Description:
updated for today's businesses-a proven model FOR assessment and ongoing improvement
Using the Project Management Maturity Model, Second Edition is the updated edition of Harold Kerzner's renowned book covering his Project Management Maturity Model (PMMM). In this hands-on book, Kerzner offers a unique, industry-validated tool for helping companies of all sizes assess and improve their progress in integrating project management into every part of their organizations.
Conveniently organized into two sections, this Second Edition begins with an examination of strategic planning principles and the ways they relate to project management. In the second section, PMMM is introduced with in-depth coverage of the five different levels of development for achieving maturity. Easily adaptable benchmarking instruments for measuring an organization's progress along the maturity curve make this a practical guide for any type of company.
Complete with an associated Web site packed with both teaching and learning tools, Using the Project Management Maturity Model, Second Edition helps managers, engineers, project team members, business consultants, and others build a powerful foundation for company improvement and excellence.
Table of Contents:
Foreword.
Foreword to the First Edition.
Preface.
Introduction.
1. The Need for Strategic Planning for Project Management.
Introduction.
Misconceptions.
Wall Street Benefits.
Stakeholders.
Gap Analysis.
Concluding Remarks.
2. Impact of Economic Conditions on Project Management.
Introduction.
Historical Basis.
3. Principles of Strategic Planning.
General Strategic Planning.
What Is Strategic Planning for Project Management?
Executive Involvement.
The General Environment.
Critical Success Factors for Strategic Planning.
Qualitative Factors.
Organizational Factors.
Quantitative Factors.
Identifying Strategic Resources.
Why Does Strategic Planning for Project Management Sometimes Fail?
4. An Introduction to the Project Management Maturity Model (PMMM).
Introduction.
The Foundation for Excellence.
Overlap of Levels.
Risks.
Assessment Instruments.
5. Level 1: Common Language.
Introduction.
Roadblocks.
Advancement Criteria.
Risk.
Assessment Instrument for Level 1.
Questions.
Answer Key.
Explanation of Points for Level 1.
6. Level 2: Common Processes.
Introduction.
Life Cycles for Level 2.
Roadblocks.
Advancement Criteria.
Risk.
Overlapping Levels.
Assessment Instrument for Level 2.
Questions.
Explanation of Points for Level 2.
7. Level 3: Singular Methodology.