This title equips project managers with the skills necessary to effectively manage projects as strategic investments. In today's challenging commercial environment, many business projects are now categorized as strategic investment with the primary concern being value impact on an organization's bottom line. Project benefit attainments usually happen after PM teams have disbanded and handed over the project deliverables to the operational teams. It is in this transition and subsequent operation where much value is lost and the truly important business benefits that could have been achieved are not. "Strategic Project Management Transformation" demonstrates how to transform this trend of project management failure and sub-optimization into strategic and financial project management success.
Marc Resch PMP, a business and technology strategy professional, has over 20 years certified success rate. A qualified PM professional, he is currently adjunct professor at Centenary College in New Jersey.
Chapter 1: Projects Are Strategic Investments Chapter 2: Strategic Planning: The Foundation for Success Chapter 3: Re-defining the Project Management Lifecycle Approach Chapter 4: Value Attainment Begins and Ends with the Business Case Chapter 5: Effective Stakeholder Management Drives Value Chapter 6: Value Metrics: You Can't Manage What You Can't Measure Chapter 7: Untapping the Full Value Potential of Your Projects Chapter 8: You Need to Know All the Costs to Accurately Determine the Benefits Chapter 9: Project Benefits: ROI Contributors and Value Enablers Chapter 10: Building Cash Flow Models to Setup the ROI Measurements Chapter 11: ROI Financial Measurements Chapter 12: Achieving Optimal Results in the Value Attainment Phase Chapter 13: From Project Closure to Continuous Value Improvement Appendix A: Business Plan Template Index
"Strategic Project Management Transformation is a must read for managers, executives or owners interested in transforming their business into a company that is sustainable and tuned to optimum performance. While there are many books on good project management practices, Marc Resch provides an all-encompassing treatise on effective organizational success. I highly recommend this book as a guide to keep on one's desk as a reference and key tool." -William R. Truran, Ph.D., P.E., PMP, P.P. DoD Systems, Planning, Research, Development and Engineering, Affiliate Industry Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology; "This book's value-centric methodology fosters ownership and collaboration, and encapsulates the iterative and qualitative business leadership necessary for success in today's global market." -Kristen Lamoreaux, President & CEO, Lamoreaux Search, Founder, Society for Information Management (SIM) Women
