Maximizing project value [electronic resource] : defining, managing, and measuring for optimal return / Jeff Berman.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Amacom, American Management Association, c2007.Description: viii, 200 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 658.4/04 22
LOC classification:
  • HD69.P75 B49 2007eb
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Contents:
Introduction : beyond "on time and on budget" -- Defining the project business case and getting buy-in from top management -- Business case process life cycle -- Determining the need for a project -- Initiating the project -- Making the business case -- Business case influencers and supporters -- 7 principles for developing a winning business case -- Project selection techniques -- The business case approval process -- Executing a project with a business value mindset -- Defining project value drivers -- Key performance indicators -- Achieving project value through stakeholder management -- Change management -- Stakeholder management -- Stakeholder management as a process -- Stakeholder communication -- Creating organizational alignment and accountability -- The impact of change -- Accountability -- Rewards and incentives -- Establishing an ongoing project performance tracking process -- Reporting mechanisms -- Metrics visibility -- Correction management -- Conclusion.
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Includes index.

Introduction : beyond "on time and on budget" -- Defining the project business case and getting buy-in from top management -- Business case process life cycle -- Determining the need for a project -- Initiating the project -- Making the business case -- Business case influencers and supporters -- 7 principles for developing a winning business case -- Project selection techniques -- The business case approval process -- Executing a project with a business value mindset -- Defining project value drivers -- Key performance indicators -- Achieving project value through stakeholder management -- Change management -- Stakeholder management -- Stakeholder management as a process -- Stakeholder communication -- Creating organizational alignment and accountability -- The impact of change -- Accountability -- Rewards and incentives -- Establishing an ongoing project performance tracking process -- Reporting mechanisms -- Metrics visibility -- Correction management -- Conclusion.

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