Creating the Project Office: A Manager's Guide to Leading Organizational Change

Preface.

The Authors and Contributors.

PART ONE: CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE.

1 Leading Organizational Change.

2 Clear Danger: Creating a Sense of Urgency and Economic Value.

3 Powerful Forces: Building a Guiding Coalition.

4 Focus: Developing and Communicating the Project Office Vision and Strategy.

5 Tell the Tale: Harnessing Internal Support.

PART TWO: MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN.

6 Contact: Managing the Change.

7 Implementing the Project Office: Case Study.

8 Keep Moving: Getting Your Arms Around Chaos.

9 In or Out? Staffing and Operating the Project Office.

PART THREE: MAKING CHANGE STICK.

10 Looking Forward: Embedding Project Practices in the Culture of the Organization.

11 The Tale We Tell.

Appendix: Templates for Project Office Planning.

References.

Index.