The Strategic Project Office: A Guide to Improving Organizational Performance

by J. Kent Crawford

Describing the initiation, design, execution, and control of a strategic project office, this book provides step-by-step instructions for establishing a PMO. The author emphasizes cost management, cultural change, risk assessment, resource allocation, and skills tracking to increase project value, organizational efficiency, and productivity. He explores various aspects relating to planning and implementing the strategic project office, and concludes by considering how to change the organizational culture to match the new organization. Concise and easy, the book covers the many pitfalls and minefields and provide strategies to avoid them.

388 pages, Hardcover

First published November 15, 2001

Reviews

[Ricardo Vargas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic book about project offices. Written by Kent Crawford from PM Solutions, it is considered a precursor of the project management offices worldwide.

Clássico livro sobre escritórios de projeto. Escrito por Kent Crawford da PM Solutions, é considerado um precursor dos escritórios de projeto no mundo.