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Project Sponsorship : An Essential Guide for Those Sponsoring Projects Within Their Organizations.
Title:
Project Sponsorship : An Essential Guide for Those Sponsoring Projects Within Their Organizations.
Author:
West, David, Mr.
ISBN:
9781409410799
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART 1 THE NATURE OF PROJECT SPONSORSHIP AND SPONSORS -- 1 The Value of Project Sponsorship to the Organization -- 2 Factors in the Selection of the Project Sponsor -- PART 2 CORE PROJECT SPONSOR DUTIES AND SKILLS -- 3 Governance, Reporting and Management Structures for the Sponsorship of Projects -- 4 Health, Safety and the Environment -- 5 Where Projects come from - Corporate Strategy -- 6 The Project Business Case - Will the Project be Worth it? -- 7 Defining the Project -- 8 The Players: Selecting and Leading the Team -- 9 Project Finance -- 10 Project Commissioning and Close Out -- PART 3 UNDERSTANDING PROJECT MANAGEMENT -- 11 The Project Team -- 12 Project Planning -- 13 Progress Reporting -- 14 Value Engineering -- 15 Risk Management -- 16 Quality Management -- 17 Commercial Management -- 18 Change Control -- 19 Stakeholder Management -- Index.
Abstract:
David West's Project Sponsorship explains the roles and skills that lie at the heart of effective sponsorship. The sponsor acts as a lynch-pin between the Board and the Project Manager, communicating and translating requirements downwards and resource needs, progress and constraints back upwards.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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