Breaking through the project fog : how smart organizations achieve success by creating, selecting and executing on-strategy projects / James Norrie.

Format:

Book

Series:

Jossey-Bass Leadership Series - Canada

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Mississauga, Ont. : J. Wiley & Sons Canada, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A trail of mismanaged or terminated projects in recent years has cost the North American economy 100 to 150 billion dollars annually in lost productivity and shareholders capital. Unfortunately, the gap between project selection and project execution is often symptomatic of the onset of Project Fog, an all too familiar business situation in which projects are started and stopped constantly; resources fall short of the project workload to be executed; and, in the end, the entire effort is seen as a failure. A guide to sidestepping the usual hazards that often spell Project Fog, this book brid

Contents:

Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1: SPOTTING PROJECT FOG; CHAPTER 2: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING STRATEGIC; CHAPTER 3: NAVIGATING THROUGH FOGGY STRATEGY; CHAPTER 4: MANAGING PROJECT RISKS, RETURNS AND RESOURCES TO MAXIMIZE BENEFITS; CHAPTER 5: CREATING SMALL, SMART AND MIGHTY PMOs TO STEER THE WAY; CHAPTER 6: THE ROLE OF THE BOARD: INTEGRATING MEASUREMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PROJECT RESULTS; CHAPTER 7: GOOD LEADERSHIP IN FOGGY CONDITIONS; CHAPTER 8: SWEEPING AWAY THE FOG IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR

CHAPTER 9: TWO CASE STUDIES: CLEARING UP THE FOG IN THE PUBLIC SECTORCHAPTER 10: WHERE TO GO FROM HERE?; APPENDIX: REVIEW OF RELEVANT RESEARCH AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-236) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-20298-0

9786613202987

0-470-15755-0

OCLC:

277041584