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Enterprise Project Management (EPM) - Part II
So Why All The Confusion?

By Gregg Davis

To recap from part one, we are looking at the definitions of EPM, PPM, OPM3, and the relationship each has with the other. Now that we have defined EPM (see Part I), what is Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and how does it relate to EPM? Continue..

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Feature Book
Right Projects Done Right : From Business Strategy to Successful Project Implementation

By Paul Dinsmore

The Right Projects Done Right! reflects the advances that have been made since the concern for managing multiple projects in organizations first emerged more than a decade ago. This book includes findings and solutions that address three vital questions: Has the right portfolio of projects been chosen to ensure that company strategy is implemented successfully? Have the right projects with the right scope been selected as candidates for the portfolio? Are the projects managed well? Dinsmore and Cooke-Davies help managers answer these questions by providing them with the information they need to implement an enterprise-wide project management environment.

 Project Management News
BKC expands services.

Paul Dinsmore on North America Speaking Tour

OMB Steps Up Earned Value Management Requirements

The Third Edition of the PMOBK Guide released

Open Call for Volunteers to Participate on the OPM3 2007 Update Project Team

 Articles
Sizing up the Settings in Project Management

By Paul Dinsmore

If successful projects are required for companies to survive and
prosper in increasingly challenging times, what does it take to make that happen? Is it a question of restructuring the company, implementing new systems, or bringing about a new mind set with the people involved? Or is it a combination of these factors melded with other influences from the marketplace and new technological developments? Where should you start making improvements? What actions will have the most punch?

The answer resides in a mosaic of approaches, some of which make sense in certain settings and may not in others. Here are some classic solutions. Continued…


People + Projects = Strategic Execution
How a Strategic Project Office solves business problems.

By J. Kent Crawford and Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

“Project sponsors and managers need ‘islands of stability’ to guide teams and to ensure
the integration of project deliverables into the organization,” say researchers in the Management Services Journal. “Without this stability, project results will not align with organization strategy and stakeholder expectations. Continued…

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cover The Complete Project Management Office Handbook
By
Gerard M. Hill
cover The Project Management Scorecard
By
Jack J. Phillips
cover
Critical Path Game

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