Whiletoday'sprogramscontinuetogrowinsizeandcomplexity,atthesametime,theirsuccessratesremainlow.Tomanageprogramseffectivelyinthisenvironment,projectmanagersandprogrammanagersmusttakea"consultativeapproach"thatappliesacoresetofguidingprinciplesacrosseveryfunctionoftheprogram.
ApplyingGuidingPrinciplesofEffectiveProgramDeliveryexplainswhatitmeanstotakeaconsultativeapproach.Insteadoffocusingonspecificprogrammanagementtechniques,itcoverstheguidingprinciplesrequiredtomakethosetechniqueseffective--makingitapplicabletoanyprograminanyindustry.Itidentifiestheeightguidingprinciplesofeffectiveprogramdeliveryandoutlinesprovenstrategiestohelpprogrammanagerssucceedinthecurrentenvironment.Filledwithfigures,casestudies,andtemplates,thebookillustratestheapplicationoftheseprinciplesacrossthevariousprogramfunctions--includingfinancialmanagement,schedulemanagement,andresourcemanagement.Itincludesninecasesstudiesofactualprogramsfromacrossseveralindustriesthatdemonstratetheapplicationoftheseprinciplesandtheirresults.Supplyingin-depthcoverageofeachfunctionoftheprogramoffice,italsocontains20templatesofthekeydeliverablesoutlinedinthetext.IntendedforITprofessionalstaskedwithmanaginglargeprojectsorprograms,thebookisanidealreferenceforprojectmanagersandprogrammanagerswhohaveafundamentalbackgroundinprojectandprogrammanagementandarereadytoimprovetheirskillsetandthinkingonhowtomanagetheirworkmoreeffectively.Thetextconcludesbysummarizingthekeylessonsyouneedtounderstandtosuccessfullyapplytheprogrammanagementtoolscoveredinthetextinyourownprograms.