Creating an environment for successful projects : the quest to manage project management

By: Graham, Robert JContributor(s): Englund, Randall LMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, c1997Description: xvi, 253 p. : illustrationsISBN: 9780787903596 ; 0787903590Subject(s): Project managementDDC classification: 658.404 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Click here to access online
Contents:
Leading the change to a project-based organization -- Giving projects a strategic emphasis -- How upper managers influence project success -- Developing and supporting core teams for project success -- Organizing the project management effort -- Developing the project management information systems -- Selecting and developing the project manager -- Developing project management learning organization -- Hewlett-Packard's project management initiative -- Creating an environment for successful projects in your organization.
Summary: In Creating an Environment for Successful Projects, Robert J. Graham and Randall L. Englund zero in on the key to successful product innovation and development - the creation of the project-based organization. This hands-on resource offers managers the cutting-edge information and effective tools they need to support and sustain the project management climate that is so vital to organizational growth. Filled with illustrative examples from such thriving firms as Hewlett-Packard and General Electric, this book outlines exactly what key managers need to do to support successful projects within their own organizations, no matter how large or small. Graham and Englund offer vital information on topics that cover the broad scope of managing project management.
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Leading the change to a project-based organization --
Giving projects a strategic emphasis --
How upper managers influence project success --
Developing and supporting core teams for project success --
Organizing the project management effort --
Developing the project management information systems --
Selecting and developing the project manager --
Developing project management learning organization --
Hewlett-Packard's project management initiative --
Creating an environment for successful projects in your organization.

In Creating an Environment for Successful Projects, Robert J. Graham and Randall L. Englund zero in on the key to successful product innovation and development - the creation of the project-based organization. This hands-on resource offers managers the cutting-edge information and effective tools they need to support and sustain the project management climate that is so vital to organizational growth. Filled with illustrative examples from such thriving firms as Hewlett-Packard and General Electric, this book outlines exactly what key managers need to do to support successful projects within their own organizations, no matter how large or small. Graham and Englund offer vital information on topics that cover the broad scope of managing project management.

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