Project Portfolio Management: A View from the Management Trenches (Hardcover)

Inc. EPMC

商品描述

Written by ten successful project portfolio managers from companies including AAA, Boeing, Franklin Templeton, Johnson & Johnson, Safeway, and the UK Government, this easy-to-follow guide takes you through the project portfolio management process. It's based on what actually works, giving you a clear road map and the tools needed to determine the optimal mix and sequencing of projects in order to meet your organization's goals. The book begins by explaining basic PPM principles and why PPM is more critical than ever for business success. This introduction is followed by a story, tracking the experiences of a manager new to PPM as he discovers the issues that all of us face in trying to get traction with our PPM initiatives. In answering the questions our story raises, the book then details each step of the PPM process, using cases and examples drawn from the authors' first hand experience to help you address such key questions as:
  • Which projects should our organization invest in?

  • How can we optimize our organization's capacity?

  • How well are we executing the PPM process?

  • Can our organization absorb all the changes that our PPM plan requires?

  • Are we achieving all the expected benefits?

The authors are all members of the Enterprise Portfolio Management Council, a group of senior portfolio management executives dedicated to helping organizations develop their own portfolio management capabilities. Now you can benefit from their collective wisdom and experience, and duplicate their successful results within your own organization.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本書由十位成功的專案組合管理者撰寫,來自包括AAA、波音、富蘭克林坦普頓、強生公司、Safeway和英國政府在內的公司。這本易於理解的指南將帶領您進入專案組合管理的過程。它基於實際運作,為您提供了明確的路線圖和工具,以確定專案的最佳組合和順序,以達到組織的目標。本書首先解釋了基本的專案組合管理原則,以及為什麼專案組合管理對於業務成功比以往任何時候都更加重要。接著,本書通過一個故事,追蹤了一位新接觸專案組合管理的經理的經歷,他發現了我們所有人在試圖推動專案組合管理計劃時所面臨的問題。在回答我們故事中提出的問題時,本書詳細介紹了專案組合管理過程的每一個步驟,並使用案例和例子來自作者們的第一手經驗,幫助您解決以下關鍵問題:哪些專案應該是我們組織的投資對象?我們如何優化組織的能力?我們的專案組合管理過程執行得如何?我們的組織能夠承受我們專案組合管理計劃所需的所有變化嗎?我們是否實現了所有預期的效益?這些作者都是企業組合管理委員會的成員,該委員會是一個由高級組合管理執行官組成的團體,致力於幫助組織發展自己的組合管理能力。現在,您可以從他們的集體智慧和經驗中受益,並在您自己的組織中複製他們的成功成果。