Concise Guide to Program Management

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Fundamental Concepts and Issues

By: Mitchell L. Springer

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Paperback | 28 November 2004

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In all organizational settings, managing projects is anever-increasing necessity. Large corporations have departments that instituteprocedures for implementing and tracking projects, but smaller organizationscan also benefit from becoming aware of the steps undertaken in creating aproject so they can maximize planned outcomes. Mitchell Springer, an expert inthese areas, provides an invaluable guide that details program management in aconcise and understandable manner. He teaches about various types of contracts andtheir 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 withpersonalities and management issues that can lead to project completion orproject disruption. This succinct reference will be a valuable asset andshould be on the desk of anyone involved with the intricate and costly businessof program management.

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Introduction	p. 1
Process Management-What Is It?	p. 3
What Type of Contract Should I Enter Into?	p. 7
Factors in Selecting a Contract Type	p. 8
Fixed Price Contracts	p. 10
Cost Reimbursement Contracts	p. 11
Time and Materials Contracts	p. 11
Obtaining a Price Quote	p. 13
What Work Is There to Be Done?	p. 15
Ready, Fire, Aim	p. 18
Scheduling the Work	p. 26
Types of Schedules	p. 26
Master Schedule	p. 38
Intermediate Schedule	p. 39
Detailed Schedule	p. 40
Human Resource Plan	p. 40
Risk Management	p. 42
Risk Planning	p. 43
Risk Assessment	p. 44
Risk Analysis	p. 45
Risk Handling	p. 47
Managing Program Costs	p. 48
Defining the Initial Budget	p. 48
Determining How We Are Performing against the Initial Budget	p. 49
Keeping Track of Actuals	p. 50
Getting Back on Schedule and Within Cost	p. 51
Managers, Leaders and Entrepreneurs	p. 53
Defining Management	p. 53
Management Functions	p. 54
Management Roles	p. 55
Management Skills	p. 57
Leaders	p. 58
Entrepreneurs	p. 65
Concluding Thoughts	p. 67
Communication Skills	p. 68
Encoding and Decoding Skills	p. 70
Non-Verbal Communication Skills	p. 72
Listening Skills	p. 73
Reading Skills	p. 74
Communication Barriers	p. 74
Organizational Communication	p. 75
Conducting and Effective Meeting	p. 75
Further Understanding Ourselves and Others: A Nurture-Based Perspective	p. 77
Nurture-Based Perspective	p. 77
Prior to 1920	p. 80
1920 to 1945	p. 88
1945 to 1960	p. 102
1960 to 1980	p. 113
1980 to Present	p. 128
Further Understanding Ourselves and Others: A Nature-Based Perspective	p. 139
Preferences and Psychological Typing-The Nature Side	p. 139
Sensing (S) and Intuition (N)	p. 141
Thinking (T) and Feeling (F)	p. 142
Extraversion (E) and Introversion (I)	p. 144
Judging (J) and Perceiving (P)	p. 146
Type Combinations	p. 148
Type and Organizational Change	p. 149
Type Dynamics	p. 150
Summary Thoughts by Type	p. 153
References	p. 173
Index	p. 175
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