Managing complex projects and programs : how to improve leadership of complex initiatives using a third-generation approach / / Richard J. Heaslip |
Autore | Heaslip Richard J. <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.4/04 |
Soggetto topico | Project management |
ISBN |
1-118-41741-0
1-118-91994-7 1-118-42076-4 |
Classificazione | BUS101000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Managing Complex Projects and Programs: How to Improve Leadership of Complex Initiatives Using a Third-Generation Approach; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1: Professional Project and Program Management-Yesterday and Today; Chapter 1: The Exhilaration and Exasperation of Project and Program Leadership; Leading Projects and Programs; Chapter 2: The Emergence of Project Management: First-Generation Programmatics; Project Management's Beginnings; Project Management Processes; A Growing and Challenging Profession; Organizational Responses
Chapter 3: The Evolution of Project Management: Second-Generation ProgrammaticsPhase-Gate Approaches; Circumstance-Specific Approaches; Current Perspectives and Needs; An Identity Crisis; A Time for Action; Chapter 4: Rethinking the Roles and Responsibilities of Project Management Professionals; The Exasperados; Programmaticists and the Management of Complexity; A New Credo; Understanding Project and Program Complexity; Operational Uncertainty and Complexity; Outcome Uncertainty and Complexity; Stakeholder Uncertainty and Complexity; Environmental Uncertainty and Complexity Organizational Uncertainty and ComplexityReactions to the Complexity Framework; Use of the Complexity Framework; Chapter 5: Stakeholder Views about the Roles and Responsibilities of Programmaticists; Diversity of Views; Three Conceptions of a Programmaticist's Role; The Traditionalist Perspective; The Operationalist Perspective; The Inclusivist Perspective; Adoption and Value; The Need for Different Kinds of Programmaticists; Chapter 6: Modern Problems with Traditional Management Models; The Two-Party Fully Governed Project Oversight Model; Limitations of the Model Problems with Background DocumentsProblems with Operational Decision Making; Problems with Strategic Decision Making; Unsatisfied Needs for Expertise; A Search for Solutions; Chapter 7: Adaptations of the Traditional Two-Party Fully Governed Project Oversight Model; Stakeholder Stories; Organizational Growth; The Benefits of Growth; Responding to Growth-Related Challenges; Operational, Technical, and Strategic Review Committees; The Unintended Consequences of Review Committees; Impact on Decision Making and Programmatic Complexity; Portfolio Expansion The Benefits of Pursuing Larger Numbers of ProjectsResponding to Portfolio-Related Challenges; Mixed-Function Review and Governance Committees; Business Governance Committees; More Unintended Consequences; Increased Project Size, Uncertainty, and Complexity; The Benefits of Large and Uncertain Projects; Establishment of Within-Project Infrastructure; The Unintended Consequences of Within-Project Infrastructure; The Establishment of Specialty Review and Governance Committees; The Unintended Consequences of Specialty Review and Governance Committees; Challenges Ahead; Chapter 8: Moving Forward Other Approaches |
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Managing complex projects and programs : how to improve leadership of complex initiatives using a third-generation approach / / Richard J. Heaslip |
Autore | Heaslip Richard J. <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.4/04 |
Soggetto topico | Project management |
ISBN |
1-118-41741-0
1-118-91994-7 1-118-42076-4 |
Classificazione | BUS101000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Managing Complex Projects and Programs: How to Improve Leadership of Complex Initiatives Using a Third-Generation Approach; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1: Professional Project and Program Management-Yesterday and Today; Chapter 1: The Exhilaration and Exasperation of Project and Program Leadership; Leading Projects and Programs; Chapter 2: The Emergence of Project Management: First-Generation Programmatics; Project Management's Beginnings; Project Management Processes; A Growing and Challenging Profession; Organizational Responses
Chapter 3: The Evolution of Project Management: Second-Generation ProgrammaticsPhase-Gate Approaches; Circumstance-Specific Approaches; Current Perspectives and Needs; An Identity Crisis; A Time for Action; Chapter 4: Rethinking the Roles and Responsibilities of Project Management Professionals; The Exasperados; Programmaticists and the Management of Complexity; A New Credo; Understanding Project and Program Complexity; Operational Uncertainty and Complexity; Outcome Uncertainty and Complexity; Stakeholder Uncertainty and Complexity; Environmental Uncertainty and Complexity Organizational Uncertainty and ComplexityReactions to the Complexity Framework; Use of the Complexity Framework; Chapter 5: Stakeholder Views about the Roles and Responsibilities of Programmaticists; Diversity of Views; Three Conceptions of a Programmaticist's Role; The Traditionalist Perspective; The Operationalist Perspective; The Inclusivist Perspective; Adoption and Value; The Need for Different Kinds of Programmaticists; Chapter 6: Modern Problems with Traditional Management Models; The Two-Party Fully Governed Project Oversight Model; Limitations of the Model Problems with Background DocumentsProblems with Operational Decision Making; Problems with Strategic Decision Making; Unsatisfied Needs for Expertise; A Search for Solutions; Chapter 7: Adaptations of the Traditional Two-Party Fully Governed Project Oversight Model; Stakeholder Stories; Organizational Growth; The Benefits of Growth; Responding to Growth-Related Challenges; Operational, Technical, and Strategic Review Committees; The Unintended Consequences of Review Committees; Impact on Decision Making and Programmatic Complexity; Portfolio Expansion The Benefits of Pursuing Larger Numbers of ProjectsResponding to Portfolio-Related Challenges; Mixed-Function Review and Governance Committees; Business Governance Committees; More Unintended Consequences; Increased Project Size, Uncertainty, and Complexity; The Benefits of Large and Uncertain Projects; Establishment of Within-Project Infrastructure; The Unintended Consequences of Within-Project Infrastructure; The Establishment of Specialty Review and Governance Committees; The Unintended Consequences of Specialty Review and Governance Committees; Challenges Ahead; Chapter 8: Moving Forward Other Approaches |
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Managing networks in project-based organisations / / Stephen Pryke |
Autore | Pryke Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 658.4/04 |
Collana | THEi Wiley ebooks |
Soggetto topico |
Project management
Network analysis (Planning) |
ISBN |
1-118-92991-8
1-118-92990-X 1-118-92989-6 |
Classificazione | BUS101000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: About the author Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction Structure of the book Chapter 2 Theoretical Context Management context Project transitions Project management as practice Systems theory and networks Transient relationships Dyadic contractual relationships and structure Permanent and temporary organising Structure and networks Information classification Nodes and linkages Summary Chapter 3 Networks and Projects Network definition Origins and history Problems with projects Actor role classification and ritualistic behaviour Routines Are networks a response to uncertainty in projects? Temporary project systems and their replication# Beyond the iron triangle Why networks? Individuals and firms Problems associated with the use of SNA in project research Summary Chapter 4 Why Networks? Definition Why choose social network analysis? Problems associated with the use of SNA inn project research Concepts and terminology Defining the population What is a network? Actor characteristics Some final thoughts Conclusion Chapter 5 Self-organising networks in projects What do project clients want? Dangerous assumptions Implications if these assumptions are incorrect Networks and uncertainty Does it matter how we conceptualise the project? Procurement through markets and hierarchies; project design and delivery through networks Summary and conclusions Chapter 6 Game Theory and Networks Some history to start Game theory applied to construction projects What is a game? Key assumptions Benefits of applying game theory to project networks Other considerations Choices about actions and co-players: The Prisoner's Dilemma Nash equilibrium Anti-coordination behaviour: Hawk-Dove and Chicken Game theory and information exchange network formation Game theory and five dangerous assumptions Summary and conclusions Chapter 7 Network roles and personality types Network roles: prominent disseminators, gatekeeper hoarders, isolates, dyads and triads, boundary spanners and bridges Personality traits Humour and behaviour in networks Profiling and ideal project network actor Specific personality traits Network roles and personality traits Summarising on actor traits and project networks Chapter 8 Network enabling What do we mean by network enabling? Trust Empathy Reciprocity, favours and psychological contracts Implications for violations of psychological contracts in networks Generosity Characteristics of individual that are destructive for networks Narcissism Egotism Summary Chapter 9 Project Networks and BIM BIM origins BIM and information management Information management and organisation structure The BIM model as an artefact Self-organising networks in the context of design BIM and networks, a research agenda Chapter 10 Introduction to the Case Studies Technical overview Researcxh funding Summary Chapter 11: Case Study No.1- Communities in Self-Organising Projects Networks Data collection Data analysis Findings Communities in self-organising project networks Summary Chapter 12: Case Study No.2 - Dysfunctional Prominence in Self-Organising Project Networks Data collection Data analysis Actor prominence measures Summary Chapter 13: Case Study No.3 - Costing Networks Conceptual framework Network costs Data analysis Summary Chapter 14: Summary and Conclusions Brief summary of each chapter Theoretical Issues What might industry learn from the content of this book? Appendix References Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910271046003321 |
Pryke Stephen
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Managing networks in project-based organisations / / Stephen Pryke |
Autore | Pryke Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 658.4/04 |
Collana | THEi Wiley ebooks |
Soggetto topico |
Project management
Network analysis (Planning) |
ISBN |
1-118-92991-8
1-118-92990-X 1-118-92989-6 |
Classificazione | BUS101000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: About the author Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction Structure of the book Chapter 2 Theoretical Context Management context Project transitions Project management as practice Systems theory and networks Transient relationships Dyadic contractual relationships and structure Permanent and temporary organising Structure and networks Information classification Nodes and linkages Summary Chapter 3 Networks and Projects Network definition Origins and history Problems with projects Actor role classification and ritualistic behaviour Routines Are networks a response to uncertainty in projects? Temporary project systems and their replication# Beyond the iron triangle Why networks? Individuals and firms Problems associated with the use of SNA in project research Summary Chapter 4 Why Networks? Definition Why choose social network analysis? Problems associated with the use of SNA inn project research Concepts and terminology Defining the population What is a network? Actor characteristics Some final thoughts Conclusion Chapter 5 Self-organising networks in projects What do project clients want? Dangerous assumptions Implications if these assumptions are incorrect Networks and uncertainty Does it matter how we conceptualise the project? Procurement through markets and hierarchies; project design and delivery through networks Summary and conclusions Chapter 6 Game Theory and Networks Some history to start Game theory applied to construction projects What is a game? Key assumptions Benefits of applying game theory to project networks Other considerations Choices about actions and co-players: The Prisoner's Dilemma Nash equilibrium Anti-coordination behaviour: Hawk-Dove and Chicken Game theory and information exchange network formation Game theory and five dangerous assumptions Summary and conclusions Chapter 7 Network roles and personality types Network roles: prominent disseminators, gatekeeper hoarders, isolates, dyads and triads, boundary spanners and bridges Personality traits Humour and behaviour in networks Profiling and ideal project network actor Specific personality traits Network roles and personality traits Summarising on actor traits and project networks Chapter 8 Network enabling What do we mean by network enabling? Trust Empathy Reciprocity, favours and psychological contracts Implications for violations of psychological contracts in networks Generosity Characteristics of individual that are destructive for networks Narcissism Egotism Summary Chapter 9 Project Networks and BIM BIM origins BIM and information management Information management and organisation structure The BIM model as an artefact Self-organising networks in the context of design BIM and networks, a research agenda Chapter 10 Introduction to the Case Studies Technical overview Researcxh funding Summary Chapter 11: Case Study No.1- Communities in Self-Organising Projects Networks Data collection Data analysis Findings Communities in self-organising project networks Summary Chapter 12: Case Study No.2 - Dysfunctional Prominence in Self-Organising Project Networks Data collection Data analysis Actor prominence measures Summary Chapter 13: Case Study No.3 - Costing Networks Conceptual framework Network costs Data analysis Summary Chapter 14: Summary and Conclusions Brief summary of each chapter Theoretical Issues What might industry learn from the content of this book? Appendix References Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809809103321 |
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Project Management Accounting [[electronic resource] ] : Budgeting, Tracking, and Reporting Costs and Profitability |
Autore | Callahan Kevin R |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina |
657.42
657/.42 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
StetzGary S
BrooksLynne M |
Collana | Wiley Corporate F&A |
Soggetto topico |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Project Management
Cost accounting Project management - Accounting Project management --Accounting Management Business & Economics Management Styles & Communication |
ISBN |
1-283-17615-7
9786613176158 1-118-26904-7 1-118-07821-7 1-118-07820-9 |
Classificazione | BUS101000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING: BUDGETING TRACKING AND REPORTING COSTS AND PROFITABILITY; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Project Management and Accounting; 2 Finance, Strategy, and Strategic Project Management; 3 Accounting, Finance, and Project Management; 4 Cost; 5 Project Financing; 6 Project Revenue and Cash Flows; 7 Creating the Project Budget; 8 Risk Assessment; About the Web Site; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139628903321 |
Callahan Kevin R
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Project management metrics, KPIs, and dashboards [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to measuring and monitoring project performance |
Autore | Kerzner Harold |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Wiley, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
Disciplina |
658.4/04
658.404 |
Soggetto topico |
Project management
Performance standards Work measurement |
ISBN |
1-283-20387-1
9786613203878 1-118-08625-2 1-118-08475-6 |
Classificazione | BUS101000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards: A Guide to Measuring and Monitoring Project Performance; Contents; Preface; 1: The Changing Landscape for Project Management; 1.0: Introduction; 1.1: Executive View of Project Management; 1.2: Complex Projects; 1.3: Global Project Management; 1.4: Project Management Methodologies and Frameworks; 1.5: The Need for Effective Governance; 1.6: Engagement Project Management; 1.7: Other Developments in Project Management; 1.8: A New Look At Defining Project Success; 1.9: Conclusions; 2: The Driving Forces for Better Metrics; 2.0: Introduction
2.1: Stakeholder Relations Management2.2: Project Audits and the PMO; 2.3: Introduction to Scope Creep; 2.4: Project Health Checks; 2.5: Managing Distressed Projects; 3: Metrics; 3.0: Introduction; 3.1: Project Management Metrics: The Early Years; 3.2: Project Managment Metrics: Current View; 3.3: Understanding Metrics; 3.4: Causes for Lack of Support for Metrics Management; 3.5: Characteristics of A Metric; 3.6: Metric Catagories and Types; 3.7: Selecting the Metrics; 3.8: Metrics and Information Systems; 3.9: Critical Success Factors; 3.10: Metrics and the PMO 3.11: Churchill Downs Incorporated's Project Performance Measurement Approaches4: Key Performance Indicators; 4.0: Introduction; 4.1: The Need for KPIs; 4.2: Using the KPIs; 4.3: The Anatomy of a KPI; 4.4: KPI Characteristics; 4.5: Catagories of KPIs; 4.6: KPI Selection; 4.7: KPI Measurement; 4.8: KPI Interdependencies; 4.9: KPIs and Training; 4.10: KPI Targets; 4.11: KPI Failures; 4.12: Brightpoint Consulting, Inc.-Dashboard design: Key Performance Indicators and Metrics; 5: Value-Driven Project Management Metrics; 5.0: Introduction; 5.1: Value over the Years; 5.2: Values and Leadership 5.3: Combining Success and Value5.4: Recognizing the Need for Value Metrics; 5.5: The Need for Effective Measurement Techniques; 5.6: Customer/Stakeholder Impact on Value Metrics; 5.7: Customer Value Management (CVM); 5.8: The Relationship between Project Management and Value; 5.9: Background to Metrics; 5.10: Selecting the Right Metrics; 5.11: The Failure of Traditional Metrics and KPIs; 5.12: The Need for Value Metrics; 5.13: Creating a Value Metric; 5.14: Industry Examples of Value Metrics; 5.15: Use of Crisis Dashboards for Out-Of-Range Value Attributes 5.16: Establishing a Metrics Management Program5.17: Using Value Metrics for Forecasting; 5.18: Metrics and Job Decriptions; 5.19: Graphical Representation of Metrics; 6: Dashboards; 6.0: Introduction; 6.1: Traffic Light Dashboard Reporting; 6.2: Dashboards and Scorecards; 6.3: Benefits of Dashboards; 6.4: Rules for Dashboards; 6.5: Bitwork, Inc.: Ten Questions to Ask Before Implementing a Dashboard or Reporting System; 6.6: Brightpoint Consulting, Inc.: Designing Executive Dashboards; 6.7: All That Glitters Is Not Gold; 6.8: Dashboard Design Tips; 6.9: Pureshare, Inc. 6.10: LOGIXML, Inc.: Dashboard Best Practices |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139616303321 |
Kerzner Harold
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Project management ROI [[electronic resource] ] : a step-by-step guide for measuring the impact and ROI for projects / / Jack J. Phillips, Wayne Brantley, and Patricia Pulliam Phillips |
Autore | Phillips Jack J. <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.15/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BrantleyWayne
PhillipsPatricia Pulliam |
Soggetto topico |
Project management
Project management - Evaluation Rate of return Human capital |
ISBN |
1-118-12260-7
1-283-26820-5 9786613268204 1-118-12258-5 1-118-12268-2 |
Classificazione | BUS101000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Preface.Acknowledgments.About the Authors.Chapter 1. Project Management Issues and Challenges.Chapter 2. The Project Management Life Cycle.Chapter 3. ROI Methodology Basics.Chapter 4. Achieving Business Alignment with the Project.Chapter 5. Measuring Reaction and Learning.Chapter 6. Measuring Application and Implementation.Chapter 7. Measuring Business Impact.Chapter 8. Isolation of Project Impact.Chapter 9. Converting Data to Money.Chapter 10. Measuring the Intangibles.Chapter 11. Monitoring Project Costs and Calculating ROI.Chapter 12. Forecasting Value, Including ROI.Chapter 13. Reporting Results.Chapter 14. Implementing and Sustaining ROI.Notes.Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139585603321 |
Phillips Jack J. <1945->
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