Book description
AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR MANAGING COMPLEX INITIATIVES
With the increasing demands of the global business environment, many leaders observe that their organizations struggle to manage complex strategic initiatives. Managing Complex Projects and Programs examines why and offers a solution.
Drawing on the insight of experienced executives and program and project managers from a diverse range of real-world industries, Managing Complex Projects and Programs:
Examines the common reasons for poor performance of modern projects and programs
Introduces new guidelines and an innovative leadership framework for solving performance issues
Provides organizations with a roadmap for redefining the roles of project and program management professionals
Whether you are a current program or project manager, a student of program or project management, or an executive seeking to prepare your organization for a complex and uncertain future, Managing Complex Projects and Programs will challenge you to rethink your approach for managing strategic initiatives and ensuring your organization's success
Table of contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
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Part 1: Professional Project and Program Management—Yesterday and Today
- Chapter 1: The Exhilaration and Exasperation of Project and Program Leadership
- Chapter 2: The Emergence of Project Management: First-Generation Programmatics
- Chapter 3: The Evolution of Project Management: Second-Generation Programmatics
- Chapter 4: Rethinking the Roles and Responsibilities of Project Management Professionals
- Chapter 5: Stakeholder Views about the Roles and Responsibilities of Programmaticists
- Chapter 6: Modern Problems with Traditional Management Models
- Chapter 7: Adaptations of the Traditional Two-Party Fully Governed Project Oversight Model
- Chapter 8: Moving Forward
- Chapter 9: Leading Complex Endeavors
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Part 2: The Promise and Practice of Third-Generation Programmatics
- Chapter 10: A New Perspective on Programs and Program Management
- Chapter 11: Introducing Third-Generation Programmatics
- Chapter 12: The Decision to Implement Third-Generation Programmatics
- Chapter 13: Developing Programmatic Leadership Competencies
- Chapter 14: Becoming a Third-Generation Programmatics Organization
- Afterword
- Glossary of Newly Introduced Terms
- Suggested Readings
- Index
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Managing Complex Projects and Programs: How to Improve Leadership of Complex Initiatives Using a Third-Generation Approach
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2014
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118383018
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