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Strategic Planning for Project Management Using a Project Management Maturity
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Strategic Planning for Project Management Using a Project Management Maturity Model [With CDROM] Hardback - 2001

by Harold R. Kerzner

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"It has often been said that 'to improve, one must be prepared to measure the improvement' and 'one must inspect what one expects.' The Kerzner Project Management Maturity Model has provided this tangible measure of maturity. The rest is up to a company to set the expectations and to inspect the results."--Bill Marshall, Nortel Global Project Process Standards (from the Foreword) Strategic planning for project management-a proven model for assessment and continuous improvement Harold Kerzner's landmark Project Management has long been the reference of choice for outstanding coverage of the basic principles and concepts of project management. Now, with the Project Management Maturity Model (PMMM) detailed in this new book, Kerzner has developed a unique, industry-validated tool for helping companies assess their progress in integrating project management throughout their organization. Strategic Planning for Project Management Using a Project Manage...

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"It has often been said that 'to improve, one must be prepared to measure the improvement' and 'one must inspect what one expects.' The Kerzner Project Management Maturity Model has provided this tangible measure of maturity. The rest is up to a company to set the expectations and to inspect the results."--Bill Marshall, Nortel Global Project Process Standards (from the Foreword)
Strategic planning for project management-a proven model for assessment and continuous improvement
Harold Kerzner's landmark Project Management has long been the reference of choice for outstanding coverage of the basic principles and concepts of project management. Now, with the Project Management Maturity Model (PMMM) detailed in this new book, Kerzner has developed a unique, industry-validated tool for helping companies assess their progress in integrating project management throughout their organization.
Strategic Planning for Project Management Using a Project Management Maturity Model begins by examining the principles of strategic planning and how they relate to project management. The second part of the book introduces the PMMM, detailing the five different levels of development for achieving maturity, along with benchmarking instruments for measuring an organization's progress along the maturity curve. These assessment tools can easily be customized to suit individual companies-a particularly valuable feature of the model.
Offering vital guidance for making project management a strategic tool for competitive advantage, this book helps managers, engineers, project team members, business consultants, and others build a powerful foundation for company improvement and excellence.

First line

For more than 40 years, American companies have been using the principles of project management to get work accomplished.

Details

  • Title Strategic Planning for Project Management Using a Project Management Maturity Model [With CDROM]
  • Author Harold R. Kerzner
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition;
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley, 2-B
  • Publication date January 16, 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780471400394 / 0471400394
  • Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.57 x 6.34 x 0.69 in (24.31 x 16.10 x 1.75 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Project management, Strategic planning
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00043814
  • Dewey Decimal Code 658.404

About the author

HAROLD KERZNER, PhD, prominent instructor for the International Institute of Learning (IIL), is currently Professor of Systems Management at Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio and President of Project Management Associates, a consulting and training firm that conducts seminars for leading U.S. and international corporations. He is the recipient of a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Illinois and has taught engineering at that institution and business administration at Utah State University, where he received the 1998 Distinguished Service Award. The Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Project Management Institute has honored Dr. Kerzner by instituting the Kerzner Award for Project Management Excellence.

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