Project sponsorship : an essential guide for those sponsoring projects within their organizations / David West.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

West, David, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management.

Strategic planning.

Business planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-90842-1

1-282-88058-6

9786612880582

1-4094-1079-X

OCLC:

689997347