Executive's Guide to Project Management: Organizational Processes and Practices for Supporting Complex Projects

Who Should Read this Book

The primary market for this book is the SMT that I have already mentioned with the formal definition given below.

Definition: Senior management team

The senior management team comprises every executive, director, and senior manager at all levels in the organization with management responsibility for the design, development, support, and stewardship of:

• The project and program portfolio of the organization
• The human resources who manage and staff all types of projects
• The tools, templates, and processes used to support all projects
• Standards, performance measurement, and compliance monitoring

This includes all of those who manage the managers of projects, programs, and portfolios as well as those who support those who manage projects, programs, and portfolios.

For the purposes of this book, I will separately identify executive, director, and senior manager level professionals when I need to refer to them specifically. Collectively I will refer to them as the SMT. The executives are C-level professionals who have responsibilities at the enterprise level. The directors own processes and lines of business that support managers of project, program, and portfolio managers. The senior managers have direct roles and responsibilities for managing project, program, and portfolio managers. So whenever I use the titles executive, director, or senior manager I am referring to these individuals. The titles project manager, program manager, and portfolio manager ...