The Wiley Guide to Project Program and Portfolio Management

Synopsis

A comprehensive guide to project management and its interaction with other management systems and strategies

The Wiley Guides to the Management of Projects address critical, need-to-know information that will enable professionals to successfully manage projects in most businesses and help students learn the best practices of the industry. They contain not only well-known and widely used basic project management practices but also the newest and most cutting-edge concepts in the broader theory and practice of managing projects.

This first book in the series, The Wiley Guide to Project, Program & Portfolio Management, is based on the "meta" level of management, which, simply stated, asserts that project management must be integrated throughout an organization in order to achieve its full potential to enhance the bottom line. This book will show you how to fully understand and exploit the strategic management of projects, portfolios, and program management and their linkage with context and strategy in other concepts and processes, such as quality management, concurrent engineering, just-in-time delivery, systems management and engineering, teams, and statistical quality control.

Featuring contributions from experts all around the world, this invaluable resource book offers authoritative project management applications for industry, service businesses, and government agencies.

Complete your understanding of project management with these other books in The Wiley Guides to the Management of Projects series:
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The Wiley Guide to Project Control
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The Wiley Guide to Project Organization & Project Management Competencies
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The Wiley Guide to Project Technology, Supply Chain & Procurement Management