a project. Then, during the executing phase, the authors demonstrate how the WBS transitions to an active role of project decision-support, serving as a reference and a source for control and measurement. (PMI is a registered mark of Project Management Institute, Inc.)

Author : H. James Harrington,Thomas McNellis
Publisher : Paton Professional
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1932828079

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Project Management Excellence by H. James Harrington,Thomas McNellis Pdf

Author : Dennis Bolles
Publisher : AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0814426441

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Building Project-Management Centers of Excellence by Dennis Bolles Pdf

It’s been shown again and again that business components from R & D to systems, engineering to manufacturing can benefit from a project-centered management approach. Now, organizations that have had success at the departmental or divisional level are taking the project management approach to new levels, adopting PM standards into across-the-board management philosophies and business strategies. This new model is known as the Project Management Center of Excellence. PMCoEs need every group within the organization to work under the PM model, but more important, they need the proper tools to implement PM standards in new areas. A crucial tool in developing project management objectives across the company, this book covers: * Positioning project management as a business strategy * Creating and managing an organizational PM portfolio * Education, training, and internal PM certification programs * Classifying projects, benchmarking, and mapping a methodology

Author : Harold Kerzner,International Institute for Learning
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118000342

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Project Management - Best Practices by Harold Kerzner,International Institute for Learning Pdf

From senior executives across the globe, insights for successful project management implementation The bestselling first edition of Project Management Best Practices: Achieving Global Excellence set the course for project managers navigating the increasingly challenging task of working within global corporations and with distant and diverse work teams. This new edition carries that tradition to the next step, presenting a new set of firsthand accounts of how corporations around the world incorporate project management into their strategic business operations. In this Second Edition, senior managers of more than fifty global companies—both large (Fortune 500) and small, and in all sectors of the market—share their best practices in project management. These industry leaders offer insight into best practices for: Project risk management Project management for multinational cultures and cultural failures Focusing on value as well as cost and schedule Integrated and virtual project teams With new and updated information on the latest developments in the field, Project Management Best Practices: Achieving Global Excellence, Second Edition offers a must-have window onto the issues—and their real-world solutions—facing corporate managers, project and team managers, engineers, project team members, and business consultants in today's global market.

Author : Harold Kerzner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1527 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118835609

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Project Management Best Practices by Harold Kerzner Pdf

Senior executives and project managers from more than 50 world-class companies offer their best practices for successful project management implementation The first two editions of the bestselling Project Management Best Practices helped project managers navigate the increasingly complex task of working within global corporations employing distant and diverse work teams. This new Third Edition includes the same valuable wealth of proven best practices, while following up on case studies from previous editions and offering new case studies on project management practices at large and small companies. The Third Edition offers insight from project managers and executives at more than fifty global companies in all sectors of the market. These industry-leading professionals offer insight and best practices for: Project risk management Project management for multinational cultures and cultural failures Focusing on value, as well as cost and schedule Integrated and virtual project teams Covering the latest developments in the project management field, Project Management Best Practices, Third Edition offers a must-have window into the issues and solutions facing corporate managers, project and team managers, engineers, project team members, and business consultants in today's global market.

Author : J. Kent Crawford
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0585425078

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Project Management Maturity Model by J. Kent Crawford Pdf

Project Management Maturity Model: Providing a Proven Path to Project Management Excellence offers effective strategies for the implementation of efficient project management systems for increased levels of organizational maturity, time and cost conservation, quality assurance, and project success. It details areas critical to organizational improvement such as the project office, management oversight, professional development, risk assessment, and streamlining processes. Summarizing methods to identify, analyze, and control factors affecting project quality and scheduling, Project Management Maturity Model supplies descriptions of the component qualities and characteristics of each layer of the maturity level, techniques to build a culture of project management excellence, an industry-wide benchmarking survey of project management maturity, a logical path to improve organizational processes, tools to measure company progress, a set of priorities for short-term improvement actions, and more.

Author : Harold R. Kerzner
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0471293113

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In Search of Excellence in Project Management by Harold R. Kerzner Pdf

This book discusses the changes that world class organizations have made to achieve excellence in project management. Learn how these organizations refocused to accommodate a projects-based approach and how they plan, budget, complete and assess their "mission-critical" projects. The implementation of project management ideas and methods is leading to more efficient service delivery and production, more accurate budgeting, greater profitability, and improved stakeholder relationships world-wide, In Search of Excellence in Project Management shows how these benefits can be yours as well.

Author : Harold Kerzner,Al Zeitoun,Ricardo Viana Vargas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119832270

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Project Management Next Generation by Harold Kerzner,Al Zeitoun,Ricardo Viana Vargas Pdf

PROJECT MANAGEMENT NEXT GENERATION Strategic guidance on enabling transformational change in the project management landscape In Project Management Next Generation: The Pillars for Organizational Excellence, a team of world-renowned project management leaders delivers an expert discussion on project management implementation in organizations of all kinds. The book explores 10 pillars of project management that will be critical for companies in the coming decade. It offers contributions from industry changemakers and thought leaders that provide the perfect balance between practical experience across a variety of programs, projects, and transformation initiatives. It’s a must-have title for practicing project managers who seek hands-on guidance and insightful case studies complete with discussion questions and instruction materials, including PowerPoint lecture slides and a full Instructors Manual on the companion website. In addition to the perspectives of several global commercial organizations on the project management industry’s future, readers will find: Thorough introductions to project management as a strategic competency and corporate project management cultures Comprehensive explorations of workforce upskilling and defining project success Practical discussions of flexible project management frameworks and flexible life cycle phases and project governance In-depth examinations of value-driven project management and metrics, as well as metrics for intangible assets, and strategic metrics Perfect for mid-level corporate, project, and team managers, as well as executives and business consultants, Project Management Next Generation: The Pillars for Organizational Excellence will also earn a place in the libraries of students in courses on advanced project management at the upper-level undergraduate and graduate levels.

Author : Michael G. Martin
Publisher : Managementconcepts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Contracts for work and labor
ISBN : 1567262570

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Delivering Project Excellence with the Statement of Work by Michael G. Martin Pdf

Companies lose vast amounts of money every year on failed and mismanaged projects. Delivering Project Excellence with the Statement of Work explains how to avoid the many pitfalls and deliver successful projects on time and within budget, using a highly successful tool - the Statement of Work (SOW) - to establish the baseline, develop pricing and measure changes and profitability.This fully updated second edition, which includes a new chapter on the use and application of the statement of objectives, presents the latest techniques to help you and your team to ensure that your projects meet specified scope and quality and to control risks by clearly defining roles and responsibilities.In addition to new advice on drafting a quality SOW and discussion of the legal considerations relating to the SOW, author Michael Martin provides a wealth of new examples of SOWs and case studies from a variety of projects and business environments to give you the insight you need to deliver excellence on your project.

Author : Adil F. Dalal
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439849132

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The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence by Adil F. Dalal Pdf

Asking tough questions about the current state of project management, The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence: A Lean Approach to Improving Project Results provides groundbreaking techniques to achieve excellence in project leadership that can result in six sigma type results or failure-free projects. It unveils novel solutions and breakthrough concep

Author : H. James Harrington
Publisher : Paton Professional
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1932828125

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Resource Management Excellence by H. James Harrington Pdf

Author : Timothy J. Kloppenborg,Laurence J. Laning
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781606492956

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Strategic Leadership of Portfolio and Project Management by Timothy J. Kloppenborg,Laurence J. Laning Pdf

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.

Author : H. James Harrington,Frank Voehl
Publisher : Paton Professional
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1932828117

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Knowledge Management Excellence by H. James Harrington,Frank Voehl Pdf

Author : H. James Harrington
Publisher : Paton Professional
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1932828109

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Change Management Excellence by H. James Harrington Pdf

Author : J. Kent Crawford
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781482255454

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Project Management Maturity Model by J. Kent Crawford Pdf

Following in the tradition of its bestselling predecessors, Project Management Maturity Model, Third Edition provides a roadmap for improving project success and boosting organizational performance. This edition presents new and revised material based on the Project Management Institute's (PMI's) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge,