Library

Conference Paper Leadership, Skill Development, Stakeholder Engagement 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

A question of context--why manufacturing cultures don’t understand project management

By Iliff, Randall C. Is your ability to conduct project management limited by the rest of your own company? Organizations with a strong manufacturing culture often consider project management to be a necessary evil…

Conference Paper Stakeholder Engagement 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

Users

By Laubmeier, Joan Most project managers, at the peak of frustration with a user or group, have concluded that without users, our projects would be perfect. Unfortunately, without users, there wouldn't be a project.…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

No bull project management

By Po-Chedley, David A. | Gabora, Herb Most experienced project managers are comfortable with the mechanics of making projects successful. What causes headaches are the politics and people issues encountered within most organizations.…

Conference Paper Change Management, Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

Creating change leadership

By Watts, Rich | Watts, Linda Only 15 of every 100 organizational change initiatives are successful. Late deliveries, cost overruns and poor quality have initiated project management improvement initiatives that end up failing.…

Conference Paper Resource Management, Stakeholder Engagement 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

Framing the moves that matter

By Thomas, Janice | Jugdev, Kam | Delisle, Connie L. Selling project management to executives is a complex and often frustrating challenge. Despite the significance of this function, the current literature offers project managers limited guidance in…

Conference Paper Teams, Leadership, Skill Development, Stakeholder Engagement 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

Solving people problems

By Flannes, Steven W. | Flannes, Steven | Levin, Ginger When everything else is said and done, your biggest challenge as a project manager is dealing successfully with people. People problems can be messy, uncomfortable, and nasty, but there are methods…

Conference Paper Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

The value of project management

By Crawford, J. Kent | Pennypacker, James S. Implementing project management generates significant organizational value--both the tangible and intangible, both the financial and non-financial. This is the conclusion reached by the Center for…

Conference Paper Stakeholder Engagement 1 November 2001

Selling project management to senior executives

By Thomas, Janice | Delisle, Connie L. | Jugdev, Kam | Buckle, Pamela Many project managers often fail to convince executives to invest in projects, primarily because many professionals lack the skills needed to effectively sell their initiatives and secure…

Conference Paper Decision Making, Strategy, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

A national dilemma

By Rodrigues, Bruce | Rider, Lesley Jane Multinational project-oriented corporations often struggle with developing enterprise-wide outcome-based project management competency standards that are appropriate for local implementation and…

Conference Paper Teams, Stakeholder Engagement 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

Staying in action

By Speck, Elizabeth New projects often begin with strong commitment, focus and enthusiasm. With a positive combination of environment, people and events influencing the project, that initial energy can be sustained for…