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Creating an Environment for Successful Projects
By Robert J. Graham, Randall L. Englund
336 pages
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- Jossey-Bass
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- San Francisco
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- 2004
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Synopsis
Since it was first published in 1997, Creating an Environment for Successful Projects has become a landmark work that shows how to develop project management as an organizational practice. This second edition offers solid, results-oriented advice on how upper management can create an environment that supports the success of special projects and the development of new products. The book also includes a wealth of examples from the authors' workshop participants and readers of the first edition ...
Since it was first published in 1997, Creating an Environment for Successful Projects has become a landmark work that shows how to develop project management as an organizational practice. This second edition offers solid, results-oriented advice on how upper management can create an environment that supports the success of special projects and the development of new products. The book also includes a wealth of examples from the authors' workshop participants and readers of the first edition who have successfully implemented these concepts within their organizations. New in the second edition:
- Ideas and practices about portfolio management to achieve greater overall success from a portfolio of projects
- Advice for helping project teams come together to become more effective
- Information for developing the chief project officer
- Suggestions for implementing project management information systems
- More descriptions about organizations and people who have used these principles to develop vastly improved environments
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Table of contents
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- Creating an Environment for Successful Projects iii
- Title Page v
- The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series vii
- Contents ix
- Foreword xi
- Preface to the Second Edition xv
- Preface to the First Edition xxi
- The Authors xxv
- Creating an Environment for Successful Projects xxvii
- Chapter One - Leading the Change to a Project-Based Organization 1
- Chapter Two - Giving Projects a Strategic Emphasis 37
- Chapter Three - How Upper Managers Influence Project Success 77
- Chapter Four - Developing and Supporting Core Teams for Project Success 109
- Chapter Five - Organizing the Project Management Effort 139
- Chapter Six - Developing the Project Management Information Systems 163
- Chapter Seven - Selecting and Developing the Project Manager 187
- Creating an Environment for Successful Projects iii
- Title Page v
- The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series vii
- Contents ix
- Foreword xi
- Preface to the Second Edition xv
- Preface to the First Edition xxi
- The Authors xxv
- Creating an Environment for Successful Projects xxvii
- Chapter One - Leading the Change to a Project-Based Organization 1
- Chapter Two - Giving Projects a Strategic Emphasis 37
- Chapter Three - How Upper Managers Influence Project Success 77
- Chapter Four - Developing and Supporting Core Teams for Project Success 109
- Chapter Five - Organizing the Project Management Effort 139
- Chapter Six - Developing the Project Management Information Systems 163
- Chapter Seven - Selecting and Developing the Project Manager 187
- Chapter Eight - Developing a Project Management Learning Organization 209
- Chapter Nine - Developing a Project Management Initiative 239
- Chapter Ten - Creating an Environment for Successful Projects in Your Organization 263
- Epilogue: Leadership in Evolving Project-Based Organizations 287
- References 295
- Index 301