Project management

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Everyone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation...

Profit is not the same as cash.

Understand this commonly used way to calculate ROI.

Evidence from an ongoing study of 57 companies to determine the profit impact of market strategies (PIMS) shows that one of the main indicators of business...

In a premortem, team members assume that the project they are planning has just failed--as so many do--and then generate plausible reasons for its demise....

Big projects fail at an astonishing rate--more than half the time, by some estimates. It's not hard to understand why. Complicated long-term projects...

IT’s most famous idea didn’t start in IT.

A four-step approach.

You need to understand it even if it’s not your job.

Most of the time, the schedule is a joke.

Three principles to help you bring order to chaos.

During the last decade, U.S. manufacturers have narrowed if not eliminated the competitive gap between themselves and such foreign rivals as the Japanese...

Whether you’re a manager, a frontline worker, or an independent contractor, at one time or another you’ve surely had to influence, or even improve, the performance of people who don’t formally report to you. Experience in all three roles has taught me some basic principles about leading without authority. These principles work even in roles […]

A number of years ago, when my colleagues and I first began our research on how companies were preparing for the changing demographics of the workforce, we were amazed to find 85-year-old aerospace engineers successfully at work! From a company perspective, the reasons for this were straightforward — the industry was then already faced with […]

When a promising project doesn’t deliver, chances are the problem wasn’t the idea but how it was carried out. Here’s a way to design projects that guards against unnecessary failure.

When conflict arises between the tenets of competitive analysis and those of financial analysis, it's not the theory at fault but the practice. Good project...

Managing corporate projects as though they were a portfolio of financial options appears to be an exact science. But it's not. That's because decisions...

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Every year, at the annual summit of Ralston Crane's marketing group, Chief Marketing Officer Ruth McViney homes in on an important organizational objective....

On the hook to lead a big project? Your job just got easier. Save time and effort with HBR's Guide to Project Management Ebook + Tools. Whether you're...

A well-crafted business plan generates enthusiasm for your idea and boosts your odds of success--whether you're proposing a new initiative within your...

You'll get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with this set of concise, practical primers. "Finance Basics" explains the fundamentals...

Want to get it right from the start? Learn how to successfully mitigate risks in your current and future projects through open communication between stakeholders...

Master your most pressing professional challenges with this seven-volume set that collects the smartest best practices from leading experts all in one...

How many projects in your organization have come in on time and on budget? Are you panicking because you've been asked to lead a project and are not sure...

Key topics include designing teams, managing teams, managing conflict, group dynamics, project management, product development, interdepartmental relations,...

MEET YOUR GOALS--ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. How do you rein in the scope of your project when you've got a group of demanding stakeholders breathing down...

The case, in a non-profit project-oriented setting, introduces fundamental risk management principles and processes that are easily applicable to private...

In July 2000, Airbus Industries' supervisory board is on the verge of approving a $13 billion investment for the development of a new super jumbo jet...

Firms that follow a hypothesis-driven approach to evaluating entrepreneurial opportunity are called "lean startups." Entrepreneurs in these startups translate...

You've been asked to manage a key project-or perhaps you've volunteered for an assignment that could advance your career. So how do you make sure the...

Describes the efforts of Volkswagen of America, the U.S. subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, to arrive at a process for setting IT funding priorities so that...

A well-crafted business plan takes time and energy. This specially priced 4-volume Collection provides insights into what it takes to craft a successful...

Provides a summary of technical and organizational details that led to the decision to launch the Challenger Space Shuttle, and to the ensuing accident....

For today's time-strapped manager or professional, setting aside time to brush up on key management skills is almost impossible. Luckily, Harvard Business...

A collection of problems that introduces students to the application of discounted cash flow analysis in the evaluation of capital budgeting problems.

Presents one company's efforts to implement a project management organization, or PMO, and the challenges they faced in doing so. Issues brought out in...

Provides an introduction to the fields of project finance and infrastructure finance, and gives a statistical overview of project-financed investments...

A descriptive manual for how to manage the process of project management. Major sections are: 1) define and organize the project, 2) plan the project,...