The Handbook of Project-based Management Leading Strategic Change in Organizations
by Turner, J. RodneyEdition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-09-24
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Professional
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Summary
One of the most influential books ever written on the development of project management, The Handbook of Project-Based Management has been completely revised to reflect today's challenges. The Third Edition features a major change in focus from delivering corporate objectives to achieving strategic change, including embedding corporate change after a project is completed.
Author Biography
.Rodney Turner is a Director of EuroProjex, The European Centre for Project Excellence Limited. He also teaches project management at the Lille School of Management and Limerick University. He has visiting positions at Henley Management College, the University of Technologyn++Sydney, and George Washington University. Mr. Turner is editor of the International Journal of Project Management and author of The Project Manager as Change Agen, and The Commercial Project Manager...
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xv |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Leading Change through Projects | p. 1 |
| Projects and their Management | p. 2 |
| The Process Approach | p. 17 |
| The Management of Projects and this Book | p. 20 |
| Images of Projects | p. 21 |
| Summary | p. 24 |
| References | p. 25 |
| Managing the Context | |
| Projects for Delivering Beneficial Change | p. 29 |
| Identifying the Need for Performance Improvement | p. 29 |
| Diagnosing the Change Required | p. 31 |
| The Benefits Map | p. 37 |
| Projects for Implementing Corporate Strategy | p. 39 |
| Summary | p. 46 |
| References | p. 46 |
| Project Success and Strategy | p. 47 |
| Project Success Criteria | p. 48 |
| Key Performance Indicators | p. 52 |
| Project Success Factors | p. 53 |
| The Strategic Management of Projects | p. 60 |
| Principles of Project Management | p. 65 |
| Summary | p. 67 |
| References | p. 68 |
| The People Involved | p. 71 |
| Reactions to Change | p. 71 |
| Managing Stakeholders | p. 77 |
| Communicating with Stakeholders | p. 83 |
| Project Teams | p. 85 |
| Leading Projects | p. 89 |
| Summary | p. 95 |
| References | p. 96 |
| Managing Performance | |
| Managing Scope | p. 101 |
| Principles of Scope Management | p. 102 |
| Project Definition | p. 104 |
| Planning at the Strategic Level: Milestone Plans | p. 106 |
| Planning at Lower Levels | p. 113 |
| Applications | p. 118 |
| Summary | p. 120 |
| References | p. 121 |
| Managing Project Organization | p. 123 |
| Principles | p. 123 |
| The External Organization | p. 126 |
| The Internal Organization | p. 131 |
| Responsibility Charts | p. 133 |
| Summary | p. 139 |
| References | p. 140 |
| Managing Quality | p. 141 |
| Quality in the Context of Project | p. 141 |
| Achieving Quality on Projects | p. 144 |
| Configuration Management | p. 148 |
| Summary | p. 154 |
| References | p. 155 |
| Managing Cost | p. 157 |
| Estimating Costs | p. 157 |
| Types of Costs | p. 162 |
| Estimating Techniques | p. 171 |
| Controlling Costs: Obtaining Value for Money | p. 175 |
| Summary | p. 181 |
| References | p. 182 |
| Managing Time | p. 183 |
| The Time Schedule | p. 183 |
| Estimating Duration | p. 189 |
| Calculating the Schedule with Networks | p. 191 |
| Resource Histograms and Resource Smoothing | p. 201 |
| Controlling Time | p. 204 |
| Summary | p. 207 |
| References | p. 208 |
| Managing Risk | p. 209 |
| The Risk Management Process | p. 209 |
| Identifying Risk | p. 211 |
| Assessing Risk | p. 216 |
| Analyzing Risk | p. 223 |
| Managing Risk | p. 226 |
| Summary | p. 230 |
| References | p. 231 |
| Managing the Process | |
| The Project Process | p. 235 |
| The Project and Product Life Cycle | p. 235 |
| The Feasibility Study | p. 239 |
| The Design Phase | p. 242 |
| New Product Development | p. 246 |
| Concurrent Engineering | p. 250 |
| Information Systems Projects | p. 254 |
| Summary | p. 262 |
| References | p. 263 |
| Project Start-Up | p. 265 |
| The Start-Up Process | p. 265 |
| Start-Up Workshops | p. 270 |
| Project Definition Report and Manual | p. 274 |
| Summary | p. 277 |
| References | p. 278 |
| Project Execution and Control | p. 279 |
| Resourcing a Project | p. 279 |
| Implementation Planning | p. 280 |
| Allocating Work | p. 284 |
| Requirements for Effective Control | p. 286 |
| Gathering Data and Calculating Progress | p. 288 |
| Taking Action | p. 294 |
| Summary | p. 296 |
| References | p. 298 |
| Project Close Out | p. 299 |
| Timely and Efficient Completion | p. 300 |
| Transferring the Asset to the Users | p. 301 |
| Embedding the Change and Obtaining Benefit | p. 302 |
| Disbanding the Team | p. 303 |
| Postcompletion Reviews | p. 305 |
| Summary | p. 306 |
| References | p. 307 |
| Governance of Project-Based Management | |
| Project Governance | p. 311 |
| Governance | p. 311 |
| Governance of the Project | p. 312 |
| The Principal-Agent Relationship | p. 315 |
| Communication between the Project Manager and Sponsor | p. 317 |
| Summary | p. 320 |
| References | p. 321 |
| Program and Portfolio Management | p. 323 |
| Definitions | p. 324 |
| Managing Portfolios | p. 328 |
| Managing Programs | p. 335 |
| The Project Office | p. 337 |
| Summary | p. 340 |
| References | p. 341 |
| Developing Organizational Capability | p. 343 |
| Defining Capability | p. 343 |
| Developing Individual Competence | p. 345 |
| Developing Organizational Capability | p. 350 |
| Improving Organizational Capability | p. 359 |
| Knowledge Management | p. 361 |
| Competency Traps | p. 362 |
| Summary | p. 364 |
| References | p. 365 |
| Governance of the Project-Based Organization | p. 367 |
| Governance of Project Management | p. 367 |
| Conducting Audits | p. 371 |
| Conducting Health Checks | p. 375 |
| End-of-Stage Reviews | p. 383 |
| Summary | p. 388 |
| References | p. 389 |
| International Projects | p. 391 |
| Types of International Project | p. 391 |
| The Problem of International Projects | p. 394 |
| Managing Culture | p. 397 |
| Summary | p. 406 |
| References | p. 407 |
| Epilogue | p. 409 |
| Principles of Project Management | p. 409 |
| Key Success Factor | p. 410 |
| Project Definition Report for the CRMO Rationalization Project | p. 413 |
| Project Control Documents for the CRMO Rationalization Project | p. 427 |
| Subject Index | p. 437 |
| Author and Source Index | p. 447 |
| Project Index | p. 451 |
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