Published here November, 2006. 

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Book Structure

Following a comprehensive Introduction, this book is divided into three parts. Part One is essentially aimed at providing an organizational view suited to CEO readership. Part Two is for top-level executives, especially potential project sponsors. Part Three is about making sure each project is done right and is for the benefit of project managers and their teams.

Details of the chapters are as follows:

1.

Introduction: The Right Combination of the Right Projects Done Right

Part One: How to Manage Multiple Projects Successfully Throughout the Enterprise

2.

Organizational Project Success

3.

Factors Critical to Achieving Organizational Project Success

4.

Some Ways to Achieve Organizational Project Success

5.

The Management of Multiple Projects: Three Success Stories

Part Two: How to Make Sure Each Project is the Right Project

6.

The Project Sponsor

7.

Selecting and Defining the Right Project

8.

Aligning Projects with Strategy

9.

Managing Benefits

10.

Project Governance and the Critical Role of the Sponsor

11.

Organizational Change Projects and the Leadership Role of the Sponsor

12.

Successful Sponsorship: Two Case Studies

Part Three: How to Make Sure Each Project Is Done Right

13.

What Does It Take to Do the Project Right?

14.

Stakeholders and the Complexity of the Human Dimension

15.

Doing It Differently: Variations in Project Management Practice in Different Industries

16.

Doing It Right: Development of a State-of-the-Art Methodology

The book concludes with a brief Glossary.


 
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