Program Management for Improved Business Results

Program Management for Improved Business Results

"Program Management for Improved Business Results is a great book that provides a refreshing and comprehensive look at how to succeed in enterprise program management."
--Hans Thamhain, PhD, PMP, Professor, Bentley College, Director of MOT and project management program

"An insightful book, generous with practical advice, real examples, and useful tools to help achieve the necessary focus in managing programs to success."
--Diane Bryant, Vice President and General Manager, Server Platforms Group, Intel Corporation

"Valuable lessons learned that are useful for the seasoned veteran, for those facing their first opportunity to lead a program, ?or as a primer for those contemplating a career in program management."
--Richard Nardizzi, Senior Program Manager, Lockheed Martin

Implement program management in any business setting

Business leaders are constantly in the heat of competitive battles. To win, they must develop their products, services, and infrastructure in a fast, repeatable, and integrated fashion. This breakthrough book describes how many of today's business leaders use the program management discipline to gain competitive advantage over their rivals by:

Making program management part of their business model

Managing increased product and process complexity

Aligning execution activities to business strategy

Mitigating business risk to maximize ROI

Accelerating time-to-money performance

The authors present a holistic view of program management that describes program management as a critical business function; provide a how-to approach to successfully define, plan, execute, and control programs; explain the primary roles and competencies of the program manager; and present the organizational factors involved in transitioning to a program management business model.

The need for information on program management is more critical now than ever before. PMIs development of a new standard on program management is driving even greater interest. At the same time, there are few books covering the subject, which provide practical answers, benchmarks, and case studies, however, this book fills the gap. The authors focus on both the macro level of integrating projects and portfolios into the business strategy and the micro level of managing a single program. It contains 6 issue-oriented cases weaved throughout the text, and an additional 5 comprehensive cases in the appendix. The result is a blueprint for the successful implementation of program management.