Learn powerful techniques for successfully managing modern projects, programs, and portfolios in any environment, no matter how complex. Mastering Project, Program, and Portfolio Management addresses several make-or-break issues associated with successful project management: organizational structure, linkages between project management and operations, and definitions and interrelationships amongst projects, programs and portfolios. Unlike other books, which address these issues only in passing, this book drills down to offer practical, real-world concepts, in-the-trenches insights, and proven applications. You'll learn how to:
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Plan projects and strategies to reflect your organization's needs and structures
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Develop and implement a successful Project Management Office (PMO)
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Organize projects, programs, and portfolios
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Systematically maximize the business value of project management
This book is part of a new series of six cutting-edge project management guides for both working practitioners and students. Like all books in this series, it offers deep practical insight into the successful design, management, and control of complex modern projects. Using real case studies and proven applications, expert authors show how multiple functions and disciplines can and must be integrated to achieve a successful outcome. Individually, these books focus on realistic, actionable solutions, not theory. Together, they provide comprehensive guidance for working project managers at all levels, as well as indispensable knowledge for anyone pursuing PMI/PMBOK certification or other accreditation in the field.
Gary Lister, MBA, MSQA serves as Adjunct Professor, School of Business, Middle Georgia State College. In addition to his long career as a government executive, he has served in the roles of consultant, corporate trainer, instructor, mentor, coach, and advisor for many years.
Mr. Lister is currently Deputy Director of the Fighter Avionics Squadron at the Warner Robins Air Logistic Complex. He manages the repair of F-15, F-16, F-22, and F-35 avionic systems, electronic warfare systems, and countermeasures. His repair portfolio includes navigational controls and indicators, electronic jammers, flare/flack dispensers, computers, displays, processors, controllers, radar, and radar warning components.
Mr. Lister earned a Master of Business Administration degree with an Accounting concentration and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an Accounting concentration from Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia, and a Master of Science in Quality Assurance degree from Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta.
