Published here February, 2008.  

Introduction | Book Structure | What We Liked
Much That Is Familiar | Downside | Summary | Postscript

Book Structure

Following the usual introductory sections, the book is very well laid out into six sections, each of several chapters, and subsections. Each Section is introduced with an organization chart displaying the chapters and their contents. These are handy for navigating your way through the copious information. The Sections and Chapters are as follows:

Section 1: Overview

 

1.

Executive Office Level View

 

2.

The EPMO as a Business Organization

 

3.

Enterprise-Wide Project Management as a Business Concept

 

4.

Integrating Projects with Business Strategies and Objectives

Section 2: Governance

 

5.

The EPMO as a Management Method

 

6.

Setting Policy and Establishing the Charter

 

7.

Managing Portfolios, Programs, and Projects

Section 3: Standardization

 

8.

What is Standardization

 

9.

Identifying and Integrating Processes and Practices

 

10.

Enterprise-Wide Project Business Management Methodology

 

11.

Creating Policies, Plans, and Procedures

Section 4: Capability

 

12.

Capabilities and Competency

 

13.

Education and Training

 

14.

Effective and Efficient Work Breakdown Structures

 

15.

Project Business Management System

 

16.

Earned Value and Real Project Cost Accounting

 

17.

Communications and Risk Management

Section 5: Execution

 

18.

PBMM Integrated Planning and Execution

 

19.

PBMM Strategic Business Development

 

20.

PBMM Business Objective Development

 

21.

PBMM Component Selection and Initiation

 

22.

Portfolio, Program, and Project Authorization

 

23.

Portfolio PBMM Planning and Execution

 

24.

Program PBMM Planning and Execution

 

25.

Project PBMM Planning and Execution

Section 6: Maturity

 

26.

Process and Practice and Practice maturity

 

27.

PMO Case Study Results

(Plus an Epilogue and three Appendices)

In addition to all this content, the authors explain how you can get still more useful information directly from them, such as seventeen EPMO templates and earlier articles written by the authors, including a maturity model and a copy of their PMO Case Study Surveys Summary Report.[6] In the foregoing, EPMO stands for Enterprise-Wide Project Management Office; PMO stands for Project Management Office; and PBMM stands for Project Business Management Methodology.

Introduction  Introduction

6. Ibid, pp305-309
 
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