Book description
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.
Table of contents
- About This eBook
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Books in the FT Press Project Management Series
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Preface
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1. Project Management Roots and Understanding the PMBOK Guide
- Introduction
- Learning Objectives
- Why Are Projects Important?
- Who Are Project Managers?
- Project Management Roots
- Key Concepts of Project Management
- The PMBOK Guide—the Standard
- 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
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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
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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
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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
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5. Project Management
- Introduction
- Learning Objectives
- Start Simply
- Add as Required
- Larger Projects
- 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
- 6. Program Management
- 7. Portfolio Management
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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
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A. Knowledge Area from the PMBOK Guide
- Chapter 4—Project Integration Management
- Chapter 5—Project Scope Management
- Chapter 6—Project Time Management
- Chapter 7—Project Cost Management
- Chapter 8—Project Quality Management
- Chapter 9—Project Human Resource Management
- Chapter 10—Project Communications Management
- Chapter 11—Project Risk Management
- Chapter 12—Project Procurement Management
- Chapter 13—Project Stakeholder Management
- B. Project Management Institute: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
- Index
Product information
- Title: Mastering Project, Program, and Portfolio Management: Models for Structuring and Executing the Project Hierarchy
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2014
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780133840148
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