A Practical Guide for Holistic Project Management

A Practical Guide for Holistic Project Management
Author: Lex van der Heijden
Publisher: Business Expert Press
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2017-12-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 163157941X

Project management is a multidisciplinary profession requiring not only knowledge and experience but also a lot of personal skills. A project is defined as: A temporary organisation that is created for the purpose of delivÂering one or more business products according to an agreed business case (Prince2 [1]). A project is executed on behalf of and by people. In fact it is all about people. This book is a holistic approach of project management which not only describes items such as risk management in a very practical way but also pays attention to the project impact and psychological part. Furthermore the challenges regarding outsourcing are described in order to reduce the amount of 'surprises'.

Project Management and Leadership Challenges, Volume III

Project Management and Leadership Challenges, Volume III
Author: M. Aslam Mirza
Publisher: Business Expert Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2018-04-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1947441779

Project implementation aligned with strategic advancement is a challenging endeavor, particularly in an environment of increasing complexity and productivity issues. Your prime issue is to plan for right action in right time, in right manner, and for the right purpose. Your attention determines the experience you end up with, and the experience determines the outcomes you have reached. Therefore, you must control your attention to control arriving at your desired outcomes. William James, in his book The Principles of Psychology (Vol I, 1890), wrote a simple statement, “My experience is what I agree to attend to.” The statement is highly relevant even in the 21st century for managing high productivity through “attention management.” This third volume provides areas for attention management and focuses on diversity, team building, meaningfulness, and growing to leadership, all of which are essentially required for maximizing and cultivating the real benefits with application of project management approach in business and industry.

Engineering and Product Development Management

Engineering and Product Development Management
Author: Stephen Armstrong
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2001-09-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1139936506

Engineering and Product Development Management is a practical guide to the components of engineering management, using a holistic approach. It will help engineers and managers understand what they have to do to improve the product development process by deploying new technology and new methods of working in concurrent teams. The book takes elements from six well known and understood bodies of knowledge and integrates them into a holistic approach: integrated product development, project management, process management, systems engineering, product data management, and organizational change management. These elements are framed within an overall enterprise-wide architecture. The techniques discussed in this book work for both huge multinational organizations and smaller enterprises. The emphasis throughout is on practical tools which will be invaluable for engineers, managers, and consultants responsible for project and product development.

Scrum for Teams

Scrum for Teams
Author: Dion Nicolaas
Publisher: Business Expert Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2018-09-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1948198444

Scrum is an agile framework for completing complex projects. This book gives examples, tools, and tricks to do Scrum well. For each trick it is explained why it helps. The practices themselves may be worth trying, but by understanding why it works the readers will be able to come up with their own ideas that work better in their organization and situation. All the practical examples in this book have helped someone, some where to become a part of a better Scrum team. Scrum’s motto is: “Inspect and Adapt”; change small things one at a time and see what works. Scrum is not done by project leaders or managers, but really by the teams—to succeed in an organization, the teams must do Scrum well. If the teams do Scrum well, the whole organization will benefit from it. Scrum helps a team self-organize, which fits in well with developers, who usually don’t like to be micromanaged. At the same time, Scrum can scale: Self-organized teams work together well, and one manager doesn’t have to manage all the people. The lessons from this book help Scrum teams develop into autonomous, proud, and independent teams. Often teams fail to become powerful enough to change the organization, so they cannot perform to their full potential. A good team can lead the stakeholders into trusting them. They will then make plans based on the team’s release planning instead of making roadmaps out of thin air, and thus make the organization much more predictable.

Project Management – a Holistic Approach

Project Management – a Holistic Approach
Author: Dr HO Kim Hin / David
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2020-06-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 154375841X

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Benefits Realization Management: A Practice Guide

Benefits Realization Management: A Practice Guide
Author:
Publisher: Project Management Institute
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2019-01-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1628254815

Benefits realization is the common thread that runs from organizational strategy through project deliverables that contribute benefits. Yet, according to PMI's 2018 Pulse of the Profession Report: Success in Disruptive Times, only one in three organizations report high benefits realization maturity. This practice guide provides a comprehensive look at the topic of benefits realization in of portfolio, program, and project management. It will help readers tackle this important topic and drive more successful outcomes and better strategic alignment in your organization. Inside this practice guide readers will find: standardized definitions for benefits realization, benefits realization management and associated benefits realization terms; the core principles of benefits realization; the benefits realization management life cycle from organizational mission, vision, and strategy through project deliverables and success measurement, and how it contributes to the expected benefits and value that the organization intends to realize; and a framework and guidance to help practitioners manage benefits realization in organizational project management and portfolio, program, and project management. As with all PMI standards and publications, this practice guide also aligns with our other standards including: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)®—Sixth Edition; The Standard for Program Management—Fourth Edition; and The Standard for Portfolio Management—Fourth Edition.

How Organizations Work

How Organizations Work
Author: Alan P. Brache
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471200336

A groundbreaking approach to successful performance improvement Almost every executive in business today is faced with the challenge of improving performance, from incremental improvements to wholesale organizational change. Here, a world-renowned expert in organizational improvement asserts that most hard-won changes don't last for long, however, because of the inability to identify the root causes of the problem. How Organizations Work offers a clear, integrated solution to performance improvement via a new "Enterprise Model"-which takes into account all variables that influence performance. Alan Brache provides a comprehensive "physical exam" for checking an organization's vital signs and a 360-degree picture of how organizational dynamics can be harnessed to effect permanent improvements in performance.

Innoliteracy

Innoliteracy
Author: Steinar Valade-Amland
Publisher: Business Expert Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2018-02-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1947843710

Innoliteracy: From Design Thinking to Tangible Change encourages you to allocate resources in the earliest phases of your next development or change project—to the fuzzy front end, where the problem is unveiled and understood, scoped, defined, and challenged, and where the roadmap for how to introduce something new or replace something existing with something better is drawn. The book is based on a series of reflections, experiences, observations, and anecdotes as well as a guide to a better development process, referring to examples, case studies, and existing literature and research. Innoliteracy is for anyone who is engaged in—or even just curious about—change and development processes, especially how they are made more stakeholder-focused, thoroughly framed and reframed, and how one makes sure that the most relevant and imminent problem is addressed.

Understanding Project Management, Second Edition

Understanding Project Management, Second Edition
Author: Dave C. Barrett
Publisher: Canadian Scholars’ Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2021-05-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1773382438

In the second edition of Understanding Project Management, skilled expert Dave C. Barrett offers a well-updated, practical real-world guide for current and aspiring project managers. Using concise and approachable language, the second edition features new concept illustrations, a greater consistency with the Project Management Body of Knowledge terminology, and additional case studies in the updated instructor resources. Taking the reader through an ongoing case study from initiation to completion, the text reinforces the importance of managing key aspects of a project, including its scope, quality, schedule, and budget, and explores the less tangible challenges that can often derail a project or lead to its success. This newly updated edition offers authentic project management documents produced alongside the project case study and equips readers with a solid understanding of why specific processes are used, why certain decisions are made, and how pieces of project management fit together. Suitable for any discipline or industry, Understanding Project Management, Second Edition, promises to be an engaging and worthwhile read. FEATURES: - Additional key terms, illustrations, practical examples, and references to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Sixth Edition - Readers follow an ongoing case study, gaining insight into the thought processes and resulting actions of a project manager, including the creation of project documents - Robust instructor resources include new case studies that can be used for in-class activities and case study extensions of additional situations and problems to discuss with students

Risk Management in Portfolios, Programs, and Projects: A Practice Guide

Risk Management in Portfolios, Programs, and Projects: A Practice Guide
Author: Project Management Institute PMI
Publisher: Project Management Institute
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2024-08-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1628258179

Risk Management in Portfolios, Programs, and Projects: A Practice Guide presents updated and expanded strategies for the management of risks in portfolio, program, and project planning.This new practice guide introduces practical knowledge, examples, and a working case study to serve as an example of how risk management can be addressed, given the fact that certain events or conditions— whether expected or unforeseen during the planning process— may occur, with potential impacts on portfolio, program, and project objectives. Risk impacts can be positive or negative, and may cause deviation from the intended objectives. Risk management processes allow for proactive planning to help maximize positive impacts and minimize negative impacts for organizations. This practice guide:• Identifies and elaborates upon the core principles of risk management;• Describes the fundamentals of risk management within portfolio, program, and project environments, respectively;• Defines the risk management life cycle;• Applies risk management principles to the respective portfolio, program, and project management performance domains within the context of an enterprise risk management (ERM) approach, using working examples and a full case study to help make connections; and• Contains information for practitioners applying risk management techniques, tools, processes, and good practices while executing a portfolio, program, or project management plan. Risk Management in Portfolios, Programs, and Projects: A Practice Guide is aligned as a supplemental resource to the latest PMI American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-approved standards and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK&® Guide)— Seventh Edition. The content in this practice guide reflects a consistent approach across the PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)&® certification and other PMI learning products.