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Programme Management Books
A selection of programme management books useful to anyone responsible for managing multiple projects.
Thinking and Acting as a Great Programme Manager
Sergio Pellegrinelli
2008, ISBN: 0230525288
This book is about being a Programme Manager, a new area about which very little has been written still. The author has a prestigious position as a visiting fellow at Cranfield University. The author has consulted for many household names, and has written many papers and journal articles. This book is based on research into programme management competence conducted by Cranfield School of Management and SP Associates. It brings cutting-edge thinking on a subject of great relevance to professionals and senior managers, providing useful advice on the practice of programme management, and the performance of that role in organisations.
59 Checklists for Project and Programme Managers
Rudy Kor, Gert Wijnen
2007, ISBN: 0566087758
This book is aimed at people who are involved in, or are about to become involved in, a project or programme. If you feel your project and programme management competences can be improved, "59 Checklists for Project and Programme Managers" will undoubtedly offer you useful suggestions. The practical approach taken by Rudy Kor and Gert Wijnen makes this an easy book to dip into when you want to know what to do in a particular situation.
Enterprise Programme Management: Delivering Value - 2nd Edition
David Williams, Tim Parr
2006, ISBN: 023000234X
Many large scale projects are delivered over schedule and over budget. Programme management is a new approach to maximise the likelihood of successful change management. While being based around a set of techniques, this book describes an approach to programme management that outlines the skills and capabilities that organisations need to develop in order to manage change programmes effectively. It is the first book to take this holistic view of programme management linked to the capabilities and strategy of the organisation. This updated paperback edition includes a new chapter on programme governance.
Connecting the Dots
Cathleen A. Benko, Warren McFarlan
2003, ISBN: 1578518776
A guidebook for aligning technology intensive initiatives with corporate intentions. Alignment theme resonates: Offers a very convincing case that the "alignment" portfolio management method is an excellent way to manage strategic planning and implementation. Pragmatic: A practical approach that works. This is a complete and credible guide that contains original tools and new strategies. Authoritative team: Benko runs the e-business practice at Deloitte and McFarlan is a distinguished HBS professor and well-known thought leader on technology management. Timing: This book comes at a time when the topic of discussion in IT circles centers on minimizing spending and maximizing the effectiveness of existing technology-related projects. The book offers ways to achieve the right balance.
For Successful Programme Management: Think MSP
Office of Government Commerce
2007, ISBN: 0113310633
Good project management capability alone is not enough to deliver large-scale change. Running a series of projects with interlinking activities requires a new set of skills, techniques and processes called programme management. This book introduces guidance for successful programme management. Using real-life examples, it shows how to ensure co-ordination and direction across all projects, working effectively towards the business objectives.
Managing Successful Programmes (Office of Government Commerce)
Rod Sowden et al
2007, ISBN: 0113310404
Combining rigour and flexibility, MSP helps all organisations - public sector and private, large and small - achieve successful outcomes from their programme management time and time again. With change a pressing reality for all organisations, successful programme management has never been more vital to success.
IT Project Portfolio Management
Stephen S. Bonham
2005, ISBN: 1580537812
This groundbreaking book introduces you to a comprehensive approach to implementing Project Portfolio Management (PPM) to support and prioritise IT projects in both large and small companies. Although there are many books on the market that describe how to manage individual IT-based projects or several projects with a common goal, this is the first book to show you how to manage the portfolio of all IT-based projects in an organisation.
Project Portfolio Management: A Practical Guide to Selecting Projects, Managing Portfolios and Maximizing Benefits
Harvey A. Levine
2005, ISBN: 0787977543
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond the typical project management approach to offer a set of proven business practices that can help executives, programme managers and project managers bring projects into alignment with the strategies, resources and executive oversight of the overall enterprise. Step by step, this book shows how to take a project from the inception of a vision to the realization of benefits to the organisation.
Managing Multiple Projects
Irene Tobis, Michael Tobis
2002, ISBN: 0071388966
Today's workplace is often complex and unpredictable, yet most project management books address only the topic of managing individual projects and solving specific problems. Managing Multiple Projects presents a realistic method for developing the individual and group skills needed to cope with competing demands. It shows readers how to develop a reliable system for taking on multiple projects, work with others to allocate conflicting workloads, cope with the stress that comes from managing multiple projects and more.
Advanced Project Portfolio Management and the PMO: Multiplying ROI at Warp Speed
Gerald Kendall, Steve C. Rollins
2003, ISBN: 1932159029
This comprehensive book covers the strategy, tactics and processes needed for successful project portfolio management. It outlines a road map to unprecedented project management improvement and includes a detailed implementation plan for both strategic planning and a PMO that gives you measurable results in weeks.
Programme Management Demystified: Managing Multiple Projects Successfully
Geoff Reiss
1996, ISBN: 0419213503
Each project has its own restraints of time, cost and resources and must also be seen in terms of its effect on other projects and resources. If programme management takes place in the normal three-dimensional world, then project management takes place in a flat two-dimensional world.
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