Don't Let the Project "Manage" You - Strategic Choices to Achieve Business Goals

Author: (English) Kon Minuo
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: In today's competitive and rapidly developing social environment, the ability to quickly produce and deliver high-quality products and services is crucial for the survival of businesses. To meet these demands, modern enterprises need to operate efficiently, allocating resources rationally to strategies and business objectives, thereby creating greater commercial benefits for the company. Traditional project management primarily focuses on managing the process of the project. Today, from the initiation of the project to the achievement of deliverable business goals, a completely new project management approach is required. Project management needs to become a part of the business, and to achieve this goal, organizational structure needs to align with the business objectives of project management. This book elaborates on the concepts and issues of business project management. It helps organizations shift their focus from overly emphasizing technology to placing more emphasis on business in project management. For project management, this book introduces three fundamental concepts: Business-focused project management encapsulation model Objectively guides project management This book's unique concepts, processes, and models help project managers enhance their project management skills, supplement their technical experience, and improve their ability to interact with clients, helping them achieve their ideal goals sooner. The author of this book has been engaged in project management consulting and teaching in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia for over 20 years, accumulating extensive practical experience. The effective project management methods proposed in this book hold significant guiding value for senior management, project managers and team members responsible for delivering business outcomes, project sponsors, as well as students and faculty who are interested in the practice and business solutions of project management. This book helps readers in the following ways: Assisting junior project managers and experienced professionals in seeking better integrated solutions for clients' business and projects. Focusing specifically on business projects and developing a unique solution—goal-oriented project management—to better achieve business objectives. Helping senior management determine priorities and select project portfolios to realize corporate strategy. Assisting readers in developing value-added project management strategies and processes, and gaining the trust of stakeholders. Providing guidance for those involved in planning project management strategies, processes, and corporate standards.