A manager's guide to project management learn how to apply best practices

There are plenty of books about project management, but this is the first one written for the people who have the most at stake: the senior executives who will ultimately be held accountable for the successes of the projects they approve and supervise. Top enterprise project management expert Michae...

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Main Author: Bender, Michael B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Upper Saddle River, N.J.?] FT Press 2009
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505 0 |a pt. 1. Understanding projects and project management -- ch. 1. The goals of project management -- ch. 2. Project management framework and structure -- ch. 3. Project definition and planning -- pt. 2. Aligning project management with the organization -- ch. 4. Strategic alignment -- ch. 5. A framework for strategic alignment -- ch. 6. Organizational alignment -- ch. 7. Process alignment -- pt. 3. Project management oversight -- ch. 8. Project cost management -- ch. 9. Project oversight -- ch. 10. Project management oversight -- pt. 4. ch. 11. Project as capital investments -- ch. 12. Developing a balanced portfolio -- ch. 13. Balanced portfolio techniques in action -- pt. 5. Globalization and resource optimization -- ch. 14. Globalization and strategic outsourcing -- ch. 15. Optimizing resources in a multiproject environment 
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520 |a There are plenty of books about project management, but this is the first one written for the people who have the most at stake: the senior executives who will ultimately be held accountable for the successes of the projects they approve and supervise. Top enterprise project management expert Michael Bender explains project management from the perspective that matters most to executives: adding value. Most books view project management from the inside, focusing primarily on lower-level issues, such as the creation of Work Breakdown Structures. A Manager's Guide to Project Management views it from above, explaining how project managers can best achieve the strategic goals of the business; the executive's role in successful project management; and the tools available to executives who want to gain greater value from project management. Drawing on his extensive experience, Bender shows how to: make sure project and enterprise goals align; structure organizations to support more effective project communication and decision making; integrate project processes with other organizational processes; oversee projects more effectively. This book contains a full section on understanding and managing projects as capital investments, including detailed coverage of building balanced project portfolios. Bender concludes with a sophisticated discussion of managing projects in global environments and optimizing resources where multiple projects must be managed