Mastering Project, Program, and Portfolio Management: Models for Structuring and Executing the Project Hierarchy (FT Press Operations Management) - Hardcover
Book 23 of 33: FT Press Operations Management
Synopsis
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:
- Plan projects and strategies to reflect your organization's needs and structures
- Develop and implement a successful Project Management Office (PMO)
- Organize projects, programs, and portfolios
- 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.
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About the Author
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.
From the Back Cover
Project management doesn’t exist in a vacuum. You can’t manage projects well unless you understand where they fit in today’s complex organizations. Today, that means developing a clear understanding of the linkages between project and operations management, and the interrelationships between project, program, and portfolio management.
In this unique book, Gary Lister draws on his unsurpassed experience in complex PM environments to fully illuminate all of these connections, and make them work for you, not against you. Lister reveals subtle organizational influences that can powerfully influence your success, addressing issues ranging from metrics and staffing to culture and process.
Lister concludes with an expert introduction to the Project Management Office (PMO). He will help you determine whether you need a PMO; successfully participate in implementing one if you do, and effectively manage projects under a PMO’s supervision if one already exists.
- Compare project and operations management, and recognize their interrelationships
- Master core project/program management techniques every PM needs
- Compare program and project management, and understand their linkages
- Centrally manage project portfolios to achieve your organization’s strategic objectives
- Understand PMOs, determine whether you need one, and if so, successfully implement it
- Efficiently manage projects with PMO oversight
All you need to know to organize projects, programs, and portfolios for maximum value
- The first PM guide 100% focused on organizing projects, programs, and portfolios
- Shows how to develop and implement a successful Project Management Office (PMO)
- Helps you integrate business functions that must work together for projects to succeed
- For all project managers, at all levels of experience, in any organization
Master all the modern project, program, and portfolio organization techniques you need, in one focused tutorial!
Long-time defense project manager and operations management instructor Gary Lister focuses on several make-or-break issues in large-scale project management: organizational structure, PM linkages with operations, and key interrelationships amongst projects, programs, and portfolios. Unlike other books, which address these issues only in passing, this book drills down to offer real-world concepts, in-the-trenches insights, actual case studies, and proven applications.
Whether you’re an experienced project manager or a newcomer, you’ll gain a clear understanding of the tightly interconnected levels of project, program, and portfolio management—so you can succeed with any of these responsibilities, in any environment.
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