Title: Value-Based Metrics for Improving Results : An Enterprise Project Management Toolkit Author: Mel Schnapper, Steven Rollins ISBN: 1932159258 / 9781932159257 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 438 Publisher: J.ROSS Publishing Year: 2006 Availability: Out of Stock
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Value-Based Metrics for Improving Results illustrates how to establish, implement and manage an effective metrics program for achieving improved performance in your business and in attainment of your professional or personal goals. Featuring and implementation roadmap that can be applied in most any organization, this book presents a unique, universal methodology for developing and using metrics as a management tool to baseline, monitor, manage, improve, align and reward performance of most any business function at any level.
Establishes a shift in thinking from activity, input, and throughput to a focus on appropriate investments of time, effort and money for improving results.
Enables the measurable definition of what constitutes "value, priorities” and establishes an objective language and measures for discussing enterprise initiatives and IT investments, teamwork, leadership, quality and much more.
Provides a process for aligning strategic, annual, functional, and departmental objectives at the corporate level and includes an internal monitoring system for responding rapidly to internal or external changes.
Develops near absolute clarity regarding manager-employee deliverables, expectations of managerial support, nature of interdependencies, and allocation of resources, which will improve teamwork within and between departments.
Includes a business case for implementing a project management metrics program and over 200 Metrics that focus on specific value of utilization; relation to delivery speed of measured objective and cultural safety; and fraud sensitivity.
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Web Added Value
Part 1 : Defining the Methodology Chapter 1 : Introduction Chapter 2 : The Value of a Metrics Methodology on Business Chapter 3 : What is Value? Chapter 4 : How to Create and Exceed Value Chapter 5 : Alignment of All Metrics Chapter 6 : Skills-Building Exercises
Part II : 3Ms Measurement Program for The Organization Chapter 7 : Metrics and Program / Project Management Chapter 8 : Role / Authority / Decision Making Chapter 9 : Metrics and Corporate Culture Chapter 10 : Initiatives That Support The 3Ms Chapter 11 : Other Applications of 3Ms Methodology Chapter 12 : Applying Theory of Constraints the TOC Way Chapter 13 : The Value Proposition of an Organizational Project-Based Metrics Program
Part IV : Realizing the Value Proposition of an Implemented Measurement Program for your Organization Chapter 28 : Metrics Maturity Model Chapter 29 : Road Map Schedule for Implementing a 3M’s Measurement Program Chapter 30 : Business Case for Implementing a 3Ms Metrics Program Chapter 31 : Summary