Executive's Guide to Project Management: Organizational Processes and Practices for Supporting Complex Projects - Rilegato

Wysocki, Robert K.

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ISBN 10: 1118004078 ISBN 13: 9781118004074

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2011

Riassunto

How-to guidance for defining and implementing a complex projectperformance environment

Sharing his forty-five years of project management experience,best-selling author and industry guru Robert Wysocki presents astraightforward, enlightening, and pragmatic guide to help seniormanagers make the transition to an organization that profits andthrives on complexity. The first book to discuss practical projectmanagement mitigation strategies, Executive's Guide to ProjectManagement presents easy-to-implement infrastructures andprocesses that will ensure the continued success of yourorganization and maximize your investment of every project.

• Collects in one resource all the relevant information forunderstanding and creating an environment for improved complexproject performance
• A must-read for every member of your senior managementteam
• Shows you how to regain responsibility, take action, andskillfully handle complexity to mitigate risk and increase returnon project investments

It's time for your senior management team to take back controlof your investments in projects and programs. Executive's Guideto Project Management shows you how to cultivate your part ofthe organization so that it can respond to a changing projectenvironment with the infrastructure to support the project andprogram investment decisions.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Robert K. Wysockl, PhD, has over forty years of experience as aproject management consultant and trainer, information systemsmanager, systems and management consultant, author, trainingdeveloper, and provider. He is the founder of EnterpriseInformation Insights, Inc., a project management consulting andtraining practice. He has written twenty books on projectmanagement and information systems management.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

Complex projects by nature are high risk, high value, andmission-critical. The senior management team (SMT) should be makingevery effort to foster a corporate atmosphere that optimizesthe?realization of their business value. Yet many organizationslack the infrastructure needed to accommodate?effective SMT supportover complex project management. Destined to become your constantcompanion, Executive's Guide to Project Management is your one-stophow-to guide to establishing an improved complex projectperformance environment.

Sharing his forty-five years of project management experience,bestselling author and industry guru Robert Wysocki presents astraightforward, enlightening, and pragmatic guide to help seniormanagers make the transition to an organization that profits andthrives on complexity. The first book to discuss practical projectmanagement mitigation strategies, Executive's Guide to ProjectManagement presents easy-to-implement infrastructures and processesthat will ensure the continued success of your organization andmaximize your investment of every project.

Nimbly organized around four major topics that allow you tofocus on your area of interest or need, Executive's Guide toProject Management is your ultimate desk reference to:

• Understanding the challenges to managing complex projects

• Improving project success through HR staffing processes andpractices

• Enhancing project ROI using agile project portfoliomanagement

• Establishing and maturing an enterprise project supportoffice

Topics are discussed from the perspective of the organizationand how your SMT can establish the infrastructure and processes tosupport the management of complex projects, programs, andportfolios. Each section features an overview of contents, followedby practical tools, templates, and processes that provide aninfrastructure to support the intricate needs of complex innovationprojects. Sections conclude with a summary of the challenges facingsenior management and real-world tactics to overcome them.Wysocki's flexible strategies are not only easily customized to"fit" in your environment, they are designed to be continuallyrefined and improved along the way so that they remain effectivewell into the future.

It's time for your senior management team to take back controlof your investments in projects and programs. Executive's Guide toProject Management shows you how to cultivate your part of theorganization so that it can respond to a changing projectenvironment with flexible and adaptive tools, templates, processes,and the infrastructure to support the project and programinvestment decisions.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1118004078
• ISBN 13: 9781118004074
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 223