| J. Kent Crawford with Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin and James S. Pennypacker
© 2008, PDF file for download, 316pp., Center for Business Practices
The inability of organizations to effectively execute their corporate strategies is one of the major factors limiting their success. While effective strategy execution can be difficult, it is not impossible to achieve. A carefully planned approach to execution is needed to attain organizational straegic goals and objectives. Seven Steps to Strategy Execution describes such a planned approach and offers organizations a framework against which to map their progress in creating what the authors call Strategy Performance Management.
SPM is an approach to business success that integrates aspects of the organization that too often operate asynchronously. An organization operating under the SPM framework links governance and performance management in each of seven key areas:
- Strategy Management
- Project Portfolio Management
- Program/Project Management
- Information Technology
- Structure
- Culture
- People
This approach, based on Center for Business Practices research and field-tested by PM Solutions' consulting practice, gives organizations a logical framework to help them communicate strategy to the people and processes that make it a reality. And it further builds organizational capability by continually measuring performance against the organization's selected strategy performance metrics. |
