This book presents the techniques of multi-project management in a lively, approachable manner, covering budgets, cost control, planning problems and matrix management formulae.

Programme Management Demystified offers clear, practical guidance in a lively and approachable manner for managers and consultants in a wide range of industries on how to manage multiple projects.

Concise, practical and entertaining to read, this excellent introduction to project management is an indispensable book for professionals and students working in or studying project management in business, engineering or the public sector. This third edition contains expanded sections on programme management, portfolio management, and the public sector. An entirely new chapter covers the evaluation, analysis and management of risks and issues. A much expanded section explores the rise and utilization of methodologies like Prince2.

You’re now responsible for a programme, or you’ve got a portfolio to manage? Where do you start? Right here! Projects are not simply the bread and butter of an organisation. Form them into programmes or portfolios and they can be prioritised and integrated to deliver change to your organization in line with your strategic vision. You will be able to control costs and risks and bring together a complex series of themes effectively. This overhauled second edition now combines portfolio management as a parallel theme with programme management, and it is brought in line with the current thinking of the Association for Project Management and the Project Management Institute. It is written for managers in both the public and private sectors. This new edition includes half a dozen short case studies (from Belgium’s Fortis Bank, a software company, local government, and central government), along with more on cross-functional management. Together with Project Management Demystified, also from Routledge (third edition, 2007), it provides the tools to manage your projects, your programmes and your portfolio to a very high level.

CODE OF PRACTICE FOR PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT CODE OF PRACTICE FOR PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT This is the first Code of Practice for Programme Management for the Built Environment. It is a natural development from the highly successful Code of Practice for Project Management for Construction & Development, which was first published in 1992 and is currently in its fifth edition. Both Codes of Practice were developed by representatives from the major professional institutions associated with the built environment, including the CIOB, RICS, RIBA, ICE and APM, as well as from key government departments, domestic and international corporations and the university sector. By aligning, coordinating and managing a number of related projects as a programme, benefits that would not have been possible to realise had the projects been managed independently can be delivered. This Code of Practice is intended to provide practical coverage of the general processes and procedures to be followed when managing such a programme. It sets out the necessary requirements for effective and efficient programme management, while at the same time ensuring systematic quality control and documentation through governance arrangements. Written for programme and project management professionals in construction, whether working as contractors or clients, the book will also be of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of construction and related disciplines.

This book provides a powerful insight into strategic portfolio management and its central role in the delivery of organisational strategy, maximisation of value creation, and efficient allocation of resources and capabilities to achieve organisational strategic objectives. The book makes a valuable contribution to the development of thinking on the translation of strategy into actionable work. Whether you are a senior manager building a high-performing strategic portfolio for your organisation or an academic searching for new perspectives on strategy execution through portfolio management, you will find great significance in this book. Twenty-eight chapters in four sections provide multiple perspectives on the topic, with in-depth guidance on organisational design for strategic portfolio management and covering all process, capability, and leadership aspects of strategic portfolio management. The book includes several detailed case studies for the effective deployment of strategic portfolios, bringing together theory and practice for strategic portfolio management. This book is particularly valuable for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of project and portfolio management, strategic management, and leadership who are looking to expand their knowledge within the multi-project environment. Highly practical and logical in its structure, it also shows project management professionals how to effectively manage their business portfolios and align this with their business strategy.

VALUE MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Second Edition Value Management is a philosophy, set of principles and structured management methodology for improving organisational decision-making and value-for-money. It is well-established in the international construction industry and has been endorsed as good practice in a range of UK government sponsored reports. The authors have addressed the practical opportunities and difficulties of Value Management by synthesising background, international developments, and benchmarking with their own extensive consultancy and action research experience in Value Management to provide a comprehensive package of theory and practice. Covering methods and practices, frameworks of value and the future of value management, this thoroughly updated second edition extends the integrated value philosophy, methodology and tool kit to describe the application of Value Management to service delivery, asset management and programmes, in addition to projects, products and processes. In particular, the new edition responds to: A range of recent UK industry and government publications; and most notably BS EN 16271:2012 - Value management: Functional expression of the need and functional performance specification; the imminent update of BS EN 12973:2000 Value Management; BS EN 1325 Value Management – Vocabulary, Terms and Definitions; the changes to "Value for Europe" governing the training and certification of Value Management in European Union countries; the UK Government’s Management of Value (MoV) initiative, and other leading reports, international guidance and relevant standards. Changes in Value Management practice, particularly in programmes and projects. Developments in the theory of value, principally value for money measures, whole life value option appraisal, and benefits realisation. Initiatives in asset management covering the management of physical infrastructure, for example the suite of three standards under the generic title of BS ISO 55000: 2014 Asset Management, and its predecessor BSI PAS55 2008 Asset Management: Specification for the Optimized Management of Physical Assets. It contains a dedicated chapter of exemplar case studies which demonstrate the new areas of theory and practice, and an extensive set of tools and techniques of use in Value Management practice. Public and private construction clients and construction professionals such as cost consultants, quantity surveyors, architects, asset managers, engineers, and project managers will all find Value Management of Construction Projects essential reading. It will also be of interest to researchers and students on construction related courses – particularly those at final year undergraduate and at Masters level.

From its first appearance in 1995, this book has been consistently well received by tutors and students alike. Now with a revised and updated 3rd edition the authors have updated the original text to better reflect the latest developments in Software Project Management.

Say goodbye to dry presentations, grueling formulas, and abstract theories that would put Einstein to sleep -- now there's an easier way to master the disciplines you really need to know. McGraw-Hill's Demystified Series teaches complex subjects in a unique, easy-to-absorb manner, and is perfect for users without formal training or unlimited time. They're also the most time-efficient, interestingly written "brush-ups" you can find. Organized as self-teaching guides, they come complete with key points, background information, questions at the end of each chapter, and even final exams. You'll be able to learn more in less time, evaluate your areas of strength and weakness and reinforce your knowledge and confidence. A time-saving, self-teaching guide to project management practice, this book coaches you through: defining a project, keys to project success, scheduling, time estimation, cost estimation, analysis, reducing risk, delivering quality, customer satisfaction, managing people, and more.

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