Project Management Institute: 135 books

Today's medical profession sails on a sea of change. Matters of complexity, patient safety, and organizational sustainability challenge the profession and combine to confound resolution efforts. Stress and Performance in Health Care Project Teams is a report of research that examines the issue with...

This study has investigated the professional development of project managers through interviews, surveys, and personality inventories from a sample of practitioners.Results from the research reveal how learning experiences as well as personal characteristics comport with professional development.

A Framework for Value Management Practice—Second Edition begins by providing readers with the background needed to understand the origins of this complex and rapidly evolving practice. The second chapter builds on this foundation, by helping readers understand how the deceptively simple concept...

Project Management Offices (PMOs) are not etched in stone. They are complex entities which go through frequent transformations during their average two-year life span. So, what does that mean to project professionals? Identifying the Forces Driving Frequent Change in PMOs answers this question for...

In this highly accessible guide, you'll not only learn about their answers, you'll also receive the practical tools, techniques and knowledge you need to develop the skills they identified as most important to project success. Leaders aren't born. They're made. Leadership is not a set of elusive traits....

How can today's project be done well? How can tomorrow's project be done even better? These two classic questions are the foundation for Team Learning in Projects: Theory and Practice, a report of research conducted by Chantal Savelsbergh and Peter Storm. This research follows a previous effort that...

Researchers from across the world and in a variety of disciplines have become interested in describing and understanding the phenomenon of distributed projects and teams. This study aims to measure the extent to which some dimensions of the decision-making process are valued and used by distributed...

Dobson says that you must first have a strong foundation in time management and priority setting, then introduces the concept of Portfolio Management to timeline multiple projects, determine their resource requirements, and handle emergencies, putting you in charge for possibly the first time in your...

Today, large organizations often deploy PMOs as multiple entities with different mandates, functions, and characteristics. Past research efforts have focused almost exclusively on single PMOs. Governance and Communities of PMOs breaks this mold by means of a report of international research with a...

With each of its chapters devoted to exploring a specific topic, Strategic Oriented Implementation of Projects begins by focusing on internal projects within an organization. Using real-world examples from multiple industries, Dr. Görög effortlessly provides both theory and practical tools for thinking...

The ability to deliver value in dynamic environments has become an essential skill for today's project managers given the ever increasing rates of change driven by deregulation, the information age, and globalization. Managing Amidst Rapid Change responds to this new reality with specific management...

Managing global teams requires critical management, communication, and leadership skills that build trust and effectiveness at each phase of team development. The second edition of The Virtual Edge delves deeper into the nuances of virtual teams and how case study research is an integral part of how...

Leading Agile Teams is a practical and engaging guide to help your organization embrace a more agile mindset. Most organizations work in large groups when trying to find solutions for big problems. Agile teams are different. They get more done by having a small self-organized team focus on the highest...

Megaproject Organization and Performance: The Myth and Political Reality delves into the complex world of organizing megaprojects and investigates the extent to which the performance of these projects could be traced back to their organizational structure. Through multiple case study research, including...