Preface This book is ideal for managers, directors, and executives who are looking for a project-based approach to apply to their business, to standardize work processes, and to improve collaboration across the workforce. The Rise of the Project Workforce is a practical guide to Project Workforce Management for project managers, human resources directors, finance and payroll professionals, compliance officers, executives, system implementers, and consultants. It also serves as an excellent introduction to the topic for students and beginners. This book introduces the concepts, tools, and technologies that, combined with accounting, payroll, human resources, and customer relationship management applications, result in improved productivity and greatly reduce compliance and overhead costs, resulting in substantial profit and revenue increases for an organization. Part I provides an introduction to the market realities, competitive pressures, project execution, and service delivery challenges that have led to the emergence of the Project Workforce. Part II serves as an in-depth discussion of concepts, technologies, and tools facilitating project management, workforce management, and workflow that are of interest to project managers and operational executives. Part III provides consultants, administrators, system integrators, and implementers with a phased implementation roadmap, a primer on integration points between various enterprise systems, predeployment planning checklists, and an administration handbook. It also shows how you can build a thorough business case and prepare for the user adoption challenges a Project Workforce Management initiative is likely to face. xiii