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Vision Realized!
How Top Executives Bridge Vision to Achievement Through Business-Integrated Project Management
Mounir Ajam(0)
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Most organizations invest heavily in strategy and far less in the function that turns strategy into results. Vision Realized! makes the case that project management deserves a seat in the boardroom, not as a technical support service, but as a core organizational function essential to strategic success.
Written for executives, board members, and senior leaders, this Second Edition shows why so many projects fall short of their promise and what leaders can do about it. Drawing on more than three decades of experience across capital projects, technology, and management consulting, Mounir A. Ajam examines the systemic inhibitors that hold organizations back: confusion about what project management is, fragmented and inconsistent practice, PMOs caught between proving their value and waiting for executives to commit, and the accidental project manager syndrome.
The book then lays out a practical path forward. Readers are introduced to the Project Management Function and Project Management Unit, the role of a Chief Project Officer, and Business-Integrated Project Management (BIPM), which links projects to strategy through vertical integration and to the rest of the business through horizontal integration, using the Value Delivery Methodology. The book also presents the PCA Model (Predetermine, Cultivate, Assess/Achieve) and the Four Dimensions of Project Success, giving leaders a way to define success before a project starts rather than hoping for it afterward.
The closing chapters offer concrete starting points based on where an organization stands today, from no formal practice to an established project management unit.
Vision Realized! is Book 1 of the seven-book Strategy to Results series, which helps organizations close the gap between what they intend to achieve and what they actually deliver. Book 2, Successful Transformation, continues the journey with a practical guide to building the project management function.
Written for executives, board members, and senior leaders, this Second Edition shows why so many projects fall short of their promise and what leaders can do about it. Drawing on more than three decades of experience across capital projects, technology, and management consulting, Mounir A. Ajam examines the systemic inhibitors that hold organizations back: confusion about what project management is, fragmented and inconsistent practice, PMOs caught between proving their value and waiting for executives to commit, and the accidental project manager syndrome.
The book then lays out a practical path forward. Readers are introduced to the Project Management Function and Project Management Unit, the role of a Chief Project Officer, and Business-Integrated Project Management (BIPM), which links projects to strategy through vertical integration and to the rest of the business through horizontal integration, using the Value Delivery Methodology. The book also presents the PCA Model (Predetermine, Cultivate, Assess/Achieve) and the Four Dimensions of Project Success, giving leaders a way to define success before a project starts rather than hoping for it afterward.
The closing chapters offer concrete starting points based on where an organization stands today, from no formal practice to an established project management unit.
Vision Realized! is Book 1 of the seven-book Strategy to Results series, which helps organizations close the gap between what they intend to achieve and what they actually deliver. Book 2, Successful Transformation, continues the journey with a practical guide to building the project management function.