Technology-driven Innovation for Project Management ― How to Drive Performance and Productivity Improvement

Are your major systems above or below average? What systems make up your core competencies and which systems should be subcontracted out to maximize the organization’s value to the customer and to the stockholders?

If your organization’s systems are just 'functional,' you are missing a significant opportunity to increase market share and profits. Many organizations have never done a comprehensive review of these major systems. The few that have tried to evaluate the systems have based this evaluation on the knowledge and integrity of the individuals performing the analysis. In the current environment, it is essential that these assessments evaluate not only how you are doing, but how you compare to best practices. It’s absolutely essential that organizations today use a knowledge-based assessment strategy.

Two respected authorities on processes and projects have combined their knowledge and experience in a one-of-a-kind book, Technology Driven Innovation for Project Management. They have combined their knowledge and experience to provide the reader with a step-by-step approach on how to manage projects in a fast-moving technology-driven environment. Previous project management books have been written for primarily brick-and-mortar organizations. The authors, through their vast amount of experience in the virtual environment, E-business, and project management, fully detail the current key drivers of innovation. They show you how to operate a portfolio of projects in today’s environment of alliance partnerships, remote offices, virtual offices, and short-cycle times. It is must reading for all organizations that manage projects in an E-business world.

Detailed check lists that compose crucial parts of the book provide guidelines for the entire project team to help prevent them from making errors, while the text is rich in advice that experienced project managers will find extremely helpful. It will take the guesswork out of managing projects in a web-centric environment and almost eliminate unplanned-for surprises that result in massive overruns and delays. Technology Driven Innovation for Project Management is a treasure of new and evolving concepts that must be understood by everyone managing projects or who are impacted directly or indirectly by projects.

Dr. H James Harrington now serves as the International Quality Advisor for Ernst & Young and Chairman of the Board of Emergence Technology, Ltd., a high tech software manufacturer and developer. He also serves on the Board of Directors of a number of national and international companies. Dr. Harrington is past Chairman and past President of the prestigious International Academy for Quality and of the American Society for Quality control. He is an "A" level member of ISO’s T.C. 176 that wrote the ISO 9000 Quality System standards and T.C. 207 that wrote the ISO 14000 environmental standards. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the 14000 Environmental Management Foundation. Since joining Ernst & Young, Dr. Harrington has divided his time between working with executives to develop and implement performance improvement plans, and developing new approaches to performance improvement. As a member of the National office he has been directing his efforts to using new, creative approaches to keep Ernst & Young at the leading edge in the quality consulting field.