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The Portable MBA in Project Management

The Portable MBA in Project Management

Author: Eric Verzuh
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471268994
Published In: April 2003
Format: Hardback , 456 pages
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The Portable MBA in Project Management covers the most pressing?topics in?project management and features all the leading thinkers in the field.?While?most project management books address only the techniques for managing individual projects,?The Portable MBA in Project Management widens the scope to include insights for managing project-based organizations. In doing so, this comprehensive volume will?help managers combine the power of individual project successes to drive the organization to new levels of?productivity and customer responsiveness. Eric Verzuh, best selling author of The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, brings together?the leading lights of project management in this volume,?including Robert G. Cooper, Randall Englund, Jack Meredith and Neil Whitten. In addition to his role as editor, Verzuh draws on his own?expertise to address?how and why project management is a strategic strength, how to integrate project management into your enterprise, and?several other topics for which he is well-known. Together they?effectively address?the full spectrum of the?issues in?project management today.

PART ONE. THE CASE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

Project Management Is a Strategic Strength (Eric Verzuh).

Leading the Change to a Project-Based Organization (Robert J. Graham and Randall L. Englund).

PART TWO. THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE.

Project Selection (Jack R. Meredith and Samuel J. Mantel, Jr.).

Building the Action Plan: Scheduling, Estimating, and Resource Allocation (Eric Verzuh).

Achieving Stakeholder Satisfaction through Project Control (Eric Verzuh).

Project Risk Management (Eric Verzuh).

Quality, Quality Management, and Project Management (Ned Hamson).

PART THREE. BUILDING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE PROJECT TEAM.

A Model for Building Teamwork (Elaine Biech).

Discipline: The Glue That Holds It All Together (Neal Whitten).

Virtual Team Critical Success Factors (Deborah L. Duarte and Nancy Tennant Snyder).

PART FOUR. MANAGING THE PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATION.

Stage-Gate^TM New Product Development Processes: A Game Plan from Idea to Launch (Robert G. Cooper).

Enterprise Project Management: The Path to Maturity (Denis Couture).

Creating an Environment for Successful Project in Your Organization (Robert J. Graham and Randall L. Englund).

Integrating Projects Management into the Enterprise (Eric Verzuh).

Index.

ERIC VERZUH, PMP, is President of the Versatile Company, a project management training and consulting firm based in Seattle, Washington. Versatile’s consulting practice focuses on helping firms establish consistent, practical methods for managing their projects. Its client list includes such large corporations as Adobe Systems, GE Capital, and Lockheed Martin, as well as government agencies and small businesses. Verzuh is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences on project management and is the author of The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, also from Wiley.