Reinventing Project Management: The Diamond Approach To Successful Growth And InnovationProjects are the engines that drive innovation from idea to commercialization. In fact, the number of projects in most organizations today is expanding while operations is shrinking. Yet, since many companies still focus on operational excellence and efficiency, most projects fail--largely because conventional project management concepts cannot adapt to a dynamic business environment. Moreover, top managers neglect their company's project activity, and line managers treat all their projects alike--as part of operations. Based on an unprecedented study of more than 600 projects in a variety of businesses and organizations around the globe, "Reinventing Project Management" provides a new and highly adaptive model for planning and managing projects to achieve superior business results. |
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Contents
The Four Bases of Successful Projects | 61 |
Putting the Diamond Approach to Work | 137 |
Our Research Steps | 215 |
Project Success Assessment Questionnaire | 219 |
Building the Contingency Approach to Project Management | 221 |
Project Classification Questionnaire | 224 |
Principles and Design of Classification Systems | 226 |
Project Novelty and Traditional Project Management | 231 |
Empirical Results for Project Technology | 233 |
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| Title | Reinventing Project Management: The Diamond Approach To Successful Growth And Innovation BusinessPro collection |
| Authors | Aaron J. Shenhar, Dov Dvir |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Harvard Business Review Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1591398002, 9781591398004 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / Leadership Business & Economics / Management Business & Economics / Strategic Planning |
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