James Marion & Tracey Richardson 
Executing Global Projects 
A Practical Guide to Applying the PMBOK Framework in the Global Environment

This book identifies some of the most significant complexities faced by project managers when attempting to implement the PMBOK framework in global projects and provides pointers for existing or aspiring managers and project managers.

Project management is a discipline that is practiced in today’s organizations on a global scale. The project manager’s role has therefore become more complex as projects are carried out in different geographical locations using team members who come from a diverse range of languages, cultures, and world views.

Project managers improve their chances of success when they seek to understand the cultures and context of the environment with which they interact on a day-to-day basis and modify the way they manage, communicate, and organize. This book identifies some of the most significant complexities faced by project managers when attempting to implement the PMBOK framework in global projects and provides pointers for existing or aspiring managers and project managers. Further, a framework is proposed for assessing and building global project capability and process maturity.

Sobre el autor

Dr. Tracey Richardson is a tenured, associate professor of project management in the college of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide. During Dr. Richardson’s 20+ years in the United States Air Force, she had the opportunity to visit over 20 countries, and more than half of the United States, managing the same challenges in operations and logistics, aircraft maintenance, back shop manufacturing, and sortie management while facing the same challenges with limited resources and regulation encountered by global companies. Dr. Richardson has a doctorate of organizational leadership from Argosy University’s School of Psychology, master of management, and a bachelor of science in resource management, both from Troy University. She is a certified project management professional and a project management institute (PMI) risk management professional.