The CIO's Guide to Breakthrough Project Portfolio Performance: Applying the Best of Critical Chain, Agile, and Lean

by Michael Hannan, Wolfram Muller, Hilbert Robinson

Overview

This book is for senior executives who are on a mission to jack up the performance of their information-technology (IT) project portfolios, and who are no longer satisfied that established "best practices" are sufficient to achieve their organizations' business and mission objectives.

The authors cut through the confusion and zealotry of leading improvement approaches, and distill them down to a practical set of specific techniques you can apply for maximum benefit to your IT project portfolio.

If you seek a carefully designed set of proven, harmoniously integrated techniques engineered to deliver significantly higher performance thresholds--all presented in a concise, focused manner with executive audiences in mind--then this book is for you.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151269872
Publisher:	Fortezza Consulting, LLC
Publication date:	05/04/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	152
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Michael Hannan is Founder & Principal Consultant of Fortezza Consulting, and brings nearly 25 years' experience as a Consulting Executive, IT Project Portfolio Manager, Process Engineer, and Software Architect.

He has managed and consulted on $500M+ project portfolios spanning multiple industry sectors, including four $1B+ programs for the U.S. Army and NASA. Mike is also a regular speaker at U.S. conferences on how to apply Critical Chain, Agile, Lean, and the Theory of Constraints to boost the performance of IT project portfolios.

Wolfram Müller is Founder & Principal Consultant at Speed4Projects.net, and brings 25 years‘ experience as a Consulting Executive, IT Project Portfolio and Project Manager, Process Engineer, and Software Engineer. As head of the IT PMO at 1&1 Internet AG, he led 40 project managers in the delivery of 500 projects, innovating industry-leading methods to drive unprecedented improvements in speed and reliability across the portfolio. He has published over 20 articles and books about Critical Chain, Agile, and Lean, and is a well-known speaker in Europe on how to achieve hyper-productive IT project portfolios.

Hilbert Robinson is a recognized expert in Critical Chain and the Theory of Constraints, and has delivered multiple examples of breakthrough PPM improvements, spanning a diverse mix of IT, Construction, Naval Readiness, Aircraft Manufacturing, and Healthcare sectors. He spearheaded dramatic performance improvements on a 20,000-project portfolio in Japan, on a U.S. Navy-wide mission-readiness portfolio, and on the Boeing 777 development program, among many others. Hilbert is also the co-founder of Afinitus, a global consulting firm, and recently led the worldwide Critical Chain practice for a prominent management consultancy.