Overview
"If you are a member of senior management and you want to prepare yourself to handle complexity in this competitive global ecosystem, this book prepares you to take responsibility and to take action." —Kathleen B. Hass, PMP
Principal Consultant, Kathleen Hass & Associates, Inc.
Director, International Institute of Business Analysis
award-winning author of Managing Complex Projects: A New Model, PMI's 2009 Book of the Year, and the Business Analysis Essential Library Series
Thrive and capitalize on project complexity
The contemporary project environment is characterized by a high degree of complexity, uncertainty, and risk. Managing and capitalizing on project complexity has become a huge and costly gap in our twenty-first-century business practices. Providing how-to guidance on improving overall project ROI, best practices in staffing processes, and establishing and running a project support office, Executive's Guide to Project Management examines the management of complex and uncertain projects from the perspective of senior management.
Anchored by author Robert Wysocki's forty-five years of experience in the field, this groundbreaking, self-contained guide collects in one place all the relevant information for understanding and creating an environment for improved complex project performance. A must-read for every member of the senior management team (SMT), Executive's Guide to Project Management shows you how to regain responsibility, take action, and skillfully handle complexity to mitigate risk and increase return on project investments.
The first pragmatic guide written for senior managers who want their organization to thrive and capitalize on complexity, Executive's Guide to Project Management shows you how to implement:
- A framework for staffing complex projects that leverages the synergies of four professional disciplines
- Practical mitigation strategies that can be supported and implemented by the SMT
- Project management life-cycle models
- An organized and defined project support office
- An agile portfolio management model
- Well-defined infrastructures for today and tomorrow
Prepare yourself to handle complexity in this competitive global ecosystem with the real-world theories and applications found in Executive's Guide to Project Management.