Optimizing Human Capital with a Strategic Project Office: Select, Train, Measure, and Reward People for Organization Success Book

SECTION I: THE NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The Strategic Project Office: A Catalyst for
Organizational Change
Failure: Wake-Up Call and Teacher Integrating Strategy and Action: Managing the Project Portfolio
People on Projects: A New Look at Project Roles and
Responsibilities
Why Is This So Important?
The Executive Role
SECTION II: MANAGING PEOPLE AS THOUGH
PROJECTS REALLY MATTER: BEST PRACTICES
FOR CAPITALIZING ON PROJECT PERSONNEL The Right Stuff: Competency-Based Employment
What Is Competence?
Assessing Competence Developing Competence Why Project Managers Fail … and How to Help Them
Succeed
Project Manager and Team Member Competencies What Does a Project Manager Do?
The Emergence of the Project Planner Role Other Roles and Their Areas of Competence The Turnover Solution
Recruitment and Retention Practices for the Project-Based Company Recruitment Retention Culture Graceful Exits
The Care and Feeding of Project Management
Personnel
Career Pathing and Professional Development Professional Development: Training, Coaching, and Mentoring
Performance Management on Projects: More Carrot,
Less Stick
What Is Wrong with Performance Management?
Best-Practice Performance Management Aligning Individual and Organizational Performance
SECTION III: THE FUTURE — WHAT IS NEXT
FOR PROJECTS AND PEOPLE?
On the Horizon: New Organizational Themes
and Structures
New Themes in Project Management Staffing Beyond the Team: Community of Practice Outsourcing: Project Management Expertise as a Commodity New Opportunities and Visibility for Project Managers SECTION IV: APPENDICES
Sample Role Descriptions for Project Office
Personnel and Other Project-Management-Related Positions Excerpt from Project Management Maturity Model Sample Career Path Sample Questions from Knowledge Assessment Instrument
Sample Questions from Multi-Rater Project Manager
Competency Evaluation Sample Questions from the Caliper Profile
PM Solutions Career Planning and Development
Program Artifacts Value of Project Management Training Research Study Results Project Manager Support Survey Project Management Mentor’s Competency Scorecard
PM Coaching Guidelines: Assisting Project Managers
and Their Projects Project Management Performance Appraisal Form Service Level Agreement Tips for Better Outsourcing
Relationships