Running the Successful Hi-Tech Project Office

This is your complete 'how to' book on establishing the Project Office as a methodology for managing multiple development initiatives within your organization. The book presents the PO (Project Office) as a model for use in a wide variety of organizations, especially in R&D environments. As more and more forward-looking firms adopt the project form as their preferred way to organize development work, the need for you to coordinate the use of scarce resources and align initiatives becomes quite evident. This hands-on guide provides you with the essential techniques, templates and tools used by successful managers and consultants to achieve maximum project control and performance of dedicated persons, and groups.

Introduction. The Multiproject Challenge. The Project Office. The Project Office Processes. Project Office Tools. Portfolio Planning. Fact Based Management. Deployment.