| J. Kent Crawford
©2002, hardcover, 367pp., Marcel Dekker/Center for Business Practices
The Strategic Project Office describes the initiation, design, execution, and control of a strategic project office, emphasizing cost management, cultural change, risk assessment, resource allocation, and skills tracking to increase project value, organizational efficiency, and productivity.
Stressing teamwork, structure, and consistency in project processes, The Strategic Project Office contains methodologies to improve performance in all divisions; keys for successful deployment of project management culture in the workplace; templates of project management processes to simplify project office implementation; checklists to determine project management maturity; examples of meetings and training sessions and guidelines for involving employees; case studies for conceptualization of crucial elements in the project office community; short- and long-term objectives of the project office; and more.
"All fast-paced technology companies need the ideas presented in this book. Time to market is basic to our survival and a Strategic Project Office is a must." - Ted Haggblade, Nortel Networks
"Kent Crawford and the PM Solutions team understand the real world implications of building a project office. The book provides details and insights invaluable to project office teams and executives. This is a must read for anyone setting up a project office." - John Pelkowski, AstraZeneca |
