Global Program Management

by Paula Wagner, Bruce T. Barkley

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071621847
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	01/05/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Bruce Barkley (Cummings, GA) is a project management consultant and a facility member at the Kellog Graduate School of Management.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1. The Global Setting for Program Management; Chapter 2. The Standard for Program Management According to PMI; Chapter 3. Global Portfolio Management Strategies; Chapter 4. Global Program Management Strategies; Chapter 5. Global Program Risk Management; Chapter 6. The Global Program Manager; Chapter 7. Partnerships, Contracts, and Procurement; Chapter 8. Federal Program Management; Chapter 9. New Global Program Development; Appendix A. Program Risk Management Checklist; Appendix B. Microsoft Applications for Program Management; Appendix C. Global Project Management Strategies in a Program Management World; Index