Maximizing project value : defining, managing, and measuring for optimal return / / Jeff Berman.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Berman, Jeff, 1966-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: viii, 200 p. :; ill.
• Notes: Includes index.

Table of Contents

• Introduction : beyond "on time and on budget"
• Defining the project business case and getting buy-in from top management
• Business case process life cycle
• Determining the need for a project
• Initiating the project
• Making the business case
• Business case influencers and supporters
• 7 principles for developing a winning business case
• Project selection techniques
• The business case approval process
• Executing a project with a business value mindset
• Defining project value drivers
• Key performance indicators
• Achieving project value through stakeholder management
• Change management
• Stakeholder management
• Stakeholder management as a process
• Stakeholder communication
• Creating organizational alignment and accountability
• The impact of change
• Accountability
• Rewards and incentives
• Establishing an ongoing project performance tracking process
• Reporting mechanisms
• Metrics visibility
• Correction management
• Conclusion.