Enterprise Project Management

Winning in Business With Enterprise Project Management is a breakthrough book that shows you how to harness the power of project management for your company ... turn it into an organizational philosophy (where companies are perceived as dynamic enterprises consisting of "portfolios of projects") ... and use it to plan and take care of daily business. With project management principles operating on an enterprise-wide level, your company will generate more organizational synergy, add speed to ongoing processes, boost productivity, and maximize growth - ultimately delivering faster, cheaper, and better products and services. And in the no-holds-barred business arena of today, there's no better way to ensure survival and prosperity.

In our increasingly competitive global economy, companies in all industries are struggling to survive and seeking new ways to do more--and this places unprecedented pressure on project managers to take on and govern multiple efforts simultaneously. Enterprise Project Governance reveals proven techniques for dealing with the multiplicity of projects and ensuring that programs and initiatives create the value needed to help your organization prosper. Through enlightening examples and case studies, readers will learn how to examine new project proposals and align them with the priorities, resources, and strategies of the organization. But this isn’t a one-person job. As its title suggests, Enterprise Project Governance takes a more systemic approach to the important work of managing projects, teaching practical methods for incorporating enterprise project governance into an organization's culture, synchronizing it with corporate governance, and maximizing efficiency and results across departments. Whether you’re a boardroom exec, an experience project manager struggling to keep up, or someone working in the trenches and hoping to advance, this go-to guide will help you manage your workload--and even increase it--with ease.

From enterprise vision and mission to business requirements to project initiation and management to operations, this practical guide explains each of the basic elements needed for project success and integrates them into a balanced life-cycle continuum. It includes a decision tree for determining the most appropriate level of project documentation, describes an integrated risk management and escalation policy, and contains more than two dozen templates and completed samples of key project management tools, such as a comprehensive statement of work template. The author offers a color version of the book.

This unique guide and professional reference presents a structured framework for practitioners and students of project, program, and portfolio management to enhance their strategic and analytic capabilities in the evolving discipline of project portfolio management (PPM). It provides a practical, step-by-step approach to building competencies in categorizing, evaluating, optimizing, prioritizing, and managing an IT, pharmaceutical, biotech or other complex R&D-oriented portfolio of investments.

“…a well written and content rich book. From a teacher's perspective, using this book in an advanced project management seminar challenges students to understand the application of these concepts.” —Alexander Walton, PMP, IT consultant to the University of California at Berkeley Widely acclaimed as one of the top agile books in its first edition, Project Management the Agile Way has now been updated and redesigned by popular demand. This second edition is in a modular format to facilitate training and advanced course instruction, and provides new coverage of agile, such as hybrid agile methods, the latest public sector practices, and a chapter dedicated to transitioning to agile. It discusses the “grand bargain” between project management and business; the shift in dominance from plans to product and from input to output; and introduces new concepts such as return on benefit. Experienced practitioners and students that want to learn how to make agile work effectively in the enterprise should read this book. Individuals preparing for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®examination, and training providers developing courses, will find this second edition quite helpful.

Programme management is a new approach to maximize the likelihood of successful change management. This book describes the skills and capabilities that organizations need to develop in order to manage change programmes effectively. It is the first book to take this holistic view and includes a new chapter on programme governance.

Enterprise Project Management: A Comprehensive Guide to Successful Management by Projects covers the essential and fundamental topics of Enterprise Project Management and Management of Change by projects. It is written for portfolio, program, and project managers, members of the project community, upper-and middle-levelmanagement, functional and operational managers, and all who desire to acquire an understanding of effective change by project management. The book covers in-depth the following important aspects of Enterprise Project Management: Achieving organizational goals Management of programs Benefits realization management Stakeholder management and engagement Project portfolio management (PPM) and the Project Management Office (PMO) The book explains how enterprises can consistently succeed in managing projects by aligning them with Business Goals and clearly defining what needs to be achieved. It shows how to ensure that Enterprise Project Management is fully deployed, and that project management concepts, methods, and techniques are available and utilized to deliver business value and realize benefits. The book helps managers to answer the question, “Are we doing the right projects?” by covering how PPM can ensure project alignment with strategic or operational goals and the efficient use of scarce resources and funding to achieve Objectives and Goals. It also helps managers to answer the question, “Are we doing projects right?” by explaining the critical role of a PMO, which supports excellence in project management by enhancing the proficiencies of Project Managers and providing the foundational tools and techniques for project success.

This guide illustrates how to implement an EPM solution to better meet an organization's project management goals, based on the Project Management Institute's proven methodologies in the third edition of "PMBOK" using Microsoft's Project Server 2007, Project Professional, and SharePoint technology.

A must-read for any project management professional or student. Projects are the life blood of any organization. Revised to reflect the latest changes to A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R)) and the Project Management Professional Exam(R), the fourth edition of The AMA Handbook of Project Management provides readers with a clear overview of a complex discipline. Covering everything from individual projects to programs and strategic alignment, it addresses: Project initiation and planning Communication and interpersonal skills Scheduling, budgeting and meeting business objectives Managing political and resource issues Implementing a PMO Measuring value and competencies. The book compiles essays and advice from the field's top professionals and features new chapters on stakeholder management, agile project management, program management, project governance, knowledge management, and more. Updated with fresh examples, case studies and solutions to specific project management dilemmas, it remains an essential reference to the critical concepts and theories all project managers must master.

The all-inclusive guide to exceptional project management The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management is the comprehensive guide to real-world project management methods, tools, and techniques. Practical, easy-to-use, and deeply thorough, this book gives you answers you need now. You'll find the cutting-edge ideas and hard-won wisdom of one of the field's leading experts, delivered in short, lively segments that address common management issues. Brief descriptions of important concepts, tips on real-world applications, and compact case studies illustrate the most sought-after skills and the pitfalls you should watch out for. This new fifth edition features new case studies, new information on engaging stakeholders, change management, new guidance on using Agile techniques, and new content that integrates current events and trends in the project management sphere. Project management is a complex role, with seemingly conflicting demands that must be coordinated into a single, overarching, executable strategy — all within certain time, resource, and budget constraints. This book shows you how to get it all together and get it done, with expert guidance every step of the way. Navigate complex management issues effectively Master key concepts and real-world applications Learn from case studies of today's leading experts Keep your project on track, on time, and on budget From finding the right sponsor to clarifying objectives to setting a realistic schedule and budget projection, all across different departments, executive levels, or technical domains, project management incorporates a wide range of competencies. The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management shows you what you need to know, the best way to do it, and what to watch out for along the way.