Book description
In Quantifying the Value of Project Management, the authors explore real world data from 52 U.S. corporations and find the key to high return on investment-project management maturity! Details of this groundbreaking discovery are presented in a style that combines the wit of Fortune magazine with the sophistication and rigor of an academic contribution to the Project Management Journal. If you are looking for a comeback to those who want proof of project management's corporate value, this book lays out all the evidence you need.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- Introduction
- Chapter 1—Project Management Is Increasingly Becoming a Key Corporate Competency
- Chapter 2—Study Methodology
- Chapter 3—Companies with More Mature Project Management Practices Have Better Project Performance
- Chapter 4—Better Project Management Leads to More Reliable Cost and Schedule Performance
- Chapter 5—Good Project Management Can Cost Less
- Chapter 6—Success of Projects Is Often Judged by the Processes They Incubate
- Chapter 7—Concluding Remarks and Next Steps
- References
- Author Contact Information
Product information
- Title: Quantifying the Value of Project Management
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2003
- Publisher(s): Project Management Institute
- ISBN: 9781628251210
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