The Rise of the Project Workforce: Managing People and Projects in a Flat World - Hardcover

Melik, Rudolf

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047012430X ISBN 13: 9780470124307

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

The Rise of the Project Workforce
 
"Melik brings a difficult subject into focus by adding a detailed and feasible approach to managing complex projects in the digital age. Not only is The Rise of the Project Workforce a strong entry-level primer, but an extremely valuable reference guide for any seasoned project or program manager."
-Jonathan W. Rider, Vice President and CIO, Gilbane Inc.
 
"Project professionals remain challenged with business solutions that force-fit production and manufacturing discipline and tools to meet the needs of knowledge-based information workers. This book provides a comprehensive reference for enterprises that are making the shift to a service-based and project-based world."
-Ray Wang, Analyst, Forrester Research
 
"This is a must-read for anyone looking for a framework to manage complex projects where speed, quality, and managing diverse competencies are critical success components of the project."
-Rich LaBarbera, President and CEO, Kintera Inc. and former president, Niku Corporation
 
"The strength of The Rise of the Project Workforce is in the breadth of the topics covered-in both the realm of project management as well as human capital management. Lots of books do one well, but Melik manages to successfully educate readers on the importance of balancing and linking both areas."
-John Colbert, CEO, Guidance Software Inc.
 
"This book is a well-organized, college-level course for professionals preparing for the changes and challenges of the twenty-first century. It touches on current and future issues associated with risk mitigation and regulatory compliance that affect every company competing in the global marketplace today."
-David Hofferberth, Analyst, SPI Research

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rudolf Melik has been a successful entrepreneur, professional speaker, and author with more than twelve years of field-proven experience in project and workforce management, regulatory compliance, and business process automation. A former software engineer, he cofounded Tenrox in 1995, where he has served as the CEO since the company's inception. He helped build Tenrox into a respected international software company with clients in more than fifty countries. He is also the author of industry white papers and a book on professional services automation. He lives with his wife and two children in La Crescenta, California. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from McGill University.

Aus dem Klappentext

Economically speaking, the world is flat again. Globalization, projectization, fragmentation of the enterprise-including outsourcing-and real-time collaboration across the planet have enabled companies to reduce costs, leverage a global talent pool, and execute challenging deliverables with a dispersed yet incredibly connected project workforce. With business changing rapidly and fierce competition turning even fiercer, businesses that want to win the war for profits had better keep up.
 
In The Rise of the Project Workforce, Rudolf Melik reveals how the flattening of the world has fundamentally transformed the structure of modern organizations and the nature of the work we do. He explores the disciplines, technology, and tools required to execute projects and initiatives in today's business climate. Surveying the way we work, collaborate, and make business decisions, Melik shows you how you can manage the constant change and how you can leverage that change and new technologies to beat the competition.
 
A practical tool for managers, directors, and executives, it offers guidelines and foundational basics for project-based work, standardized work processes, and better collaboration across the workforce. It offers a blueprint for combining project management and workforce management concepts with traditional functions like accounting, payroll, and HR to provide real-time project status visibility, optimize resource utilization, and enable constant communication across multiple teams and time zones.
 
In three parts, the book provides:
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Coverage of the emergence of the project workforce, including market realities, competitive pressures, project execution, and service delivery challenges
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In-depth reference material on the ins and outs of project management, workforce management, and workflow concepts, as well as technologies and tools
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A phased implementation roadmap that includes a primer on building a business case for project workforce management, integrating enterprise systems, checklists, and other resources
 
No matter how efficient a business is or how desirable its product, if it does not adapt to faster, cheaper, flat-world realities, it will perish. The Rise of the Project Workforce gives you the tools to make sure your business survives and thrives.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 047012430X
• ISBN 13: 9780470124307
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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