Best Industry Outcomes

by Cooke-Davies, Terry; Crawford, Lynn

• ISBN13: 9781935589471
• ISBN10: 1935589474
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-01
• Publisher: Project Management Institute

Summary

Best practices are all around us. But, best practices for whom¿and under what conditions? Best Industry Outcomes answers this critical question. This is a text for both thinkers and doers¿those who study and those who practice project management. Project management does not exist in a one-size-fits-all world. This research examines practices in nine industries: aerospace and defense, automotive, engineering and construction, financial services, government, IT and telecommunications, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and utilities. This report is academically rigorous and immensely readable, due mainly to the practical and engaging writing style employed by the authors. The literature review is a comprehensive review of concepts that form the underpinnings of the research. To academics, it is essential background. To practitioners, it is a highly informative tour of past and current thinking, which in itself, is worth the read. Eighty-one graphics simplify and summarize concepts and results for enhanced understanding. Methodology and tools are described in the text and supporting appendices. Results are laid out by industry in a concluding chapter. Some research reports come to a finish that promises ¿more to follow.¿ Not so here. Best Industry Outcomes provides significant and specific results that accomplish a step forward in academic research and offer practical value to practitioners looking for a better way.