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Article Quality Management, Risk Management, Benefits Realization, Stakeholder Engagement 1 April 2017

PM Network

Extra Effort

By Hussain, Waqar Waqar Hussain, PMP, provides three approaches to take to complete projects delayed or complicated by client-side problems: Improve clients' capabilities; Engage during delays; and Pick up the…

Conference Paper Portfolio Management, Program Management, Requirements Management, Complexity, Benefits Realization, Stakeholder Engagement, Aerospace & Defense 29 October 2013

Benefits management in complex defense programs

By Dengiz, B. Firat Because today's defense industry faces increasingly complex development programs, strategic goals and associated needs can be complex and varied. Therefore, standard project management practices are…

Conference Paper Strategy, Benefits Realization, Stakeholder Engagement 13 October 2009

Economic crisis? Support organizations, promote project management

By Agrapidis, Panayotis In response to the current worldwide economic downturn, organizations in all industries are significantly cutting costs--often to the point of preventing future growth. This paper examines why…

Article Benefits Realization, Stakeholder Engagement, Construction March 2009

Project Management Journal

Understanding the value of project management from a stakeholder's perspective

By Zhai, Li | Xin, Yanfei | Cheng, Chaosheng The value of practicing project management has long been a hot issue of debate within the management and executive fields. This article examines the multi-dimensional value of using project…

Conference Paper Benefits Realization, Stakeholder Engagement 19 October 2008

From commander to sponsor

By Bourne, Lynda | Farnes, Ken Studies have repeatedly shown that when project sponsors support their project managers, project teams are more likely to realize successful results. But a sponsor's level of engagement is often the…

Conference Paper Strategy, Quality Management, Benefits Realization, Stakeholder Engagement 31 January 2007

Creating project-based organizations to deliver value

By Thiry, Michel Although project-based organizations (PBOs) focus on implementing projects to perform their primary activities, many PBOs fail to effectively generate strategic advantages from their projects. This…

Conference Paper Portfolio Management, PMO, Program Management, Strategy, Benefits Realization, Stakeholder Engagement 2006

Supersizing PMO performance

By Bourne, Lynda Many technically competent project management offices (PMOs) fail to maximize the value they can provide to their host organizations. Such PMOs-because they often focus only on technology, data, and…

Conference Paper Strategy, Benefits Realization, Skill Development, Stakeholder Engagement 7 September 2000

Seminars & Symposium

Making the link from strategy to projects--what's the payoff?

By Combe, Marge One frequently shared symptom among projects that fail is a lack continued executive support. Such withdraw of support usually occurs when projects goals do not ultimately align with corporate…

Article Benefits Realization, Stakeholder Engagement October 1996

PM Network

Good results yield ... resistance?

By Toney, Frank A recent study of project management groups in Fortune 500 companies indicated that their major challenge is communicating the financial benefits of project management. This article offers a number…