The Project Management Imperative

The Project Management Imperative will teach you not only how to improve your organization's ability to manage projects but also how to apply project management methods and tools in day-to-day operations. Authors David Wirick and Gretchen Bond, both certified project managers, bring years of experience in project management and organizational change management to their guidebook. The Project Management Imperative is designed for managers who are frustrated with project failures as well as those who must work in the chaos of modern organizations. Wirick and Bond present a comprehensive model for project management capacity development that includes: Creating buy-in and building the project management business case Identifying necessary skills and applying appropriate learning programs Creating solid project management processes Building sound organizational structures for project management Managing the knowledge and change that project management will require The Project Management Imperative details the steps critical to the process and permanence of a project management improvement initiative in any organization. 'The Project Management Imperative promises to become a reference book for project managers, organizations and authors for years to come." -David J. Hansen, PhD, PMP, Executive Director, Organizational Innovation and Learning, Babbage Simmel

The Project Management Imperative will teach you not only how to improve your organization's ability to manage projects but also how to apply project management methods and tools in day-to-day operations. Authors David Wirick and Gretchen Bond, both certified project managers, bring years of experience in project management and organizational change management to their guidebook. The Project Management Imperative is designed for managers who are frustrated with project failures as well as those who must work in the chaos of modern organizations. Wirick and Bond present a comprehensive model for project management capacity development that includes: Creating buy-in and building the project management business case Identifying necessary skills and applying appropriate learning programs Creating solid project management processes Building sound organizational structures for project management Managing the knowledge and change that project management will require The Project Management Imperative details the steps critical to the process and permanence of a project management improvement initiative in any organization. "The Project Management Imperative promises to become a reference book for project managers, organizations and authors for years to come." -David J. Hansen, PhD, PMP, Executive Director, Organizational Innovation and Learning, Babbage Simmel

Project Management is omnipresent. Not just in IT or Construction. We do it on a daily basis, even in our personal lives (well, at least some of us). We are not going to bore you with the history lessons and when Henry Gantt developed the first planning and controlling techniques. The motivation for this book comes from multiple years of managing projects and "retrospectives" from the failed experiments. From ERP system implementation to simple workflow design, we all are project managers, whether at home or at work. Most of us manage projects on daily basis without the realization of doing so. Project management rules our daily lives. We initiate projects by discussing them with our families or friends. Planning starts with properly outlining some sort of plan which we will follow to accomplish all of the tasks necessary. We execute the tasks and manage the progress continuously until we are fully satisfied with the outcome. Collectively, we have been managing projects for almost 20 years combined, mostly for Fortune 500 companies. All this fancy jargon and big names mean only so much in theory. Theory and methodology allow you to grasp the main concepts of project management. What separates this book from the rest is the practical experience which provided us with a unique opportunity to compile the right mixture of project management tools and methodologies, which create ultimate value for the company and put you, as a project manager, in a position to build self-managing teams and implement effective processes in place at any organization. To get the most relevant and practical information in this book, we have conducted an extensive literature search of papers in areas about leadership theory, behavioral psychology, knowledge management, process engineering, and complexity theory. Moreover, we have studied numerous business cases from some of the most epic project failures to the most celebrated successful deliveries. Lastly, through the Ivy Podcast, we have conducted numerous interviews with some of the most accomplished executives from top organizations to get their insights and strategies for effective project management. We use these lessons and tools on a daily basis and sincerely hope that this book helps you become a better practical project manager equipped with the right information ready for practical use. Throughout this book, you will encounter a lot of common and new Project Management concepts. To help you better understand such concepts, we will employ the use of "Real Life Examples", which will be based on the techniques and tools that we have previously used while working at Fortune 500 Companies such as Ultimate Software, Citrix, IBM, and others. Moreover, this book comes with a library of key templates and documents that we have created throughout our years at these companies, which we hope will come in useful to our readers as they embark on their project management journey.

Global projects bring many advantages and challenges. Cultural Imperatives in Perceptions of Project Success and Failure is one of the few, if not the first, reports of research that examines the interaction of culture and views of project success in a comprehensive way. In this highly complex issue, the authors lay out their research and results in a logical, deliberate manner that does much to ease the way along the path to understanding. There is much to be learned by all in the study background and the data analysis itself.

Today’s new breed, eXtreme projects are different. They feature high speed, high change, high complexity, high risk, and high stress. While traditional projects follow the classic model of ready, aim, fire, eXtreme project managers succeed by shooting the gun and then redirecting the bullet while not loosing sight of their moving target. eXtreme Project Management provides a practical guide for leaders working under high risk and high pressure while producing the desired bottom-line results. Based on Doug DeCarlo’s extensive experience in working with more than 250 project teams, his eXtreme project management model is built around an integrated set of principles, values, skills, tools, and practices proven to consistently work under conditions of rapid change and uncertainty. eXtreme project management is based on the premise that you don’t manage the unknown the same way you manage the known. It’s a people-centric approach to high performance that makes quality of life a fundamental part of the project venture.

ADVANCED PROJECT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITATIVE STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING PROJECT MANAGEMENT Senior managers at world-class corporations open their office doors to discuss case studies that demonstrate their thought processes and actual strategies that helped them lead their companies to excellence in project management in less than six years! Following the Project Management Institute’s Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®), industry leaders address: Project risk management Project portfolio management The Project Office Project management multinational cultures Integrated project teams and virtual project teams

Project Management is omnipresent. Not just in IT or Construction. We do it on a daily basis, even in our personal lives (well, at least some of us). We are not going to bore you with the history lessons and when Henry Gantt developed the first planning and controlling techniques. The motivation for this book comes from multiple years of managing projects and "retrospectives" from failed experiments. Collectively, we have been managing projects for almost 20 years combined, mostly for Fortune 500 companies. Moreover, this book comes with a library of key templates and documents that we have created throughout our years at these companies, which we hope will come in useful to our readers as they embark on their project management journey.

Alex Pilgrim is a new Project Manager. His Project is failing and he finds himself unconscious on an emergency room table for twelve incredible seconds. During that time he confers with Project Manager Masters who give him the ideas and tools he needs to become a great project manager.