Best Practices in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management
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Project Management for Research and Development: Guiding Innovation for Positive R&D Outcomes
2nd Edition
By Lory Mitchell Wingate
March 27, 2025
Research and development (R&D) activities do not fit the traditional project model. They may seem difficult to manage because of their inherent ambiguity, the need for creative exploration, and often the lack of having defined milestones and outcomes. However, project management methods, along ...
The Entrepreneurial Project Manager
1st Edition
By Chris Cook
December 30, 2024
Doing more with less is a skill mastered by entrepreneurs. Budgets are tight, deadlines are short, and time is of the essence. Entrepreneurial project managers use these parameters to their benefit. Hurdling over obstacles with the bare minimum of effort makes their projects and teams stand out. ...
Portfolio Management: Delivering on Strategy
2nd Edition
Edited
By Carl Marnewick, John Wyzalek
June 21, 2023
Portfolio management is becoming the ‘must have’ for organizations to prosper and survive in this decade and beyond. No longer can the organizational focus be one of following best and repeatable practices as resource limitations mean only those programs, projects, and operational work that add ...
Benefits Realization Management: Strategic Value from Portfolios, Programs, and Projects
1st Edition
By Carlos Eduardo Martins Serra
January 21, 2023
Benefits realization management (BRM) is a key part of governance, because it supports the strategic creation of value and provides the correct level of prioritization and executive support to the correct initiatives. Because of its relevance to the governance process, BRM has a strong influence ...
Earned Benefit Program Management: Aligning, Realizing, and Sustaining Strategy
1st Edition
By Crispin Piney
January 21, 2023
No one can disagree that benefits are good things. Whether you are responsible for projects, programs, or portfolios, you are increasingly expected to think—and act—in an appropriate benefits-driven way. However:Do you understand that what may be appropriate for a project may be inapplicable for a ...
Implementing Project and Program Benefit Management
1st Edition
By Kenn Dolan
January 21, 2023
One of the most difficult, yet important, questions regarding projects is "What advantages will this project create for the investors and key stakeholders?" Projects and programs should be treated as investments. This means that the focus of projects shifts from delivering within the triple ...
Leading and Motivating Global Teams: Integrating Offshore Centers and the Head Office
1st Edition
By Vimal Kumar Khanna
January 21, 2023
This book provides techniques for offshore center managers and head office managers to motivate and manage globally distributed teams, which are spread across the offshore center and the head office, and thereby achieve higher productivity. Readers learn how to integrate the offshore center with ...
Managing Complex Construction Projects: A Systems Approach
1st Edition
By John K. Briesemeister
January 21, 2023
To many program, project, or construction managers, a complex project seems to be a labyrinth with many hidden dangers. This book is a guide through that labyrinth. It explains best practices and provides insight so they cannot only identify hidden dangers but also effectively manage the ...
Marketing Projects
1st Edition
By Olivier Mesly
January 21, 2023
Marketing is about placing a new product or service into the market. Projects are about delivering new products and services. The merger of these two fields holds great promise for delivering value to organizations and their clients. Project managers can serve many markets ranging from investors ...
PMI-PBA® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide
1st Edition
By Brian Williamson
January 21, 2023
The PMI-PBA® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide attempts to address all your questions and concerns by providing two of the most sought-after study aids: memory maps and practice questions. The systematic use of memory maps helps aid in the efficient recall of information and can boost confidence ...
Project Management Methodologies, Governance and Success: Insight from Traditional and Transformative Research
1st Edition
By Robert Joslin
January 21, 2023
With all signs pointing to an increased use of and interest in project-based work in modern organizations, the better scholars are able to make sense of the current state of the field through theory development and empirical investigation, the more successful projects promise to become. This book ...
Project and Program Turnaround
1st Edition
By Thomas Pavelko
January 21, 2023
The U.S. economy thrives on the development of new products, new systems, and new processes. Usually, these advances start as a flash of inspiration by highly creative individuals. It is complex and difficult to go from initial inspiration to a final product, process, or system. So it is not ...