Understanding Project Practices and Processes
Auerbach (Verlag)
978-1-032-97357-9 (ISBN)
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Understanding Project Practices and Processes distills the author’s experiences in developing PMOs and as an IT Project Office to guide other project managers who may be facing challenges in delivering project goals and managing teams and stakeholders. With insights into the behavior of project teams, project managers, stakeholders, and project organizations, the book brings to life such processes and practices of project management as risk management, innovation, and design thinking.
In presenting principles dedicated to achieving successfully good, sound, business, and technological maturity, the book explains:
Using lessons learned to improve processes.
When to implement process improvement to better attain goals
Process capability maturity as a continuous process of improving and maturing a process to achieve consistent and repeatable results.
The distinction between processes and projects
How projects turn strategy into action
The key roles of communications and technology.
Research and real-world scenarios explain the practice of project management. With in-depth coverage of project management offices, knowledge management, change management, and project best practices, this book is an indispensable guide for new, as well as veteran, project managers.
Mel Bost is a project management consultant specializing in project closeout and lessons learned, as well as process improvement, best practices, and benchmarking. For the past several years, he has been teaching “Project Management for Research” to postgraduate students at Arizona State University, as well as developing new approaches to the research process. He was formerly a practice leader in BOT International’s Program Management Office (PMO) Practice, who is a specialist in PMO best practices, project lessons learned, and program management. He is experienced in all aspects of project and program management, including strategic planning, design thinking, knowledge management, risk management, and business process analysis. Bost has successfully developed the processes, standards, procedures, and organizational structures for the PMOs of several major corporations. Before becoming a consultant, Bost worked for a number of large national and international companies, including Exterran Corporation, ConocoPhillips, Phillips Petroleum, Tosco Corporation, UNOCAL, Atlantic Richfield Company, and Ford Motor Company. Bost began his career in the industry with Ford Motor Company, where he directed product programs for the North American and European markets. He was also instrumental in a group that introduced finite element analysis in Ford Product Engineering using NASA programs. .
1. Introduction 2. PMO Formation, Structure, and Methodology 3. Project Leadership 4. PMO and Project Performance 5. Project Lessons Learned 6. Project Communications 7. Project Risk Management 8. Project Business Requirements 9. Resilience in Project Organizations 10. Knowledge Management 11. Project Best Practices and Benchmarking 12. Project Change Management
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.6.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Line drawings, color; 1 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Technik ► Bauwesen |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Logistik / Produktion | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-97357-9 / 1032973579 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-97357-9 / 9781032973579 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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