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

By: Berman, Jeff, 1966-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New York : American Management Association, c2007Description: viii, 200 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Project managementGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 658.4/04 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.