Project Management Competence: Building Key Skills for Individuals, Teams, and Organizations (Jossey-Bass Business & Management)

by Frame (Author)

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Hardcover
1999
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This is the first book to promote project management competence on all three levels necessary for overall effectiveness. J. Davidson Frame uses the guidelines he helped develop for the renowned Project Management Institute to define the most important competencies for individuals, teams, and organizations. He then provides development strategies and diagnostic tools to build and evaluate these competencies throughout the company. Frame paints a portrait of what the competent project manager looks like, how the competent project team operates, and how their efforts are supported by the project-competent organization.

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This is the first book to promote project management competence on all three levels necessary for overall effectiveness. J. Davidson Frame uses the guidelines he helped develop for the renowned Project Management Institute to define the most important competencies for individuals, teams, and organizations. He then provides development strategies and diagnostic tools to build and evaluate these competencies throughout the company. Frame paints a portrait of what the competent project manager looks like, how the competent project team operates, and how their efforts are supported by the project-competent organization.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: 1
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 01 Jul 1999
ISBN 10: 0787946621
ISBN 13: 9780787946623

Media Reviews

In today's world of complex projects, having good project management credentials on paper just isn't enough. Dr. Frame provides us with the tools we need for measuring project management competency and for defining what competencies our project managers must possess. (James L. Gallagher, president, Westinghouse Government and Environmental Services Company) It is no longer enough to assemble 'smart people' to get the job done. Effective organizations need project management competencies. Frame's book provides the path for developing those competencies, enabling the organization to reach a higher level of competitiveness. (Thomas A. Tarnow, vice president, Morgan Stanley & Company)

Author Bio

J. DAVIDSON FRAME is dean of academic affairs at the newly formed University of Management and Technology (UMT) in Arlington, Virginia. Prior to joining UMT, he established the project management program at The George Washington University. He is the author of seven books, including Managing Projects in Organizations and The New Project Management.