The Handbook of Program Management: How to Facilitate Project Success with Optimal Program Management - Hardcover

Brown, James T

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071494723 ISBN 13: 9780071494724

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2007

Synopsis

Establish processes that ensure the success of your project managers - and increase the profitability of your products and services With The Handbook of Program Management, you'll obtain the skills to incorporate new technology and people into your processes while delivering improved products and services that continually outpace your competition.In light of the Project Management Institute's new certification program for program managers, (PgMPSM) it's crucial that you have the understanding and processes necessary to deliver projects on schedule, within target costs, and that meet customer expectations.Program and project management authority Dr. James Brown helps you create the necessary culture that will ensure the success of your project managers and teams by providing the must have insights you would only get from a trusted mentor, including: The price of delayed decision-making How calculated failure can drive organizational change. Why your best people often make the biggest mistakes. What the customer really needs to know (and not know). The essence of successful execution

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Testimonials about The Handbook of Program Management

"Brown's book captures the essential skills of program and project management. It serves as a "how to" guide for those entering the business, as well as a refresher on the skills and attributes for those ready to take the next step. The book effectively defines the leader's role in creating the team culture and environment for success". - Eugene F. Kranz, Apollo 13 Flight Director, Retired Director NASA Space Operations, Author of Failure is not an Option

"Program management is one of the toughest jobs a person can hold ... and James Brown knows Program Management. Here's a chance to learn from the scar tissue of others rather than your own." - Norman R. Augustine, Retired Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation

"Finally, a pragmatic book that shares the secrets behind successful program management. If I was giving one book to program managers this would be it! Any business leader in today's environment of accelerating change will benefit from this book." - Jack Cooper, Former CIO, Bristol-Myers Squibb

I found Dr. Brown's book to be an excellent treatise on the challenges of program management, and, a very good tutorial on leadership principles to assist Program Managers. - General Lester L. Lyles, Former Commander of Air Force Materiel Command

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071494723
• ISBN 13: 9780071494724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288