Researching the Value of Project Management

by Janice Thomas, Mark Mullaly

Consulting and practitioner literature often discusses and proclaims project management value; however the actual value resulting from investments in project management has been hard to define, let alone measure. In the past, few rigorous studies have been conducted to seek out the measurable value of project management. The Project Management Institute requested proposals in 2004 for research designed to quantify the value of project management. This monograph, Researching the Value of Project Management Research, documents the three years of fieldwork and cross-disciplinary analysis conducted between May 2005 and June 2008 by the research team that won the proposal.

458 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 31, 2008

Reviews

[Marcus Goncalves · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an old book (2008), but offers some good data snd rationale for de value of project management by documenting a huge project and wide collection of data across many disciplines. I believe it is an overkill though, especially considering Agile these days.