Running the Successful Hi-Tech Project Office

Eduardo Miranda

250 pages, parution le 17/04/2003

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Résumé

This is your complete ‘how to' book on establishing the Project Office as a methodology for managing multiple development initiatives within your organization. The book presents the PO (Project Office) as a model for use in a wide variety of organizations, especially in R&D environments. As more and more forward-looking firms adopt the project form as their preferred way to organize development work, the need for you to coordinate the use of scarce resources and align initiatives becomes quite evident. This hands-on guide provides you with the essential techniques, templates and tools used by successful managers and consultants to achieve maximum project control and performance of dedicated persons, and groups.

The book looks at the PO as a line function, responsible for the coordination and the infrastructure necessary to manage multiple projects. This practical resource covers all major PO responsibilities, including project portfolio management, project oversight, methods and tool support, staffing and competence development, and promotion of the project culture. You learn that the objective of the Project Office is to complete all projects to best achieve the overall goals of the organization. The book provides guidance in preparing long term plans to enable appropriate decisions concerning the allocation of resources; overseeing the execution of projects on time and within budget; developing processes and systems to satisfy the ever changing product needs; providing stability, professional development and administrative efficiency for management and support personnel; and assuring a smooth transition between start-up, execution and termination phases.

Contents

Introduction

Project Portfolio Management, Project Management, and Line Management
The Project Portfolio
The Project Office

The Multiproject Challenge

Introduction
The Multiproject Environment
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
Common Responses to Project Delays

The Project Office

The PO Context
PO Information Structures
PO Processes
PO Roles
Relationships among the PO, the Line Function, the Project Sponsors, and Other Project Stakholders

Processes

PO Process Definitions

Tools

Information Needs
Characteristics of a PO Information System
Functionality of a PO Information System
Commercial Tools

Balancing the Project Portfolio

Introduction
Project Formulation
Portfolio Balancing
Net Present Value and the Gated Project Approach
Real Options

Deploying the Project Office

Layers of Change
Where to Start
Incremental Deployment
Maturity Models
Communication Strategy
Limiting Bureaucracy
The Need for the Line Function: How Much Project Management is Enough?

Appendix
Index

L'auteur - Eduardo Miranda

Eduardo Miranda is currently a Program Manager at Ericsson Research, Quebec, Canada. He received his B.Sc. in system analysis from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, his M.Eng. in engineering management from the University of Ottawa, Canada, and M.Sc. in project management from the University of Linkoping, Sweden.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Artech House
Auteur(s)	Eduardo Miranda
Parution	17/04/2003
Nb. de pages	250
Format	18 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	623g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781580533737
ISBN13	978-1-58053-373-7