How to Manage Complex Programs: High-impact Techniques for Handling Project Workflow, Deliverables, and Teams

Kendrick, Tom

ISBN 10: 1400245621 / ISBN 13: 9781400245628

Published by Amacom Books, 2024

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319 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Manage Complex Programs: High-impact Techniques for Handling Project Workflow, Deliverables, and Teams
• Publisher: Amacom Books
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1400245621
• ISBN 13: 9781400245628
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.51 kilograms

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Synopsis

To see a program successfully through to completion, a program manager must break the work down into simpler, smaller pieces and organize it into interdependent tasks…and this book helps you do just that. 

Projects require managers, but programs warrant maestros. Tasked with overseeing multiple project teams and thousands of activities, program managers have one of the most challenging jobs in the market. Too many overburdened managers are leaving otherwise great jobs, even the field entirely, because they haven’t equipped themselves with the right tools in hand to take on this complex but fulfilling job.

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 will 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

Yes, program management is challenging but the most rewarding jobs always are. Don’t let yourself become overburdened and tempted to leave a field in high demand of hard workers such as yourself. These proven strategies are the key to finding both relief and success!

About the Author

Tom Kendrick the former Program Director for the project management curriculum at UC Berkeley Extension, and lives in the Bay area near San Francisco, California. He is a past award recipient of the Project Management Institute (PMI) David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award for "Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project" (now in it's fourth edition).  Tom is also a certified PMP and serves as a volunteer for both the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter and PMI.org.