Global Program Management Review

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(More customer reviews)In the spirit of contributions to the pursuit of legitimate project and program management techniques, I wanted to share that your book, Global Program Management, helped provide some additional momentum for my own efforts to maintain my PMP certification and expand my professional approach toward assuring project and program success. This is a true focus on professional project management principles, supported by examples of how they are implemented from the project level through the executive program management level. I can see that through patience and hard work a significant philosophical shift toward the formal processes for program success can be achieved. From the insight gained in this advanced textbook, I am more confident that continued efforts toward this type of study and continuing education is worthwhile in the long term for me and my organization. I appreciate the chance to see the advantages of your methods, and for this pointer toward PMI objectives being accomplished.

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An in-depth guide to global program management

This practical resource offers proven strategies for directing the design, development, delivery, and monitoring of major, long-term business or agency programs in global markets. Global Program Management reflects the movement of the field to a broader, more global, and enterprise-wide perspective.
Covering the new Project Management Institute (PMI) Standard for Program Management, the book explains the ways in which program management differs from project management and reveals how to master strong leadership, organization, communication, technical, managerial, and agility skills along with a comprehensive understanding of foreign markets and cultures. Discover how to:
Review organizational and global settings for program management
Adhere to the new PMI Standard for Program Management
Develop strategies, programs, and candidate projects into a strategic portfolio
Align strategies and programs to ensure success, profitability, and program benefits
Assess, monitor, and mitigate risk on a program scale
Hone global program management leadership competencies
Find and secure partners to provide program support
Apply program management concepts to federal sector reforms

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Goal Directed Project Management: Effective Techniques and Strategies Review

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(More customer reviews)GDPM is the best tool for planning organisational change projects. It is not suitable for technical projects. GDPM is both a philosophy and a method and exactly that is what makes it so powerfull. Apart from adressing the five pitfalls in the beginning of the book it introduces layered planning. GDPM is about planning the WHAT and making people responsible (the WHO) for results before the project starts. After that the planning of the HOW is a cascade. In an organisational change project you can't plan activity 216 at the beginning of the project. You should only plan the activities of the first 3-5 milestones. GDPM forces you to organise your communication as well and makes sure you communicate (the 2way street) and not inform (the 1way street). The nice thing is that you need only two A4 forms to plan your project which makes it not only an effective method but also an efficient one.

Buy it, use it and get hooked to it.

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Goal Directed Project Management (GDPM) is a unique methodology that has been developed and refined by the authors over a period of more than 20 years. In this time, organizations all over the world have adopted it as a standard approach. The central focus of GDPM is to develop understanding, commitment and involvement while managing successful and lasting change. The authors emphasize the need for a 'PSO' (People, System and Organization) perspective that goes beyond the technical aspects dealt with by most project management literature. Goal Directed Project Management gives detailed and practical guidance on how to plan, organize and control these PSO projects effectively, presenting methods and tools that will increase significantly the probability of project success. This fourth edition addresses the financial control of projects in a new chapter, presenting a pragmatic approach - based on GDPM methods - to this aspect of project management.

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How to Save a Failing Project: Chaos to Control Review

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(More customer reviews)HOW TO SAVE A FAILING PROJECT: CHAOS TO CONTROL by Ralph R. Young et al is a competently written book with a misleading title.It should have been called HOW TO KEEP A PROJECT FROM FAILING, since it's a collection of good project management advice from a voice of experience, but it's not how to triage a project in trouble.Still, it's well-organized and well-presented and could probably replace dozens of its predecessors already lining the project management bookshelves, covering this territory before but not as well.If I were teaching basic project management, I'd certainly consider using this book in class.Planning, team-building, managing expectations, sharing a vision--it's all there, and the authors have obviously been there, done that.

I would, however, like to have found more insights, what to do when you apply this good advice and it doesn't work, when you don't "get stakeholder buy-in" or you can't get the team together for a weekly review of progress or when conflict erupts.I would like to have heard about assembling teams that aren't co-located, teams that span geography, cultures, and languages, which is now often the case.

I also wish the book included more stories.There are a few, but given that our authors seem to have considerable experience, it's too bad they didn't share more of their first-hand experience.Stories always make for better reading than one "now do this" section after another.

I was glad to see, at the end of each chapter, a list of recommended further reading on the topic, including summaries of each book or article so prospective readers will have some idea whether they wish to actually spend time on it.I was glad to see, too, a new (I think it's new) term in the Project Management lexicon:"inch stones."It's about time we stopped thinking everything must be measured in "milestones"!

If you buy only one project management book this year, you'll get your money's worth if you buy this one.It won't catapult your to new heights, but it won't disappoint you if you're looking for a comprehensive view of what it takes to manage projects well.

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You CAN Turn Around Failing Project!
Poor project results are all too common and result in dissatisfied customers, users, and project staff. With countless people, goals, objectives, expectations, budgets, schedules, deliverables, and deadlines to consider, it can be difficult to keep projects in focus and on track. How to Save a Failing Project: Chaos to Control arms project managers with the tools and techniques needed to address these project challenges. The authors provide guidance to develop a project plan, establish a schedule for execution, identify project tracking mechanisms, and implement turnaround methods to avoid failure and regain control.

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Human Factors in Project Management: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques for Inspiring Teamwork and Motivation Review

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(More customer reviews)I teach project management to masters students and specifically project team leadership and communications - this book is written for that audience and will be very useful - I am trying it out this semester. I did a quick word search and the author makes no reference to the field of what is known as human factors engineering, which draws on organisational psychology, cognitive psychology and ergonomics. There are no Rasmussen, Hollnagel, Reason, Dekker, Weick, references in this book.But business and quality management gurus rate a frequent mention.So it must be understood that the author is using 'human factors' in a non-technical sense.This is not unlike a 1990 title of the same name by Paul Dinsmore, who also uses 'human factors' in project management to refer to team leadership and communication skills from a soft systems like perspective more than a technical human factors approach.This all makes for Wong's book being a useful and practical addition to this genre - just don't expect any discussion of accidents, barriers, coupling, latent factors, failure modes,or situational awareness. Which is where the irony creeps in, because Wong does look at these topics from a lay perspective in an applied rather than investigative context.

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In Human Factors in Project Management, author Zachary Wong-a noted trainer and acclaimed leader of more than 250 project teams-provides a summary of "people-based" managementskills and techniques that can be applied when working in a team environment. This comprehensive resource brings together in one book new and current models in team motivation and integrates the most significant concepts in team motivation and behaviors into a single set of principles called "Human Factors." Wong shows how these factors can be applied to the most challenging issues facing project managers today including

Motivating a diverse workforce
Facilitating team decisions
Resolving interpersonal conflicts
Managing difficult people
Strengthening team accountability
Communications
Leadership

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Getting Started in Project Management (Getting Started In.....) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is the best I've come across for the occasional project manager.It also contains techniques that even a seasoned project manager will find useful.
For the occasional project manager the authors provide a straightforward and [in my opinion] foolproof approach to planning and managing projects.What I like is the emphasis is on taking the time to properly plan the project, and focus on what is going to be delivered and the quality of the deliverables.While deliverable-based project management is one way to assure a properly planned and managed project too many PMs only discover this basic fact after many projects and not a few disasters.This book brings this technique to the occasional PM and explains it in a manner that makes sense.Deliverable quality is addressed by showing the PM how to develop customer acceptance criteria.This ensures that the stakeholders are getting what they require in a form that can be measured.For anyone who has developed a solution using sketchy requirements only to have the solution rejected, the customer acceptance criteria alone makes this book worthwhile.
For the advanced project manager the method outlined is missing some critical elements, such as earned value project management and a coherent discussion of developing a work breakdown structure.However, these oversights can be overcome by purchasing a book such as Visualizing Project Management, which covers these basics. What is not found in any other project management book I've read (and there are dozens) is the integrated use of common analysis and decision techniques that is the topic of Chapter 11.The approach is based on identification, organization, analysis and selection (choices). These are achieved through affinity diagramming (identification and organization), interrelationship diagraph (analysis and choice), a decision matrix (analysis and choice) and multivoting (analysis and choice).The end result is a thorough analysis and consensus among all project stakeholders for deliverables, acceptance criteria and other aspects of the project.These tools are extended in Appendix D, which briefly, but succinctly, describes the Martin Tate Problem Solving Methodology.
Occasional and advanced project managers alike will benefit from the detailed instructions for managing project changes, the many checklists and tables throughout the book (augmented by well designed illustrations), and the way the authors blend hard project management techniques with people skills.
If you find yourself tasked with managing relatively simple projects this should be the first book to which you turn.If you are a seasoned professional who wants to add some effective skills to your bag of tricks this book will prove to be a wise investment.

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A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO HELP YOU MANAGE ANY PROJECT
Getting Started in Project Management
Whether working on an international project for a Fortune 500 company or organizing a family reunion, project management is essential to ensure timely and efficient completion of any project. Using their CORE Project Management™ methodology (Collaborative, Open architecture, Results-oriented, Easy-to-use), management consultants Paula Martin and Karen Tate provide a solid foundation for anyone looking to learn or enhance their project management skills.
This easy-to-follow and highly accessible guide introduces the four phases of project management-project initiation, planning, execution, and closeout-and what it takes to successfully complete each phase. Besides outlining the project management process, this book teaches you how to utilize the tools that drive it. From using an issue list for planning to creating an effective project team, Getting Started in Project Management provides proven methods for executing any project that comes your way. Quickly learn:

The seven keys to project management success -
Different approaches to the process: directive or participatory project management -
How to assess risk and avoid pitfalls by identifying them early on -
Scheduling and budgeting techniques that will keep your project on time and on the money -

Project management is a valuable component of both professional and personal life. Take this opportunity to improve your skill set with guidance from the most respected individuals in the field.

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

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(More customer reviews)I've read the book from cover to cover and it's a excellent pragmatic book that explains how to manage both small and large programs.I can easily see myself using this as a reference for many years to come especially when I find myself trying to figure out how to handle one of the many of situations the author describes in his book.

The chapter on attributes of an effective Program Manager was really helpful to me as I was in the process of assigning one of my staff as a Program Manager.When I read the simple to understand attributes it really helped me to focus in on who on my staff could do the role.Additionally, it was an excellent guide for my selected Program Managerto use to understand what my expectations of him was.

The chapter that covered stakeholder management was another excellent chapter that I have sense asked all of my Program AND Project managers to read.I did this because it's an excellent chapter on helping the Program and Project Managers to understand what stakeholders REALLY expect of them.Additionally he goes over the types of stakeholders that you can run into and simple yet effective methods to work effective with them.For example he talks about the meddling stakeholder which all Program and Project managers run into.Here he guides you though why they might be meddling, such as they recently got burned by a prior project or there is a distrust with the organization.In these situations he recommends on involving them through many tasks and details.They want to meddle great jump in the mud, roll up your sleeves and help, otherwise step back and let those truly involved in the project get the work done while properly informing all stakeholders.
Over all this book is a really good and easy read.

I expect to be referencing for many years to come!

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Establish processes that ensure the success of your project managers - andincrease the profitability of your products and services With The Handbook ofProgram Management, you'll obtain the skills to incorporate new technology andpeople into your processes while delivering improved products and services thatcontinually outpace your competition.In light of the Project ManagementInstitute's new certification program for program managers, (PgMPSM) it'scrucial that you have the understanding and processes necessary to deliverprojects on schedule, within target costs, and that meet customerexpectations.Program and project management authority Dr. James Brown helps youcreate the necessary culture that will ensure the success of your projectmanagers and teams by providing the must have insights you would only get from atrusted mentor, including: The price of delayed decision-making Howcalculated failure can drive organizational change. Why your best people oftenmake the biggest mistakes. What the customer really needs to know (and notknow). The essence of successful execution --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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