Project and program management : a competency-based approach / / by Mitchell L. Springer.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Springer, Mitchell L., 1959-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvii, 430 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Program/project management competencies -- The importance of program/project management -- Process management - evolution and definition -- Contract types : what type of contract should i enter into? -- The bidding process : obtaining a price quote -- Defining the work to be performed -- Scheduling and staffing the work -- Risk management : mitigating the impact -- Disruptive technologies - thinking out of the box -- Cost, schedule and performance management : a quantitative premise -- The project : product outputs -- Connecting generational cohorts to associative thinking -- Leadership and gender : a science-based understanding -- Motivation and leadership : why we do what we do -- Organization design models : not right or wrong; more or less applicable -- Building teams : understanding ourselves and others through mbti -- Capitalizing on the collective knowledge of the world -- Establishing program/project management as a discipline -- Managers, leaders and entrepreneurs -- Organizational design models and management philosophies -- Career development : models.