Project Sponsorship : Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success by Alfonso, Englund, Randall L. Bucero - used book

EAN (ISBN-13): 9780787981365
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0787981362
Hardcover
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Publishing year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
201 Pages
Weight: 0,440 kg
Language: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9780787981365

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0-7879-8136-2, 978-0-7879-8136-5
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Book author: englund, alfonso, jossey bass, randall
Book title: project management

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Author: Randall L. Englund; Alfonso Bucero
Title: Project Sponsorship - Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Publishing year: 2006-06-09
Weight: 0,442 kg
Language: English
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Preface The Authors CHAPTER 1: Project Sponsor Responsibilities * Project Sponsor responsibilities * Challenges * Projects without Sponsorship * Case Study * Sponsor Definition * Project Roles and Responsibilities * Project Sponsor Activities * Tools * Summary CHAPTER 2: Obtaining Sponsor * Why choose to sponsor a project? * Criteria * Selling Sponsorship * What will the Sponsor get in return? * Negotiation * Informing * 1:1 Relationship Discussion * Criteria Chart * Summary CHAPTER 3: Sustaining Sponsorship * Challenges to address * Proactive sponsorship * Project reviews * Checklist * Moving forward through sponsorship * Summary CHAPTER 4: Client Sponsor Relationship * Creating and maintaining the Relationship * Client expectations * Sustaining Supplier/Client Relationships * Relationship Matrix * Gaining Credibility * Example * Summary CHAPTER 5: Planning and Executing Steering Committees * Staffing * Organizing * Act as a team * Taking action on findings * Demonstrate desired behaviors * Tools with examples * Planning and executing Steering Committee checklist * Summary CHAPTER 6: Sponsorship and Culture Evaluation * Corporate cultures * Critical roles * Financial responsibilities * Owner versus Sponsor Roles * Client Feedback "Radar Chart" * Survey * Assessment tool * Instructions * Scoring * Summary CHAPTER 7: Sponsorship Execution Feedback * Vision understood/implemented * Structured feedback to the customer sponsor * Review sponsorship execution * Questionnaire (about the sponsor) * Questionnaire (about the PM) * Point of view of upper managers in organizations * Contribution * Summary CHAPTER 8: Sponsorship Development * Positioning * Real case study * Clues * Recommendations * Selling process * Approval process * Action Plan CHAPTER 9: Sponsor Mentoring * What is and what is not mentoring * What is a mentor * The mentor role * Things that are not helpful * Facilitate discussion * Difficulties and suggestions * Critical success factors * The process * How to continue * Case Study - Speaking Truth to Power * Summary CHAPTER 10: Knowledge Management * Project reviews * Prepare a Political Plan * Conceptual Base * Views of Politics * Assessing the Political Environment * Mapping Behavior * Authentic Leadership in Action * Summary * Concluding Thoughts * Mindmap * Sample Political Plan REFERENCES INDEX