Creating the Project Office: A Managers Guide to Leading Organizational Change

Three of the most important names in project management–– Randall Englund, Robert Graham, and Paul Dinsmore–– show how to create an organizational environment that will produce successful projects time after time. Creating the Project Office offers a wealth of illustrative examples from organizations that have put in place successful ′project office′ models and offers the step–by–step guidance managers need in order to revitalize their companies by creating project–based organizations that get results!

Spis treści:

Preface.

The Authors and Contributors.

PART ONE: CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE.

1 Leading Organizational Change.

2 Clear Danger: Creating a Sense of Urgency and Economic Value.

3 Powerful Forces: Building a Guiding Coalition.

4 Focus: Developing and Communicating the Project Office Vision and Strategy.

5 Tell the Tale: Harnessing Internal Support.

PART TWO: MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN.

6 Contact: Managing the Change.

7 Implementing the Project Office: Case Study.

8 Keep Moving: Getting Your Arms Around Chaos.

9 In or Out? Staffing and Operating the Project Office.

PART THREE: MAKING CHANGE STICK.

10 Looking Forward: Embedding Project Practices in the Culture of the Organization.

11 The Tale We Tell.

Appendix: Templates for Project Office Planning.

References.

Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Randall L. Englund is an executive consultant, speaker, and trainer. Englund was a project manager at Hewlett–Packard in new product development and a consultant on their Project Management Initiative team, which provided world–wide corporate leadership for the continuous improvement of proje ct management.
Robert J. Graham is an independent project management consultant and senior associate with the Strategic Management Group. Graham was a senior staff member at the Management and Behavioral Sciences Center at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He taught in the MBA and Ph.D. programs and the Wharton Effective Executive program. Graham and Englund coauthored Creating an Environment for Successful Projects (Jossey–Bass).
Paul C. Dinsmore is president of Dinsmore Associates, an international management consulting and training firm. He is certified as PMP–– Project Management Professional–– and received the Distinguished Contributions and Fellow Awards from the Project Management Institute, where he is also on the Board of the Educational Foundation. He is the author of eight books, including Winning in Business with Enterprise Project Management.

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Three of the most important names in project management–– Randall Englund, Robert Graham, and Paul Dinsmore–– show how to create an organizational environment that will produce successful projects time after time. Creating the Project Office offers a wealth of illustrative examples from organizations that have put in place successful ′project office′ models and offers the step–by–step guidance managers need in order to revitalize their companies by creating project–based organizations that get results!