PM Network - June 2016

Taylor Olson, PMP

Digital Project Management:
The Complete Step-by-Step
Guide to a Successful Launch

;is much-needed
guide was devel-
oped to ;ll the
current literature
gap by providing
the knowledge,
best practices and
proven steps to
consistently manage these types of
projects successfully from end to end.

;e digital rollout process presented in this valuable desk reference has been proven on over 100 projects of all shapes and sizes all over the world, including those with very limited resources. ;e steps provided for leading, managing and completing digital projects successfully align with the ;ve basic process groups of the

PMBOK® Guide. ;ey are presented in a manner that is easy to understand and execute for project managers of every experience level and their entire team on the ground.

J. Ross Publishing, 2015,
ISBN: 9781604271256, hardcover, 272
pages, $42.70 Member, $44.95 List Price
François Chiocchio, E. Kevin Kelloway
and Brian Hobbs, editors

The Psychology and
Management of Project Teams

While project
management
theory and
practice aim to
provide structure
and control to
enable successful
project comple-
tion, an alarmingly high percentage
of projects struggle or fail. ;is is in
part because projects are still mostly
managed as technical systems rather
than behavioral systems. In this col-
lection, a cross-disciplinary set of
editors brings together perspectives
from leading industrial/organizational
psychology and project management
scholars. ;is book provides compre-
hensive coverage of team selection,
development, learning, motivation
and communication; con;ict man-
agement; leadership; diversity; perfor-
mance from a multilevel perspective;
and career development.

Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN: 9780199861378, hardcover, 552 pages, $75.95 Member, $79.95 List Price

Martina Huemann, PhD; Pernille Eskerod, PhD; and Claudia Ringhofer, PhD

Rethink! Project Stakeholder Management

;is report broadens the current view of project landscapes with a thoroughly researched investigation of project stakeholder theory, methods and practices. Building on the current literature, the authors portray the two most common stakeholder management approaches as existing on a continuum between managing of stakeholders and managing for stakeholders. ;eir research study o;ers detailed insights into how four contemporary projects, each with complex stakeholder situations and di;erent stakeholder management styles, used focus groups and systemic constellation methods to aid project teams in clarifying roles, visualizing relationships and identifying stakeholders and their needs.

Project Management Institute, 2016, ISBN: 9781628250855, paperback, 213 pages, $23.95 Member,
$29.46 List Price
Ralf Müller, PMP; Jingting Shao, PhD; and
Sofia Pemsel, PhD

Organizational Enablers for
Project Governance

In this practi-
cal guide, the
authors examine
the interaction of
governance and
governmentality
in various types
of companies and
demonstrate how these factors drive
business success and in;uence proj-
ect work, e;ciency and pro;tability.
Research conducted in Sweden and
China investigating di;erent systems
of governance and their relationships
to organizational success suggested
that organizational enablers (including
leadership, governance and in;uence
of project managers) have a critical
impact on how organizations oper-
ate, adapt to market ;uctuations and
forces, and make essential changes
over time. ;e insights and industry
examples provided can be applied to
any project-based organization.