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Defining the Value of Project Management

Project management can add value to your organization—and we have the proof.
Find out the benefits—both tangible and intangible—in a short video featuring all-new interviews from Researching the Value of Project Management study principal investigators Janice Thomas, Ph.D., and Mark Mullaly, PMP.

Researching the Value of Project Management is a multi-year study commissioned by PMI and conducted by researchers Janice Thomas and Mark Mullaly, PMP, through Athabasca University in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada. The study looked at more than 60 case studies from a globally dispersed array of industries.

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Impact on Project Management of Allied Disciplines is a collection of academic studies related to trends in allied disciplines of project management and how they might significantly impact project management in the future.

Impact on Project Management of Allied Disciplines is a collection of academic studies related to trends in project management.

Organizations often focus on short-term results, such as immediate financial goals. However, projects are expected to achieve results that link back to an organization’s overall business strategy. This apparent discrepancy led researchers to ask: What does it mean to link project management strategy to business strategy?

In Linking Project Management to Business Strategy researchers explore aligning project efforts with business strategy.

Through four in-depth case studies over a spread of organizations, Human Resource Management in the Project Oriented-Organization investigates the distinctive characteristics of project-oriented organizations that lead to the need for specific HRM practices and considers the implications for organizations, projects and individuals.

Human Resource Management in the Project-Oriented Organization investigates the distinctive characteristics of project-oriented organizations.

Based on an unprecedented study of more than 600 projects in a variety of businesses and organizations across the globe, Reinventing Project Management provides a new and highly adaptive model for planning and managing projects to achieve superior business results.

Reinventing Project Management: The Diamond Approach to Successful Growth and Innovation is based on an unprecedented study of more than 600 projects.

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The New ROI, continued ...

By Kelley Hunsberger, editor, PMI.org on September 11, 2008 5:08 PM

Categories: ROI, Thought Leadership

Roger Chou, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan-based CEO of Advanced Business Consulting, a PMI Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.), recently weighed in on project ROI and the project manager role in strategic direction:"If executives want project managers to think about the organization's strategic

The Talent Value

By Cyndee Miller, senior editor, PM Network on September 8, 2008 10:35 AM

Categories: Interview, Talent Management

Okay, after lots of discussion around the preliminary results of PMI's Researching the Value of Project Management, I think we can all agree that project management does indeed bring value to the organization. But we haven't really talked about the

Talking About Innovation

By Kelley Hunsberger, editor, PMI.org on September 4, 2008 1:08 PM

Categories: Thought Leadership

Increased innovation keeps popping up in discussions on the intangible benefits uncovered in the preliminary results of PMI's Researching the Value of Project Management study.It's a topic that's covered often in PM Network--just check out "A Closer Look: Film Riot"

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