
Creating an Environment for Successful Projects
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 6. January 2004
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-7879-6966-0 (ISBN)
Description
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
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
Reviews / Votes
"The authors discuss some excellent organizational best practices and provide steps to achieve them." (Journal of Product Innovation Management; 1/1/2005)More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 184 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-6966-0 (9780787969660)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Robert J. Graham | Randall L. Englund
Creating an Environment for Successful Projects
The Quest to Manage Project Management
Book
08/1997
Jossey-Bass
€55.29
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Persons
Robert J. Graham is an independent project management consultant and was a senior associate with the Strategic Management Group. He taught at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is coauthor of The Project Manager's MBA, from Jossey-Bass. Randall L. Englund was a senior project manager with Hewlett-Packard and a member of its corporate Project Management Initiative team. He serves as an independent executive consultant guiding managers and teams to implement an organic approach to project management.
Content
Foreword xi
Judd Kuehn
Preface to the Second Edition xv
Preface to the First Edition xxi
The Authors xxv
1 Leading the Change to a Project-Based Organization 1
2 Giving Projects a Strategic Emphasis 37
3 How Upper Managers Infl uence Project Success 77
4 Developing and Supporting Core Teams for Project Success 109
5 Organizing the Project Management Effort 139
6 Developing the Project Management Information Systems 163
7 Selecting and Developing the Project Manager 187
8 Developing a Project Management Learning Organization 209
9 Developing a Project Management Initiative 239
10 Creating an Environment for Successful Projects in Your Organization 263
Epilogue: Leadership in Evolving Project-Based Organizations 287
References 295
Index 301
Judd Kuehn
Preface to the Second Edition xv
Preface to the First Edition xxi
The Authors xxv
1 Leading the Change to a Project-Based Organization 1
2 Giving Projects a Strategic Emphasis 37
3 How Upper Managers Infl uence Project Success 77
4 Developing and Supporting Core Teams for Project Success 109
5 Organizing the Project Management Effort 139
6 Developing the Project Management Information Systems 163
7 Selecting and Developing the Project Manager 187
8 Developing a Project Management Learning Organization 209
9 Developing a Project Management Initiative 239
10 Creating an Environment for Successful Projects in Your Organization 263
Epilogue: Leadership in Evolving Project-Based Organizations 287
References 295
Index 301