The One-Page Project Manager for Execution: Drive Strategy and Solve Problems with a Single Sheet of Paper eBook

It has often been said that ‘to improve, one must be prepared to measure the improvement’ and ‘one must inspect what one expects.’ The Kerzner Project Management Maturity Model has provided this tangible measure of maturity. The rest is up to a company to set the expectations and to inspect the results. – Bill Marshall, Nortel Global Project Process Standards (from the Foreword)Strategic planning for project management-a proven model for assessment and continuous improvementHarold Kerzner’s landmark Project Management has long been the reference of choice for outstanding coverage of the basic principles and concepts of project management. Now, with the Project Management Maturity Model (PMMM) detailed in this new book, Kerzner has developed a unique, industry-validated tool for helping companies assess their progress in integrating project management throughout their organization.Strategic Planning for Project Management Using a Project Management Maturity Model begins by examining the principles of strategic planning and how they relate to project management. The second part of the book introduces the PMMM, detailing the five different levels of development for achieving maturity, along with benchmarking instruments for measuring an organization’s progress along the maturity curve. These assessment tools can easily be customized to suit individual companies-a particularly valuable feature of the model.Offering vital guidance for making project management a strategic tool for competitive advantage, this book helps managers, engineers, project team members, business consultants, and others build a powerful foundation for company improvement and excellence.
Now Includes Downloadable Forms and WorksheetsProjects are becoming the heart of business. This comprehensive revision of the bestselling guide to project management explains the processes, practices, and management techniques you need to implement a successful project culture within your team and enterprise. Visualizing Project Management simplifies the challenge of managing complex projects with powerful, visual models that have been adopted by more than 100 leading government and private organizations.In this new Third Edition, the authors-leading thinkers and practitioners in the field-keep you on the cutting edge with a sophisticated approach that integrates project management, systems engineering, and process improvement. This advanced content can help take your career and your organization well beyond the fundamentals.New, downloadable forms, templates, and worksheets make it easy to implement powerful project techniques and tools.Includes references to the Project Management Institute Body of Knowledge and the INCOSE Handbook to help you pass: * The Project Management Professional Certification Exam * The INCOSE Systems Engineer Certification Exam (CSEP) I recommend this book to all those who aspire to project management [and] those who must supervise it.-Norman R. Augustine, former chairman and CEO Lockheed Martin Corporation”The importance of this excellent book, able to encompass these two key disciplines [systems engineering and project management], cannot be overemphasized.-Heinz Stoewer, President, INCOSE”