The Handbook of Program Management : How to Facilitate Project Success with Optimal Program Management, 2nd Edition

Title: The Handbook of Program Management : How to Facilitate Project Success with Optimal Program Management, 2nd Edition
Author: James T Brown
ISBN: 007183785X / 9780071837859
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 336
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Year: 2014
Availability: 45-60 days

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THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT--FULLY UPDATED AND REVISED

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 brandnew 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

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1 :
Chaos to Clarity
Chapter 2 : Attributes of the Eff ective Program Manager
Chapter 3 : Stakeholder Management
Chapter 4 : Program Process Strategy
Chapter 5 : Program Execution Processes
Chapter 6 : Team Building at the Program Level
Chapter 7 : Program Communication Processes
Chapter 8 : Change Management
Chapter 9 : Program Risk Management
Chapter 10 : Portfolio Management Essentials
Chapter 11 : Positive Program Outcomes

Index