THE WILEY GUIDE TO Project Organization & Project Management CompetenciesA guide to the human factors in project management: knowledge, learning, and maturityTHE WILEY GUIDES TO THE MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS address critical, need-to-know information that will help professionals successfully manage projects in most businesses and help students learn the best practices of the industry. They contain not only well-known and widely used basic project management practices but also the newest and most cutting-edge concepts in the broader theory and practice of managing projects.This third volume in the series covers a range of organizational and people-based topics that are occupying the project management world today. The essence of project management represents a "people" challenge--the ability to appreciate and effectively employ the competencies of all those who are associated with the project development and delivery process. This book explains how you can more successfully manage a project from inception through delivery by learning how to handle critical issues around structure, teams, leadership, power and negotiation, and the whole area of competencies. The expert contributors also include chapters on global project management knowledge and standards, the role of project management associations around the world, project management maturity models, and other key topics.Complete your understanding of project management with these other books in The Wiley Guides to the Management of Projects series:* The Wiley Guide to Project Control* The Wiley Guide to Project, Program & Portfolio Management* The Wiley Guide to Project Technology, Supply Chain & Procurement Management

Preface and Introduction vii1 An Overview of Behavioral Issues in Project Management 1Dennis P. Slevin and Jeffrey K. Pinto2 Project Management Structures 20Erik Larson3 Contemporary Views on Shaping, Developing, and Managing Teams 39Connie L. Delisle4 Leadership of Project Teams 70Peg Thoms and John J. Kerwin5 Power, Influence, and Negotiation in Project Management 89John M. Magenau and Jeffrey K. Pinto6 Managing Human Resources in the Project-Oriented Company 117Martina Huemann, Rodney Turner, and Anne Keegan7 Competencies: Organizational and Personal 143Andrew Gale8 Projects: Learning at the Edge of Organization 168Christophe N. Bredillet9 The Validity of Knowledge in Project Management and the Challenge of Learning and Competency Development 193Peter W. G. Morris10 Global Body of Project Management Knowledge and Standards 206Lynn Crawford11 Lessons Learned: Project Evaluation 253J. Davidson Frame12 Developing Project Management Capability: Benchmarking, Maturity, Modeling, Gap Analyses, and ROI Studies 270C. William Ibbs, Justin M. Reginato, and Young Hoon Kwak13 Project Management Maturity Models 290Terry Cooke-Davies14 Professional Associations and Global Initiatives 312Lynn CrawfordIndex 327