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Chinese
proverb: Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the
greater one.
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in the organisation from the CEO to the short-term contractor. This requires the concepts and practices of effective stakeholder management to become embedded in the culture of the organisation. This book provides the “road map” to help organizations achieve these objectives in two ways:
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 ISBN 978-1-4443-3493-7 Paperback Prices: - International £44.99 - Australian $88.00 |
The Guide has been developed as a scheduling reference document capable of wide application. It is a practical treatise on the processes to be followed and standards to be achieved in effective management of time. It can be used in any jurisdiction, under any form of contract, with any type of project and should be identified as the required standard for the preparation and updating of contract programmes, progress reporting and time management.
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 ISBN 978-056-609-249-7 Hardback Prices: - International £65.00 - Australian $121.00 |
Publication Special -
$99.00 including
delivery in Australia
Building, and managing, relationships with senior (upwards) stakeholders is essential for success. Advising Upwards makes a detailed examination of stakeholder relationship management, starting with a discussion of the personal changes that senior managers must make as they move into executive roles in the organisation, and recognising that through targeted and purposeful communication the team must ensure that their senior stakeholders understand how best to support their work. Studies have consistently shown that the active support of stakeholders from the Senior Leadership Team, particularly the sponsor, is a critical factor in creating successful outcomes. Successful activity managers not only understand this but are also willing to do whatever is necessary to ensure that their senior stakeholders understand and fulfil this support role. This requires the activity manager to be skilful at building and maintaining robust relationships, focused on engaging the support of senior executives, understanding their expectations and managing them through targeted communication. Effective communication helps change perceptions and adjust expectations (to make them more realistic and achievable), as well as helping to acquire the support necessary for successful delivery of the outcomes of the activities. The principal focus of the book is on perspectives that will contribute towards an understanding of the critical survival skill of engaging senior managers, and of ‘helping them help you’. It includes:
The book has two main objectives:
See also our published paper: Advising Upwards – Helping your Managers Help You |
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What’s new? - Standardised language has been used throughout the document to aid reader understanding. - New data flow diagrams clarify inputs and outputs for each process. - Greater attention has been placed on how Knowledge Areas integrate in the context of the Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing process groups. - Two new processes are featured: Identify Stakeholders and Collect Requirements. Buy On-Line
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In parallel to the growing acceptance and utilisation of project management, the discipline of portfolio management is gaining favour as a means of helping organisations remain effective and competitive. The Standard for Portfolio Management provides portfolio managers with a resource to help them develop professionally and achieve success for themselves and their Organisations. Within an organisation, a portfolio represents a collection of active programs, projects and other work undertaken at a specific point in time to help the organisation reach its strategic objectives. In essence, a portfolio reflects the priorities, investments and resource allocations of the organisation. Portfolio management, therefore, is the centralized management of one or more portfolios in order to achieve specific strategic business objectives. As a process, portfolio management enables organisations to identify, categorize, evaluate, select, prioritize, authorise, terminate and review various portfolio components to ensure their alignment with current and future business strategy and goals, which in turn helps the organisation optimise the use of its limited resources. Because portfolios address all aspects of an organisation, reaching into organisational functions such as finance, marketing, corporate communications and human resources, as well as strategic objectives, portfolio management has become a key method used to create and execute effective corporate governance frameworks. With this in mind, The Standard for Portfolio Management is designed to provide a guide to those processes generally recognised as good practices in portfolio management and focuses on portfolio management as it relates to the disciplines of program and project management. |
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• Plan Risk Management • Identify Risks • Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis • Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis • Plan Risk Responses • Monitor and Control Risks |
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For
implementation of
the
Practice Standard, see Mosaic's 'How
To' develop an effective
schedule workshop [view
outline].
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The Practice
Standard for Earned Value Management—Second Edition
expands on the earned value information in A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®
Guide)
–Fourth Edition. EVM is often referred to as
“management with the lights on” because it helps
objectively and succinctly identify where a project is and where it is
going. The methodology incorporates project scope, schedule and costs,
and the process is applicable across many Knowledge Areas and Process
Groups. This practice standard is intended for anyone who wants to
better develop their project management toolset and know how to
potentially improve project performance through the use of earned
value. The standard expands the available resources on the use of EVM
for medium and smaller projects, whilst still being relevant for larger
projects. The practice standard provides insight and detailed
explanations of the basic elements and processes of EVM, and
demonstrates how to scale EVM to fit varying project sizes and
situations.
For
implementation of
the
Practice Standard, see Mosaic's 'How
To' Implement Earned Value
Business Management workshop
[view
outline].
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