Concise Guide to Program Management: Fundamental Concepts and Issues

By Mitchell Springer and Mitchell L. Springer

In all organizational settings, managing projects is an ever-increasing necessity. Large corporations have departments that institute procedures for implementing and tracking projects, but smaller organizations can also benefit from becoming aware of the steps undertaken in creating a project so they can maximize planned outcomes. Mitchell Springer, an expert in these areas, provides an invaluable guide that details program management in a concise and understandable manner. He teaches about various types of contracts and their benefits and shortcomings; a project's critical path and how it affects tasking; managing program risk; managing program costs; and the best way to deal with personalities and management issues that can lead to project completion or project disruption. This succinct reference is a valuable asset and should be on the desk of anyone involved with the intricate and costly business of program management.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557533768
• ISBN13: 9781557533760
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.0"