Value management : improving capabilities

The Influences Of Modern Technology And Competitive Environments Have A Direct Impact On The Outcomes Of Projects, Irrespective Of Project Type. This Text Is A Response To The Growing Need For Better Management Which Many People Find Necessary When Leading Or Working Within Teams Or Groups Undertaking A Project. Increasingly, People In A Working Environment Are Engaged In Organised Practices And Utilising Resources, Facing The Challenge Of Having To Meet, Or Better, Predetermined Cost Budgets And Strict Timetables. The Fact That Most Work Is Organised Into Programs Or Singular Projects Means That People Require Increasing Guidance In Project Management. "Project Management is a response to a growing need for the management that many find is needed when leading or working within teams or groups undertaking part of a complete project. This is a 'how to do it' book of value to practitioners and students alike. It provides the challenge of theory application through a series of 'to do' exercises. This is supported by diagrams, figures, charts and tables. Project Management equips the reader with specialist skills that can be immediately applied in practice."--Jacket "This book explains how rational thinking is the key to leadership and competitive advantage. Its scope is from Socrates to the 'dot-coms' as it describes a structural framework for value-adding methodologies before focusing on one of the methodologies that helps to increase revenue flow and reduce resource costs. This is a book that will help individual managers to transform their organization's ability to deliver results. It aims to help managers to become leaders."--Jacket A 'how to do it' book that provides the challenge of theory application through a series of exercises. It aims to equip the reader with specialist skills that can be immediately applied in practice and is written in three inter-related parts - The framework; Planning for control and The tool kit - to promote clarity of understanding and study. Value management enables stakeholders to enhance the value provided by a project. While this often leads to cost savings, more importantly, it seeks to provide the best outcome for a project by considering a variety of assessment criteria. This report is one of the few to look at value management from the client's procurement prospective The influences of technology and competitive environments have an impact on the outcomes of projects, irrespective of project type. This is a response to the growing need for better management which many people find necessary when leading or working within teams or groups undertaking a project. This report contains a series of test protocols designed to provide the basis of the "Highway Authorities Products Approved Scheme" for high friction surface systems to be run by the British Board of Agrement on behalf of Highway Authorities, including the Highways Agency.