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Friday, January 08, 2010
Global Program Management book by Wagner & Barkley published by McGraw-Hill
Global Program Management by Paula Wagner and Bruce Barkley has been published by McGraw-Hill in the USA and is now available. According to the announcement, this practical resource offers proven strategies for directing the design, development, delivery, and monitoring of major, long-term business or agency programs in global markets. The book discusses program management, business growth, and organizational change.
Covering the new Project Management Institute (PMI®) Standard for Program Management, the book explains the ways in which program management differs from project management and reveals how to master strong leadership, organization, communication, technical, managerial, and agility skills along with a comprehensive understanding of foreign markets and cultures.
The book shows in detail how to develop strategies, programs, and candidate projects into a strategic portfolio; align strategies and programs to ensure success, profitability, and program benefits; assess, monitor, and mitigate risk on a program scale; hone global program management leadership competencies; apply program management concepts to federal sector reforms, and more.
Paula Wagner, PMP, is a senior project manager/senior business manager for CNN Broadcast Engineering System Technology at Turner Broadcasting Systems. She teaches Project and Program Management at the DeVry/Keller Graduate School of Management.
Bruce Barkley is a former federal senior executive, Executive Office of The President of the United States. He is a senior faculty member at the University of Maryland and DeVry/Keller Graduate School of Management. Barkley is the author of Project Risk Management, Integrated Project Management, and several other titles.
Global Program Management, ISBN: 9780071621830; Pub Date: January 2010; Pages: 448; Format: Paperback; Price: US$49.95 £34.99; available now; information at http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0071621830.html or http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?cat=113&isbn=0071621830,
Covering the new Project Management Institute (PMI®) Standard for Program Management, the book explains the ways in which program management differs from project management and reveals how to master strong leadership, organization, communication, technical, managerial, and agility skills along with a comprehensive understanding of foreign markets and cultures.
The book shows in detail how to develop strategies, programs, and candidate projects into a strategic portfolio; align strategies and programs to ensure success, profitability, and program benefits; assess, monitor, and mitigate risk on a program scale; hone global program management leadership competencies; apply program management concepts to federal sector reforms, and more.
Paula Wagner, PMP, is a senior project manager/senior business manager for CNN Broadcast Engineering System Technology at Turner Broadcasting Systems. She teaches Project and Program Management at the DeVry/Keller Graduate School of Management.
Bruce Barkley is a former federal senior executive, Executive Office of The President of the United States. He is a senior faculty member at the University of Maryland and DeVry/Keller Graduate School of Management. Barkley is the author of Project Risk Management, Integrated Project Management, and several other titles.
Global Program Management, ISBN: 9780071621830; Pub Date: January 2010; Pages: 448; Format: Paperback; Price: US$49.95 £34.99; available now; information at http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0071621830.html or http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?cat=113&isbn=0071621830,