The Handbook of Program Management: How to Facilitate Project Success with Optimal Program Management, Second Edition
- 4h 34m
- James T. Brown
- McGraw-Hill
- 2014
Program managers must strike a balance between operations and project implementations in order to develop and maintain a culture in which the components of success are repeatable. The Handbook of Program Management is designed to help you do exactly that.
This go-to guide supplies you with the insight and tools you need to establish processes that ensure the success of your project managers--and increase the profitability of your products and services. Fully updated and heavily revised, this new edition helps you incorporate new technologies and people into your processes while delivering improved products and services that continually outpace your competition.
The Handbook of Program Management provides critical information from a trusted expert. In addition to the classic chapters on Attributes of the Effective Program Manager, Stakeholder Management, and Portfolio Management Essentials, this updated edition is packed with brand new material covering:
- Change management
- Interfaces
- How bad projects are stopped or postponed
- How consultants and subcontractors should be used
- Program performance analysis
- The role of governance
Avoiding the complicated theories and phantom quick-fixes you'll find in other books, The Handbook of Program Management offers straightforward, actionable methods for establishing a highly effective project management culture: one with integrity, energy, and full stakeholder support.
Nowhere else will you find such comprehensive, authoritative information on creating successful program management outcomes. The author takes you on the entire journey, from strategically creating a program culture, to building effective relationships, and to analyzing ways of accomplishing your program objectives.
The Handbook of Program Management is essential reading for program managers of all levels, whether you're a novice seeking certification in the field or an executive looking to build a flexible organization that can support dynamic on-going product development.
About the Author
James T. Brown, Ph.D., is President of SEBA Solutions Inc., which provides project management training for organizations around the world. He has received the Engineer of the Year award from the Cape Canaveral Technical Societies and is a recipient of the NASA Public Service Medal for exceptional contributions to NASA's mission.
In this Book
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The Handbook of Program Management—How to Facilitate Project Success with Optimal Program Management, Second Edition
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Preface
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Introduction
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Chaos to Clarity
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Attributes of the Effective Program Manager
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Stakeholder Management
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Program Process Strategy
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Program Execution Processes
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Team Building at the Program Level
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Program Communication Processes
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Change Management
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Program Risk Management
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Portfolio Management Essentials
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Positive Program Outcomes
