THE POWER OF ENTERPRISE-WIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project management is renowned for streamlining processes and keeping initiatives on track in a wide array of industries. Executives in the most forward-thinking businesses are taking project management beyond specific projects in manufacturing, product development, and IT, and adopting its powerful methods company-wide. But there is a challenge to keeping all the many teams, departments, and divisions aligned with larger organizational goals. That’s where the Enterprise Project Management Office, or EPMO, comes in.

This book describes in detail the four key functions, also known as the Four Pillars of the EPMO House of Excellence, that are crucial to building an effective Enterprise Project Management Office: Authorization, Standardization, Education, and Execution. In addition to start-to-finish methodologies, the book offers an invaluable selection of forms, templates, figures, and other tools to guide businesses in taking project management company-wide.

Dennis L. Bolles (Holland, MI) has more than 30 years of project management experience in several industries. He is the author of Building Project Management Centers of Excellence (0-8144-0717-X). Darrel Hubbard (San Diego, CA) has over 40 years of broad experience in executive, managerial, consulting, and technical positions. Together, they oversaw the development of the PMBOK (R) Guide, Third Edition , issued in 2004.