{"product_id":"project-and-program-management-a-competency-based-approach-9781612498508","title":"Project and Program Management: A","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChoosing the right people to carry out a project is essential to its success, and when multiple projects are combined into a complex program, the human aspect becomes even more important. \u003ci\u003eProject and Program Management: A Competency-Based Approach, Fifth Edition\u003c\/i\u003e balances a complete account of the technical aspects of project and program management with a practical approach to understanding and developing the core competencies required to accomplish desired goals. On the technical side, this book is a complete introduction to predicting costs, setting schedules, and assessing risks. On the human side, it sheds new light on how to mold different personality types into a team, how to motivate the team's members, and how to produce extraordinary results. The author details the blocking and tackling of the program management approach, describing the best way to define, organize, and schedule the work to be done, while identifying risks and controlling costs throughout the process.\u003cp\u003eThis fifth edition has been significantly revised, with every chapter updated. The volume considers the magnitude of recent social, political, and technological changes. Included are insights from numerous students who bring to the forefront their current real-world practices from their individual businesses, industries, and disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Program\/Project Management Competencies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. The Importance of Program\/Project Management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Process Management—Evolution and Definition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Contract Types—What Type of Contract Should I Enter Into?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. The Bidding Process—Obtaining a Price Quote\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Defining the Work to be Performed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Scheduling and Staffing the Work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. Risk Management—Mitigating the Impact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9. Disruptive Technologies—Thinking Outside of the Box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10. Cost, Schedule, and Performance Management—A Quantitative Premise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11. Multiple Generations in the Workplace—It's How We Grew Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12. Connecting Generational Cohorts to Associative Thinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13. Leadership and Gender—A Science-Based Understanding \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14. Motivation and Leadership—Why We Do What We Do\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15. Organization Design Models—Not Right or Wrong, More or Less Applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16. Building Teams—Understanding Ourselves and Others through MBTI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17. Capitalizing on the Collective Knowledge of the World \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18. Establishing Program\/Project Management as a Discipline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19. Managers, Leaders, and Entrepreneurs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20. The American Social Economic Context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 21. Career Development—Models \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 22. Succession Planning—Providing Opportunities for Growth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 23. The Business Case for Diversity and Inclusivity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 24. Effective Communication Skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 25. Change Management—People, the Hardest Part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix A—Evaluating the Program Plan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix B—Executing the Program Plan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix C—Changes to the Program Plan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix D—Program Planning Master Process Flow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Purdue University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867758637399,"sku":"9781612498508","price":65.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781612498508.jpg?v=1722284825","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/project-and-program-management-a-competency-based-approach-9781612498508","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}