Mastering project, program, and portfolio management : models for structuring and executing the project hierarchy / Gary Lister
- Author
- Lister, Gary
- Published
- Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Pearson Education LTD., [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Physical Description
- xiii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Project Management Roots and Understanding the PMBOK Guide -- Introduction -- Learning Objectives -- Why Are Projects Important? -- Common Causes of Project Failure -- Who Are Project Managers? -- Project Management Roots -- Key Concepts of Project Management -- The PMBOK Guide---the Standard -- The PMBOK Guide's 5 Project Management Process Groups -- The PMBOK Guide's 10 Knowledge Areas -- The PMBOK Guide's 47 Project Management Processes (in Process Group then Knowledge Area Order) -- How to Use the PMBOK Guide -- Where the Activity Occurs -- Project Management Issues Not Addressed by the PMBOK Guide -- Emerging Issues Likely to Be Addressed in Future Editions -- Common Project Management Methodologies -- Summary -- Key Terms You Should Know -- Discussion Questions -- Exercises -- Final Points -- ch. 2 What Is a Project? -- Introduction -- Learning Objectives -- PMBOK Guide Concepts Covered in this Chapter -- What Projects Are Not -- What Are Projects? -- The Project Triangle -- Projects Often Present Special Challenges and Opportunities -- What Are Ongoing Operations? -- Where Do Projects Come From? -- There Are Valuable Lessons in Project Management History -- How Projects Differ from Programs and Portfolios -- The Manager -- PMI Certifications -- Summary -- Processes and Procedures -- Key Terms You Should Know -- Discussion Questions -- Exercises -- Final Points -- ch. 3 Operations Management and Project Management -- Introduction -- Learning Objectives -- What Is Operations Management -- What Are Goods and Services? -- Where Operations Management and Project Management Differ -- What the PMBOK Guide Says About Operations Management -- The History of Operations Management -- The Industrial Revolution -- The Scientific Management Era -- Summary -- Key Terms You Should Know -- Discussion Questions -- Exercise -- Final Points -- ch. 4 Organizational Influences -- Introduction -- Learning Objectives -- Charting the Organizational Influences and Culture -- Where Projects Fit in the Organization -- Organizations Shape the Projects---and Vice Versa -- Culture and Style also Shape Projects -- Organizations -- Organizational Communications -- Organizational Structure Also Has an Impact -- Summary -- Key Terms / Review -- Discussion Questions -- Exercise -- ch. 5 Project Management -- Introduction -- Learning Objectives -- Start Simply -- Add as Required -- Larger Projects -- I Was There -- Chaos Reigns -- My Projects and Project Management Office -- Choosing Wisely -- The Differences -- The Need -- The Commonalities -- Change -- The Environment -- The Challenges of Project Management -- Project Management Skills -- Project Success -- Project Management Functions -- Initiate, Define, Start -- Summary -- Key Terms / Review -- Discussion Questions -- Exercises -- ch. 6 Program Management -- Introduction -- Learning Objectives -- A Program -- Everyone Has -- My Programs -- Not Just Bigger and More -- Programs Are Large -- Key Differences in Job Focus -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Final Points -- Key Terms You Should Know -- Exercise -- ch. 7 Portfolio Management -- Introduction -- Learning Objectives -- If It Works -- Portfolios Consist of Projects -- Project Portfolio Flow -- Visual Portfolio -- Start Simply---But Start -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Exercise -- ch. 8 The Project Management Office -- Introduction -- Learning Objectives -- Tipping Point -- What Is a PMO? -- What's Changing with PMOs? -- Accidents -- ARMIS -- Structure? Or No Structure? -- What a PMO Might Look Like -- A Portfolio of Projects -- Dance with the One Who Brought You -- The PMBOK Guide on PMOs -- Summary -- Key Terms You Should Know -- Discussion Questions -- Exercises -- Final Points.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780133839746 (hardback)
0133839745 (hardback) - Note
- Includes index.
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