July 2011
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
6h 37m
English
book
Executive's Guide to Project Management: Organizational Processes and Practices for Supporting Complex Projects
by Robert K. Wysocki
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Executive Bookshelf
Here are some references that you may find useful. I have included those that reinforce the material introduced in Part III as well as material that gives you more detail on each of the topics discussed.
Crawford, J. Kent. Seven Steps to Strategy Execution: Integrating Portfolios, Programs, Projects, and People for Organizational Performance. Havertown, PA: Center for Business Practices, 2008.
Dye, Lowell D., and James S. Pennypacker, editors. Project Portfolio Management: Selecting and Prioritizing Projects for Competitive Advantage. West Chester, PA: Center for Business Practices, 1999.
Eckstein, Jutta. Agile Software Development in the Large. New York: Dorsett House, 2004.
Graham, Robert J., and Randall L. Englund. Creating an Environment for Successful Projects. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.
Martin, Roger. The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage. Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2009.
Moore, Simon. Strategic Project Portfolio Management: Enabling A Productive Organization. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
Pinto, Jeffrey K. and Pekka J. Rouhiainen. Building Customer-Based Project Organizations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001.
Turner, J. Rodney. The Handbook of Project-Based Management: Leading Strategic Change in Organizations. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.
Weiss, Joseph and Robert K. Wysocki. 5-Phase Project Management: A Practical Planning and Implementation Guide, Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1992. ...
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