The Enterprize Organization: Organizing Software Projects for Accountability and Success

Every day, project leaders are approached with haunting questions such as: What is the primary reason why projects fail? How technical should managers be? What are the duties of a project management office? These haunting questions, along with many more, are just a few of the questions and answers Whitten discusses in his latest book, The EnterPrize Organization.

Throughout his book, Whitten shares many of the lessons learned that can have a profound impact on drawing out and realizing the potential of the member of a project, as well as helping you realize your own potential. He describes the roles and responsibilities of the major project leadership positions of product manager, project manager, business architect, product architect, process architect, resource managers, and team leaders, as well as the team members.

Whitten proposes the "EnterPrize Organization" as a model that takes advantage of the strengths of functional, projectized, and matrix organizations, while reducing or eliminating their weaknesses.

This book is for seasoned employees, as well as for those just entering the workforce. From beginning to end, you will recognize familiar ways to define the key project roles and responsibilities, and discover some new ideas in organizing a software project.

Neal Whitten, President of The Neal Whitten Group, is a speaker, trainer, consultant, mentor, and author in project management and employee development. He is the author of several books and numerous articles and is a contributing editor for PM Network®.