Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards: A Guide to Measuring and Monitoring Project Performance - Softcover

Kerzner, Harold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119427282 ISBN 13: 9781119427285

Publisher: Wiley, 2017

Synopsis

Harold Kerzner's essential strategies on measuring project management performance With the growth of complex projects, stakeholder involvement, and advancements in visual-based technology, metrics and KPIs (key performance indicators) are key factors in evaluating project performance. Dashboard reporting systems provide accessible project performance data, and sharing this vital data in a concise and consistent manner is a key communication responsibility of all project managers. This third edition of Kerzner's groundbreaking work, Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards: A Guide to Measuring and Monitoring Project Performance, helps functional managers gain a thorough grasp of what metrics and KPIs are and how to use them. Plus, this edition includes new sections on processing dashboard information, portfolio management PMO and metrics, and BI tool flexibility. - Offers comprehensive coverage of the different dashboard types, design issues, and applications Provides full-color dashboards from some of the most successful project management companies, including IBM, Microsoft, and others Aligns with PMI's PMBOK(R) Guide and stresses value-driven project management PPT decks are available by chapter and a test bank will be available for use in seminar presentations and courses Get ready to bolster your awareness of what good metrics management really entails today--and be armed with the knowledge to measure performance more effectively.

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From the Back Cover

Harold Kerzner's Essential Strategies on Measuring Project Management Performance

With today's advances in visual-based reporting, increased project complexity, and stakeholder involvement, metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) are essential for prescribing and defining effective business strategies. Dashboard reporting systems provide accessible project performance data, and sharing this vital data in a concise and consistent manner is a key communication responsibility of all project managers.

This highly anticipated new edition of Harold Kerzner's groundbreaking work helps functional managers understand what metrics are, and how KPIs can be monitored through various dashboard types and applications. Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards: A Guide to Measuring and Monitoring Project Performance, Third Edition offers:

• Comprehensive coverage of the different dashboard types, design issues, and applications
• An entirely new chapter on portfolio management PMO and metrics
• New content on business intelligence tool flexibility
• PowerPoint slides and a test bank for use in seminar presentations and courses
• Full color dashboard from some of the most successful project management companies including IBM, Microsoft, and others

The need to make faster and more effective decisions mandates quality performance reporting. Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards, 3rd Edition defines successful integration of metrics and KPIs into business strategy and provides integral dashboard techniques used in monitoring performance.

About the Author

HAROLD KERZNER, PHD, is Senior Executive Director for Project Management at the International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL), a global learning solutions company offering professional training and consulting services worldwide. Dr. Kerzner's profound effect on the project management industry inspired IIL to establish, in coordination with the Project Management Institute (PMI), the Kerzner International Project Manager of the Year Award, which is presented to a distinguished PMP(R) credential holder or global equivalent each year. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING, INC. (IIL) is a global leader in professional training and comprehensive consulting services in the areas of project, program, and portfolio management, PRINCE2(R), ITIL, Business Analysis, Microsoft(R) Office Project and Project Server, and Lean Six Sigma. IIL is an IIBA-endorsed education provider, a PMI(R) charter global registered education provider, and a member of PMI's Silver Alliance Circle and their Corporate Council.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1119427282
• ISBN 13: 9781119427285
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 448