Enterprise Project Governance

A Guide to the Successful Management of Projects Across the Organization

by Paul C. Dinsmore, Luiz Rocha

On Sale: March 28, 2012

Price: $34.95

Book Summary

As a project manager, your ability to take on new projects while juggling ongoing work is essential to your success--and perhaps the most difficult part of your job. Learn how to effectively govern both old and new projects to drive organizational growth.

About the Book

In our increasingly competitive global economy, companies in all industries are struggling to survive and seeking new ways to do more--and this places unprecedented pressure on project managers to take on and govern multiple efforts simultaneously. Enterprise Project Governance reveals proven techniques for dealing with the multiplicity of projects and ensuring that programs and initiatives create the value needed to help your organization prosper. Through enlightening examples and case studies, readers will learn how to examine new project proposals and align them with the priorities, resources, and strategies of the organization. But this isn’t a one-person job. As its title suggests, Enterprise Project Governance takes a more systemic approach to the important work of managing projects, teaching practical methods for incorporating enterprise project governance into an organization's culture, synchronizing it with corporate governance, and maximizing efficiency and results across departments. Whether you’re a boardroom exec, an experience project manager struggling to keep up, or someone working in the trenches and hoping to advance, this go-to guide will help you manage your workload--and even increase it--with ease.

Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780814417461
  • ISBN 10: 0814417469
  • On Sale: March 28, 2012
  • Pages: 288
  • List Price: $34.95
  • Trim Size: 162.000mm x 238.000mm x 25.000mm
  • Category 1 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Governance
  • Category 2 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management
  • Category 3 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture
  • Category 4 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Project Management