Ginger Levin, J. Leroy Ward

Program Management Complexity (eBook, ePUB)

A Competency Model

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Written by two of the first professionals to obtain the Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI), this book presents a competency model that follows the framework of PMI's model for project managers. This model is divided into performance competencies and personal competencies. After presenting the model, along with detailed plans and guidelines for its implementation in a real-world setting, the book provides three questionnaires designed to help organizations, existing program managers, and aspiring program managers assess development plans.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040057667
• Artikelnr.: 72269335

Autorenporträt

Dr. Ginger Levin is a senior consultant and educator in project management. Her specialty areas are portfolio management, program management, the Project Management Office, knowledge management, metrics, and maturity assessments. She is certified as a PMP, PgMP, and as an OPM3 Assessor and Consultant. She was the second person in the world to receive the PgMP. In addition, Dr. Levin is an Adjunct Professor for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, where she teaches in its M.S. in Project Management Program and for SKEMA (Esc Lille) University, France, in its project management program at the master's and doctoral level. Also, she is a Visiting Professor for RMIT in Melbourne, Australia.

In consulting, she has served as Project Manager in numerous efforts for Fortune 500 and public-sector clients, including UPS, Citibank, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, General Electric, SAP, EADS, John Deere, Schreiber Foods, TRW, the New York City Transit Authority, the U.S. Joint Forces Command, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Prior to her work in consulting, she held positions of increasing responsibility with the U.S. Government, including the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Personnel Management, and the General Accounting Office.

She is the co-author of Implementing Program Management: Forms and Templates Aligned with the Standard for Program Management, Second Edition (2008); Project Portfolio Management: Tools & Techniques; Metrics for Project Management; Achieving Project Management Success Using Virtual Teams; The Advanced Project Management Office: A Comprehensive Look at Function and Implementation; People Skills for Project Managers; Essential People Skills for Project Managers; The Business Development Capability Maturity Model; and ESI's PMP Challenge! PMP Study Guide and the PgMP Study Guide (along with J. LeRoy Ward). Her book entitled Interpersonal

Inhaltsangabe

Complexity in Program Management. Background. Definition of Complexity and
Its Key Concepts. Defining Project Complexity and Its Key Factors. Modeling
and Managing Project Complexity. Program Complexity. A Competency Model for
Program Managers. Introduction. Model Development. Model Overview. Model
Validation. The Model. Performance Competencies. Personal Competencies.
How to Use the Levin-Ward Program Management Complexity Model. Use by
Organizations. Use by Program Managers. For Use by Prospective Program
Managers. Appendices: Questions for Organizations. Questions for Program
Managers. Use by Prospective Program Managers. A Suggested Project Plan for
Implementing the Levin-Ward Program Management. Complexity Model. Use by
Prospective Program Managers. Final Thoughts. References. Index.