Managing Complex Projects and Programs: How to Improve Leadership of Complex Initiatives Using a Third-Generation Approach - Hardcover

Heaslip, Richard J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 111838301X ISBN 13: 9781118383018

Publisher: Wiley, 2014

Synopsis

A new and innovative framework for managing complex organizational endeavors
Organizational executives and project management practitioners often lament that traditional project management approaches do not provide the best means of managing highly complex or strategic projects and programs.  Managing Complex Projects and Programs carefully examines why.  
 
Drawing on insights, experience, and case studies from executives, practitioners, and researchers, Managing Complex Projects and Programs explores the strengths and the weaknesses of "first-generation" (traditional) and "second-generation" (agile, complex, and extreme) project management approaches, to understand their limitations.  It asks and answers hard questions about the practice of project and program management in modern organizations.

• What is wrong with our current system for managing complex projects and programs?
• How could we improve it?
• What roles and responsibilities should project managers, program managers, and executives assume in an "ideal" project or program management system?
• How can organizations assure that their projects and programs are led appropriately?

Managing Complex Projects and Programs offers fresh insights about the project and program management needs of organizations of various types and sizes.  Moreover, it proposes that some organizations could improve their management of complex projects and programs by implementing a new "third-generation" approach that more clearly defines the roles of an organization's project and program managers, and its executives. 
 
Whether you're a student of program or project management, a current program or project manager, or an organizational executive whose success depends on program and project management professionals, you will find that Managing Complex Projects and Programs provides invaluable perspectives on how to optimize the value of project and program management in modern organizations.

About this title

About the Author

RICHARD J. HEASLIP, PHD, teaches Program Leadership Skills and Systems in Organizational Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania. A former Vice President of project, program, and portfolio management in the pharmaceutical industry, Rick is the Founder of Programmatic Sciences, a consultancy that helps organizations to improve their management of uncertain and complex endeavors.

From the Back Cover

AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR MANAGING COMPLEX INITIATIVES

With the increasing demands of the global business environment, many leaders observe that their organizations struggle to manage complex strategic initiatives. Managing Complex Projects and Programs examines why and offers a solution.

Drawing on the insight of experienced executives and program and project managers from a diverse range of real-world industries, Managing Complex Projects and Programs:

• Examines the common reasons for poor performance of modern projects and programs
• Introduces new guidelines and an innovative leadership framework for solving performance issues
• Provides organizations with a roadmap for redefining the roles of project and program management professionals

Whether you are a current program or project manager, a student of program or project management, or an executive seeking to prepare your organization for a complex and uncertain future, Managing Complex Projects and Programs will challenge you to rethink your approach for managing strategic initiatives and ensuring your organization’s success.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 111838301X
• ISBN 13: 9781118383018
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336