LEADER 04422nam 2200769 450 001 9910794751403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-63157-412-4 035 $a(CKB)4340000000023725 035 $a(BEP)4766692 035 $a(OCoLC)966524999 035 $a(CaBNVSL)swl00406972 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4766692 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11315871 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL977930 035 $a(OCoLC)966362635 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781631574122 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4766692 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000023725 100 $a20161217d2017 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aImproving executive sponsorship of projects $ea holistic approach /$fDawne E. Chandler, Payson Hall 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :$cBusiness Expert Press,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 157 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPortfolio and project management collection,$x2156-8200 311 $a1-63157-411-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 149-152) and index. 327 $a1. Approach to improving executive project sponsorship -- 2. Executive sponsorship matters -- 3. Cultural influences on executive sponsorship -- 4. Importance of project management standards -- 5. Desirable executive sponsor characteristics -- 6. Sponsor readiness -- 7. Roadmap to organizational preparedness -- 8. A plan to enhance executive sponsorship -- 9. Summary -- References -- Index. 330 3 $aThis book is a resource for senior managers looking to enhance project outcomes by improving executive project sponsorship. It is also a source for project managers and sponsoring executives seeking information to improve sponsor effectiveness. Improving Executive Sponsorship of Projects addresses gaps in current project management literature. From a senior management perspective, the gap is the lack of resources explaining why and how to establish a program to improve executive sponsorship strategically across an organization. From a tactical perspective, the gap is a scarcity of actionable materials to clarify roles, responsibilities, expected behaviors, and identify support necessary for improving sponsor effectiveness. The authors identify key factors to consider before creating an executive sponsorship improvement program or enhancing an existing one and explain why executive sponsorship is important to an organization, how an organization's culture influences the effectiveness of the sponsor role, and why project management standards are critical to success. They explore what roles, responsibilities, and behavior should be considered and how to determine whether the person in the sponsor role is the right person and prepared to do the job. Finally, the book provides a process, with tools, to assess an organization's readiness to implement an executive sponsorship program, develop a plan for improvement, and monitor the progress of a program once it has begun. 410 0$aPortfolio and project management collection.,$x2156-8200 606 $aProject management 606 $aExecutive ability 610 $aexecutive leadership 610 $aexecutive sponsorship 610 $aorganizational preparedness 610 $aportfolio management 610 $aprogram management 610 $aproject management 610 $aproject manager and sponsor relationship building 610 $aproject sponsor behaviors 610 $aproject sponsor training 610 $aproject sponsor roles and responsibilities 610 $aproject sponsorship 610 $aproject sponsorship effectiveness 610 $aproject sponsorship assessment 610 $aprojects and strategic alignment 610 $astrategy 610 $asustainability of project management 610 $avalue of project management 610 $avalue of project sponsorship 615 0$aProject management. 615 0$aExecutive ability. 676 $a658.404 700 $aChandler$b Dawne E.$01547064 702 $aHall$b Payson 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794751403321 996 $aImproving executive sponsorship of projects$93803105 997 $aUNINA