Project and Program Turnaround (Best Practices in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management) - Hardcover

Pavelko, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138626805 ISBN 13: 9781138626805

Publisher: Auerbach Publications, 2016

Synopsis

The purpose of this book is to reduce the number of development programs and large projects that failure during the critical transition from 'good idea'/proof of concept to its implementation. My research has revealed that over 25% of such attempts fail in the U.S. Sixty five percent of the remaining to not achieve all the goals. This book will be of high value to all practicing program or project managers in all industries. In addition, this book will be on the suggested reading list for college business courses. The value of this book pertains to the implementation of new plans and processes as well as physical products.

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About the Author

Thomas Pavelko worked for 37 years for Lockheed Aircraft and Lockheed Martin. He started as an engineer organizing and leading teams to develop embedded computer systems that performed critical flight control and data reduction functions. Eventually, he was promoted to the level of Program Director. He reported to a wide variety of divisions, including Satellites, Missiles, R&D, Electronics, Propulsion, Advanced Astronautics, Commercial Space, Human Spaceflight, and the Skunk Works. During the latter part of his career, he was assigned to assist large commercial and government programs in trouble. For some of these, he became the new Program Manager. All the programs he led were successful.

Edition details

• Publisher: Auerbach Publications
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1138626805
• ISBN 13: 9781138626805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 290