The Portable MBA in Project Management

✍ Scribed by Eric Verzuh

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 460
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Unlike most project management books, which focus solely on the nuts and bolts of managing single projects, The Portable MBA in Project Management focuses on the strategy, organization, and processes at work in the three tiers of a successful project-driven organization–the project, the program, and the enterprise. By integrating many critical success factors in this comprehensive guide, Eric Verzuh brings a new vision to the art and science of project management. –Chris Capossela, General Manager, Microsoft Project

''Verzuh delivers with impact once again. Like his first book, this one is a ‘must have’ for all professionals in project management. Everyone–from project managers to CEOs of project-based organizations–can’t help but be successful after reading and applying the principles established here. This is truly a significant contribution from a first-rate author.'' –Ralph Kliem, author of The Project Manager’s Emergency Kit

''Eric Verzuh has produced another solid, readable book. In the tradition of good project management, he has gone ‘cross functional’ and added outside expertise to his own impressive knowledge. Project management is about much more than technical tools, and so this book also explains the proper business approaches to running a project-driven organization.'' –Dr. Denis F. Cioffi, Director of the Project Management Program at The George Washington University author of Managing Project Integration

A state-of-the-art education in project management from the leading thinkers in the field:

• Elaine Biech, President and Managing Principal, Ebb Associates
• Robert G. Cooper, President and cofounder, The Product Development Institute
• Denis Couture, President and cofounder, PCI Group
• Deborah L. Duarte, George Washington University
• Randall Englund, Associate, Strategic Management Group
• Robert J. Graham, Senior Associate, Strategic Management Group
• Ned Hamson, strategic innovation consultant
• Samuel J. Mantel Jr., Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati
• Jack R. Meredith, Editor in Chief, Journal of Operations Management
• Nancy Tennant Snyder, Vice President for Leadership and Strategic Competency Creation, Whirlpool Corporation
• Eric Verzuh, President, The Versatile Company
• Neal Whitten, President, Neal Whitten Group

✦ Table of Contents

The PORTABLE MBA in PROJECT MANAGEMENT......Page 1
Copyrights......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 22
PART ONE THE CASE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT......Page 24
1. Project Management Is a Strategic Strength......Page 28
2. Leading the Change to a Project-Based Organization......Page 49
PART TWO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE......Page 78
3. Project Selection......Page 82
4. Building the Action Plan: Scheduling, Estimating, and Resource Allocation......Page 121
5. Achieving Stakeholder Satisfaction through Project Control......Page 165
6. Project Risk Management......Page 202
7. Quality, Quality Management, and Project Management......Page 230
PART THREE BUILDING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE PROJECT TEAM......Page 270
8. A Model for Building Teamwork......Page 274
9. Discipline: The Glue That Holds It All Together......Page 285
10. Virtual Team Critical Success Factors......Page 310
PART FOUR MANAGING THE PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATION......Page 328
11. Stage-Gate? New Product Development Processes: A Game Plan from Idea to Launch......Page 332
12. Enterprise Project Management: The Path to Maturity......Page 370
13. Creating an Environment for Successful Projects in Your Organization......Page 401
14. Integrating Project Management into the Enterprise......Page 417
Index......Page 446