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CHAPTER 21

BUSINESS PROCESS
MANAGEMENT IN THE

PROJECT-ORIENTED

COMPANY

Roland Gareis
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria
Michael Stummer
Roland Gareis Consulting, Vienna, Austria

Roland Gareis holds an MBA and a Ph.D. He was a Fullbright
scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1976, pro-
fessor for construction management at the Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, and visiting professor at the Georgia State
University, ETH in Zürich, Switzerland, and the University of
Quebec in Montreal, Canada. Since 1983, he has been the director
of the postgraduate program “International Project Management”
at the Vienna University of Business Administration. For 15 years
he was president of Project Management Austria, the Austrian
project management association; he was project manager of the
10th Internet World Congress on Project Management and manager
of the research program “Crisis Management.” Currently, he is
professor of project management at the Vienna University of
Economics and Business Administration, manager of the global
research program “Project Orientation (International),” and owner

of Roland Gareis Consulting. He has published several books and
papers on management of the project-oriented company.
Michael Stummer is trainer and consultant in project and program
management, business process management, and organization for
Roland Gareis Consulting and is trainer in the postgraduate pro-
gram “International Project Management” at the University of
Economics and Business Administration and the Technical
University Vienna. He is an authorized representative and responsi-
ble for controlling of Roland Gareis Consulting. Since 2002, he has
been a board member of Project Management Austria. He graduated
from the University of Economics and Business Administration,
Vienna, and the postgraduate program “International Project
Management” at the University of Economics and Business
Administration and the Technical University Vienna. He is certified
as a project manager through Project Management Austria, and
he has experience as a project manager of information technology
(IT), organization, research, and product development projects.

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