Creating the Project Office

A Manager's Guide to Leading Organizational Change

Randall L. Englund, Robert J. Graham, Paul C. Dinsmore

308 pages, parution le 05/03/2003

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Résumé

Creating the Project Office is written for managers who are searching for ways to transform their organizations into more effective and efficient project-based workplaces. As this important book reveals, there is no more effective way to make that change than to create a project office tailored to the needs of the organization. While a project office model leads to better products from projects, it is also a vehicle for generating overall organizational change— by transforming the organization from function-based to project-based. This model incorporates projects into the very fabric of the organizational strategy and revitalizes organizations, creates competitive advantage, and increases shareholder value.

Contents

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.

L'auteur - Randall L. Englund

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 project management.

L'auteur - Robert J. Graham

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).

L'auteur - Paul C. Dinsmore

Paul C. Dinsmore is an international authority on project management and organizational change, with more than 20 years of experience as a project manager. He is president of his own international consulting and training firm, and was honored with PMI's Distinguished Contributions Award as well as the prestigious Fellow Award by the Project Management Institute. He lives in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Randall L. Englund, Robert J. Graham, Paul C. Dinsmore
Parution	05/03/2003
Nb. de pages	308
Format	18,5 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	745g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780787963989
ISBN13	978-0-7879-6398-9