TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davies,Andrew
AU  - Hobday,Michael
TI  - The business of projects: managing innovation in complex products and systems 
SN  - 9780511493294 (ebook)
AV  - HD69.P75 D3795 2005
U1  - 658.404 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Project management
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Management
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); The dynamics of innovation in complex products and systems -- Business strategy and project capability -- Systems integration and competitive advantage -- The project-based organisation -- Managing software-intensive projects -- Learning in the project business -- Integrated solutions for customers -- Lessons for the project business
N2  - The Business of Projects broke ground when it was first published in 2005, by showing how leading businesses create and implement projects to drive strategy and innovation. Projects are used to coordinate activities with customers and suppliers and ensure that organisations become more dynamic and adaptable. The book extends the resource-based view of the firm to focus on the business lessons learned from the design and production of high-value complex products and systems (CoPS), which have always been project-based. As well as frameworks and management tools, it provides case studies of high-technology industries - such as telecommunications, flight simulation and medical devices - to show how projects are used to achieve strategic objectives, perform systems integration, organise productive activities, manage software, achieve organisational learning and deliver solutions for customers. This book is essential reading for project professionals, academics, students, engineers, managers and policy makers seeking a strategic, innovative perspective on projects
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511493294
ER  -