Tom Kendrick

How to Manage Complex Programs

High-Impact Techniques for Handling Project Workflow, Deliverables, and Teams

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Program manager-it's one of the most challenging jobs you can have. Overseeing and coordinating multiple project teams and thousands of activities may seem a Herculean task, but it's easier with the right tools in hand. Successful program management begins with a good command of project management processes, but these are never sufficient. Once a program exceeds a certain scale, project processes become unwieldy. To see a program successfully through to completion, you must break the work down into simpler, smaller pieces and organize it into interdependent tasks. Complete with diagrams, graphs, and real-life examples, How to Manage Complex Programs explains the ins and outs of program management and provides concrete and effective techniques for structuring deliverables, workflow, and staffing. You'll learn to: Decompose complex deliverables into manageable chunks . Develop coherent plans for component projects . Handle cross-project dependencies . Organize program staff and project leaders into a high-performing team . And more Yes, program management is challenging. But with these proven strategies, it can also be highly rewarding-for you and for your organization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amacom
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780814436929
• ISBN-10: 0814436927
• Artikelnr.: 44214848

Autorenporträt

TOM KENDRICK, PMP, has nearly 40 years' experience practicing and teaching project and program management, including senior positions with Hewlett-Packard and Visa. He is the author of Identifying and Managing Project Risk and other popular titles.