How to manage complex programs : high-impact techniques for handling project workflow, deliverables, and teams /: high-impact techniques for handling project workflow, deliverables, and teams. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tom Kendrick.
• Other Names: Kendrick, Tom
• Contents: Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; Projects, Programs, and Portfolios; Program Definition; How Do Programs Originate?; Why Are Programs Difficult?; Project/Program Size Boundaries; Program Life Cycles; Dimensions of Program Complexity; 2 PROGRAM INITIATION; Strategic Alignment and Tactical Objectives; Program Governance and Sponsorship; Portfolio Management; Program Benefit Analysis and Return on Investment; Program Risks; Program Challenges; Process Maturity for Program Management; Planning for the Plan; Program Startup; 3 PROGRAM DELIVERABLE MANAGEMENT. Managing Program ScopeProgram Stakeholders; Gathering Program Requirements; Stakeholder Priority Conflicts and Resolution; Characterizing Programs; Establishing the Program Roadmap; Defining Program Deliverables; System Decomposition and Analysis; Program Scope Risks and Optimization; Documenting Program Scope; Program Scope and Change Management; 4 PROGRAM PLANNING AND ORGANIZING; Program Planning Processes; Program Planning Tools; Program Decomposition and Project Planning; Project Plan Integration and Interface Management; Program Workflow Risks. Hierarchical Plan Baselines and Plan Documentation5 PROGRAM LEADERSHIP; Program Governance and Stakeholder Expectations; The Program Management Office; Hierarchies of Teams and Leaders; Program Leadership; Program Communications; Program Staff Motivation; Program Staffing and Other Resource Risks; 6 PROGRAM EXECUTION AND CONTROL; Sponsor and Stakeholder Expectations Management; Program Metrics; Program Status Tracking; Program Reporting and Information Management; Controlling Program Scope; Program Review; Managing Organizational Change; Recovering Troubled Programs; 7 PROGRAM CLOSURE. Program Closure ProcessProgram Process Improvement; 8 CONCLUSION; Program Deliverable Management; Program Planning and Organizing; Program Leadership; The Path Forward; SELECTED PROGRAM MANAGEMENT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FREE SAMPLE FROM IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING PROJECT RISK; COPYRIGHT.
• Publisher Details: New York : American Management Association
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 658.4/04; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management; Project management; Information technology -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior; Information technology -- Management; Project management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780814436936; 0814436935; 9781523101801; 1523101806
• Related ISBNs: 9780814436929; 0814436927
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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