Project Management Next Generation - The Pillars for Organizational Excellence

PROJECT MANAGEMENT NEXT GENERATION
 
Strategic guidance on enabling transformational change in the project management landscape
 
In Project Management Next Generation: The Pillars for Organizational Excellence, a team of world-renowned project management leaders delivers an expert discussion on project management implementation in organizations of all kinds. The book explores 10 pillars of project management that will be critical for companies in the coming decade. It offers contributions from industry changemakers and thought leaders that provide the perfect balance between practical experience across a variety of programs, projects, and transformation initiatives.
 
It's a must-have title for practicing project managers who seek hands-on guidance and insightful case studies complete with discussion questions and instruction materials, including PowerPoint lecture slides and a full Instructors Manual on the companion website. In addition to the perspectives of several global commercial organizations on the project management industry's future, readers will find:
* Thorough introductions to project management as a strategic competency and corporate project management cultures
* Comprehensive explorations of workforce upskilling and defining project success
* Practical discussions of flexible project management frameworks and flexible life cycle phases and project governance
* In-depth examinations of value-driven project management and metrics, as well as metrics for intangible assets, and strategic metrics
 
Perfect for mid-level corporate, project, and team managers, as well as executives and business consultants, Project Management Next Generation: The Pillars for Organizational Excellence will also earn a place in the libraries of students in courses on advanced project management at the upper-level undergraduate and graduate levels.

List of contents

Preface xi
 
1 Pillar #1: Strategic Delivery Capability 1
 
1.0 Setting the Stage 1
 
1.1 Background 6
 
1.2 Line-of-Sight 8
 
1.3 Sustainable Competitive Advantage 8
 
1.4 High-Performance Teams 9
 
1.5 High-Performance Organizations 9
 
1.6 Strategic Competency 11
 
1.7 Background to Barriers 12
 
1.8 Excellence in Action: Medtronic 24
 
1.9 Strategically Improving 26
 
1.10 Innovation in Action: Repsol 27
 
1.11 Strategic Agility 34
 
1.12 Excellence in Action: Merck Kgaa 35
 
1.13 Excellence in Action: Cisco 38
 
1.14 Excellence in Action: Servicenow 47
 
1.15 Excellence in Action: Farm Credit Mid-America 49
 
1.16 Excellence in Action: Project Management United 64
 
1.17 Letter to Future Project Manager 71
 
References 73
 
2 Pillar 2: Applying Project Management in Humanitarian and Social Initiatives 77
 
2.0 What Makes Humanitarian Projects Different? 77
 
2.1 The Impact of Project Management Practices in Humanitarian Projects 77
 
2.2 Excellence IN Action: Ambev: A Humanitarian Approach to Addressing Challenges During the Covid-19 Pandemia 78
 
2.3 Excellence in Action: Albert Einstein Hospital: Application of Project Management to Address the Covid-19 Health Crisis and Lessons Learned 89
 
2.4 Excellence in Action: United Nations: Program Management for Humanitarian and Development Projects 103
 
2.5 16/6 Project in Haiti 118
 
2.6 Conclusions 122
 
References 123
 
3 Pillar #3: Project Management Is Creating Innovative Cultures 125
 
3.0 Background 125
 
3.1 Introducing the Innovative Culture Model 125
 
3.2 Balanced Alignment and Autonomy 127
 
3.3 Excellence in Action: Sunrise UPC 127
 
3.4 Innovation Competencies 130
 
3.5 Excellence in Action: Bosch 130
 
3.6 Blocking Off Time to Think 147
 
3.7 Excellence in Action: 3M 148
 
3.8 Refreshed Executive Role 149
 
3.9 Excellence in Action: General Motors 150
 
3.10 The Innovation Culture 152
 
3.11 Excellence in Action: Apple 152
 
3.12 Projects as Innovation Labs 154
 
3.13 Excellence in Action: Samsung 154
 
3.14 New Ways of Working 155
 
3.15 Excellence in Action: Siemens 156
 
3.16 Readying and Sustaining Tomorrow's Excellence Cultures 159
 
3.17 A Future (Working) Day in the Life of the Program Manager 160
 
3.18 Excellence in Action: Solvo360 163
 
3.19 Excellence in Action: Texas Instruments 169
 
4 Pillar #4: Digitalization Is Central to Delivering Projects' Promises 173
 
4.0. Background 173
 
4.1 Excellence in Action: ASGC 174
 
4.2 Digitalization and Projects Framework 180
 
4.3 Experimenting Capacity 182
 
4.4 Excellence in Action: ServiceNow 182
 
4.5 Context-Driven Planning 185
 
4.6 Excellence in Action: Progressive Insurance 186
 
4.7 Co-Creation 190
 
4.8 Growth in Information Warehouses 190
 
4.9 Knowledge Repositories 191
 
4.10 The Need for Business Intelligence Systems 194
 
4.11 Big Data 194
 
4.12 Top Seven Things to Consider When Choosing a BI Tool 196
 
4.13 Stop Treating Business Intelligence Projects as IT Projects 198
 
4.14 Dashboards vs. Reports: Which One Should You Go With? 200
 
4.15 Mapping Dashboards to Objectives 202
 
4.16 Virtual Teams Engagement 203
 
4.17 Excellence in Action: IBM 204
 
4.18 Outcomes-Focused Work 218
 
4.19 Excellence in Action: Dubai Customs 21

About the author

Harold Kerzner, PhD, is Senior Executive Director for Project, Program, and Portfolio Management at the International Institute of Learning, Inc.
Al Zeitoun, PhD, has over 30 years' experience in project management and strategic change delivering operational excellence for large corporations. Ricardo Viana Vargas, PhD, is a chief advocate in the project economy passionate about transforming ideas into action. He is the host of the 5 Minutes Podcast and is the author of 15 books on project, risk, and crisis management.

Summary

PROJECT MANAGEMENT NEXT GENERATION

Strategic guidance on enabling transformational change in the project management landscape

In Project Management Next Generation: The Pillars for Organizational Excellence, a team of world-renowned project management leaders delivers an expert discussion on project management implementation in organizations of all kinds. The book explores 10 pillars of project management that will be critical for companies in the coming decade. It offers contributions from industry changemakers and thought leaders that provide the perfect balance between practical experience across a variety of programs, projects, and transformation initiatives.

It's a must-have title for practicing project managers who seek hands-on guidance and insightful case studies complete with discussion questions and instruction materials, including PowerPoint lecture slides and a full Instructors Manual on the companion website. In addition to the perspectives of several global commercial organizations on the project management industry's future, readers will find:
* Thorough introductions to project management as a strategic competency and corporate project management cultures
* Comprehensive explorations of workforce upskilling and defining project success
* Practical discussions of flexible project management frameworks and flexible life cycle phases and project governance
* In-depth examinations of value-driven project management and metrics, as well as metrics for intangible assets, and strategic metrics

Perfect for mid-level corporate, project, and team managers, as well as executives and business consultants, Project Management Next Generation: The Pillars for Organizational Excellence will also earn a place in the libraries of students in courses on advanced project management at the upper-level undergraduate and graduate levels.

Product details

• Authors: H Kerzner, Harold Kerzner, Harold (Baldwin-Wallace College Kerzner, Harold Zeitoun Kerzner, Ricardo Viana Vargas, Al Zeitoun
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781119832270
• ISBN: 978-1-119-83227-0
• No. of pages: 512
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Projektmanagement, Business & management, Project management, Industrial Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik, Wirtschaft u. Management, Programm- u. Projektmanagement, Program & Project Management, Industrielle Verfahrenstechnik, Projektmanagement i. d. Industriellen Verfahrenstechnik, Industrial Engineering / Project Management