Project management metrics, KPIs, and dashboards: a guide to measuring and monitoring project performance

Essential strategies from Harold Kerzner on measuring project management performance. The maze-like path of today's projects reflects a business environment that's growing in complexity. Factors influencing projects, such as new advancements in computer technology, an unpredictable economy, and the increase instakeholder involvement make metrics and key performance indicators (KPI) forproject management an important focus. Such measures are commonly used to help an organization define and evaluate how successful it is, typically, in terms of making progress towards its long-term organizational goals. Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards helps functional managers gain a thorough understanding of what metrics are and how they can be best implemented to gaintraction in a fast-paced and diverse working atmosphere. With content alignedwith PMI's PMBOK® Guide, this book offers extensive coverage on KPIs and how they may be monitored, using techniques such as business dashboards to assist in prescribing meaningful business strategies. After reading this book, functional managers will bolster their awareness of what good metrics management really entails—and be armed with the knowledge to measure performance more effectively

• ISBN: 978-1-1180-2652-6
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 384
• Fecha Publicación: 27/07/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés