Project sponsorship [[electronic resource] ] : an essential guide for those sponsoring projects within their organizations / / David West

• Autore: West David <1959->
• Pubblicazione: Farnham ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4/04
• Soggetto topico: Project management; Strategic planning; Business planning
• Classificazione: 85.05
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction; PART 1 THE NATURE OF PROJECT SPONSORSHIP AND SPONSORS; 1 The Value of Project Sponsorship to the Organization; 2 Factors in the Selection of the Project Sponsor; PART 2 CORE PROJECT SPONSOR DUTIES AND SKILLS; 3 Governance, Reporting and Management Structures for the Sponsorship of Projects; 4 Health, Safety and the Environment; 5 Where Projects come from - Corporate Strategy; 6 The Project Business Case - Will the Project be Worth it?; 7 Defining the Project; 8 The Players: Selecting and Leading the Team ; 9 Project Finance10 Project Commissioning and Close Out; PART 3 UNDERSTANDING PROJECT MANAGEMENT; 11 The Project Team; 12 Project Planning; 13 Progress Reporting; 14 Value Engineering; 15 Risk Management; 16 Quality Management; 17 Commercial Management; 18 Change Control; 19 Stakeholder Management; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: David West's Project Sponsorship explains the roles and skills that lie at the heart of effective sponsorship. The sponsor acts as a lynch-pin between the Board and the Project Manager, communicating and translating requirements downwards and resource needs, progress and constraints back upwards.
• Titolo autorizzato: Project sponsorship
• ISBN: 1-351-90842-1; 1-282-88058-6; 9786612880582; 1-4094-1079-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785209303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II