How to Manage Complex Programs, Tom Kendrick
How to Manage Complex Programs, Tom Kendrick
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How to Manage Complex Programs
High-Impact Techniques for Handling Project Workflow, Deliverables, and Teams

Author: Tom Kendrick

Narrator: Mark Ashby

Unabridged: 10 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: AMACOM

Published: 10/31/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

To see a program successfully through to completion, a program manager must break the work down into simpler, smaller pieces and organize it into interdependent tasks…and this book helps you do just that. Projects require managers, but programs warrant maestros. Tasked with overseeing multiple project teams and thousands of activities, program managers have one of the most challenging jobs in the market. Too many overburdened managers are leaving otherwise great jobs, even the field entirely, because they haven’t equipped themselves with the right tools in hand to take on this complex but fulfilling job.Complete with diagrams, graphs, and real-life examples, How to Manage Complex Programs explains the ins and outs of program management and provides concrete and effective techniques for structuring deliverables, workflow, and staffing. You will learn to: Decompose complex deliverables into manageable chunksDevelop coherent plans for component projectsHandle cross-project dependenciesOrganize program staff and project leaders into a high-performing teamYes, program management is challenging but the most rewarding jobs always are. Don’t let yourself become overburdened and tempted to leave a field in high demand of hard workers such as yourself. These proven strategies are the key to finding both relief and success!

About Tom Kendrick

Tom Kendrick the former Program Director for the project management curriculum at UC Berkeley Extension, and lives in the Bay area near San Francisco, California. He is a past award recipient of the Project Management Institute (PMI) David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award for "Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project" (now in it's fourth edition).  Tom is also a certified PMP and serves as a volunteer for both the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter and PMI.org.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Samori on March 18, 2018

Basically: Manage people and risk I've been applying for PMO positions without really knowing what would be required of me. Thanks to this book, I have a way better idea. Also, as I was reading I reminisced over several of the projects I'd managed, and conceived things I could have done much better o......more