The Power of Enterprise-Wide Project Management

Preface: Project Management Is a Business Function

There is a growing recognition in business management circles that project management is an emerging business function that enables enterprises to become world-class leaders in their markets. There is also a growing pressure on large enterprises in the marketplace to more formally apply the business management of projects to their programs and portfolios. Meeting and exceeding customer expectations by consistently completing projects successfully is also a goal of every enterprise and is the basis for receiving excellence awards from most customers. These are just some of the driving forces influencing enterprises to establish project business management and an enterprise-wide project management ...