This book discusses the changes that world class organizations have made to achieve excellence in project management. Learn how these organizations refocused to accommodate a projects–based approach and how they plan, budget, complete and assess their "mission–critical" projects. The implementation of project management ideas and methods is leading to more efficient service delivery and production, more accurate budgeting, greater profitability, and improved stakeholder relationships world–wide, In Search of Excellence in Project Management shows how these benefits can be yours as well.