A Standard for Enterprise Project Management

Michael S. Zambruski has been providing professional project management, business analysis, and training for a wide variety of multibillion-dollar international firms; small, fast-growing companies; and entrepreneurs for more than 25 years. His diverse background covers both the service and product sectors, with industry experience in telecommunications, information technology, health care, higher education, environmental services, consumer goods and services, advertising, banking, real estate, and aerospace, as well as in the federal government—both civilian and military. His assignments have involved service and product management, process redesign, business development, engineering, manufacturing, quality control, product distribution, strategic marketing, and technology integration. His achievements include organizing multimillion-dollar projects, expanding market performance, designing financial decision models, creating new service concepts, leading crisis-reaction teams, and building project management offices at diverse organizations that include Unisys, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Yale University, CIGNA, Lucent, SBC, and Boeing. His first book, The Business Analyzer & Planner (AMACOM, 1999), presented a unique seven-phase methodology for understanding the fundamental issues behind problems and opportunities, and then mapping out alternatives for optimal results. His articles published by ESI International include “Organizing Structure in the Midst of Chaos” (2005), “Establishing Clear Project Management Guidelines” (2006), and “The Portability of Project Management” (2007). Mr. Zambruski has taught business courses for Quinnipiac University, the University of New Haven, the University of Phoenix Online, and Boston University’s Project Management program. He holds an M.B.A. from Southern Illinois University and a B.A./B.S. from Georgetown University. He is certified as a project management professional (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute (PMI®), of which he is a member and holds the Advanced Master’s Certificate in project management from George Washington University. His e-mail address is Michael.Zambruski@snet.net.

Introduction. Project Authorization and Initiation. Project Analysis and Planning. Project Execution and Control. Project Closure. Glossary. Appendices.