Concise Guide to Program Management: Fundamental Concepts and Issues - Softcover

Springer, Mitchell L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557533768 ISBN 13: 9781557533760

Publisher: Purdue University Press, 2004

Synopsis

In all organizational settings, managing projects is an ever-increasing necessity. Large corporations have departments that institute procedures for implementing and tracking projects, but smaller organizations can also benefit from becoming aware of the steps undertaken in creating a project so they can maximize planned outcomes. Mitchell Springer, an expert in these areas, provides an invaluable guide that details program management in a concise and understandable manner. He teaches about various types of contracts and their benefits and shortcomings; a project's critical path and how it affects tasking; managing program risk; managing program costs; and the best way to deal with personalities and management issues that can lead to project completion or project disruption. This succinct reference is a valuable asset and should be on the desk of anyone involved with the intricate and costly business of program management.

About this title

About the Author

Mitchell Springer

Edition details

• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557533768
• ISBN 13: 9781557533760
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186