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Senior management: From projects to strategy, and back again

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Publication date1/01/2016
Host publicationAdvances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in Uncharted Territory
EditorsDarren Dalcher
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Number of pages14
ISBN (electronic)9781315565729
ISBN (print)9781472429124
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

One of the key success factors for project management revolves around the availability of support and buy-in from senior management. Reports on project success and failure typically emphasise executive support as a distinguishing and necessary ingredient. Embedding major improvement initiatives, such as maturity models and process improvement schemes, into an organisation also depends on harnessing support at a strategic level which is often identified as a critical pre-requisite to the success of such initiatives. Indeed, most attempts to introduce and embed change at an organisational level would depend on the availability of leaders willing to engage, defend, support and champion the initiatives to ensure they survive and thrive.