Call for OPM Authors
It is hard to just get projects done, let alone worry about whether the business believes they will get the results they need. So the cycle continues; business distrust of IT and poor communication between senior leadership and the project office.
There is a ground breaking effort to target business management leaders with project management information of specific interest to them. A book is being pulled together on Organizational Project Management (OPM) that aims to create knowledge about the interfaces among projects, programs and portfolios, how projects benefit the ongoing operations in organizations and how strategic objectives are attained through projects.
What’s your opinion; does the industry need this book?
Do you have something to say about this topic? If so, see OPM for more details.
Tags: OPM, project management authors
July 28th, 2009 at 10:19 am
I’m pretty sure we need this book. The latest I have seen, copyright 2007, is “Linking PRoject Management to Business Strategy”, and the authors say “… there are very few frameworks, principles, or even tools to address this need….” So the data is at best, vintage 2006. I’m researching it more and have several books to review, and I expect to find the same result in them - few if any methods, etc. for this area.
My personal interest in this concerns how and what needs to be done to assure the intended benefits from the projects actually become a reality. What changes are needed in the project management methodology? What about education and training required of the people to make the changes happen?
Jim Sloane
May 18th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
does anyone know a website or tutorial about business management ?`.~