Public-Sector Project Management: Meeting the Challenges and Achieving Results (Hardcover)

Public-Sector Project Management

Meeting the Challenges and Achieving Results

David W. Wirick

Business & Economics/Project Management

Your guide to project management success in the public sector

There may be no simple formula for success in public-sector projects, but Public-Sector Project Management delivers the next best thing: a complete set of skill-building strategies that puts success well within your reach.

Building on industry standards and best practices as well as almost thirty years of public-sector experience, this definitive sourcebook clearly explains how to manage projects in the public sector and navigate their many challenges. Here is where you'll find all the tools to accomplish your goals for any public-sector project, whether you are overseeing military and security operations, the construction of public infrastructure, improving agency processes, deploying new systems or public programs, or any other public initiative.

The book describes both the obstacles and basic processes of public-sector project management and examines the differences between public-sector and private-sector projects, including the management of the wide array of public-sector stakeholders. Public-Sector Project Management is your comprehensive professional template for making a positive contribution to your agency or organization. Inside, you'll find:

• Expert guidance consistent with project management best practices

• In-depth coverage of public-sector constraints, including purchasing systems, legal mandates, political and media oversight, and complex rules and processes

• Specific strategies to enhance the management capability of public-sector managers and private-sector project managers working under government contracts

• Emphasis on the role of planning in managing customer, manager, and project team expectations, and coping with the overlapping systems of constraints that impede public-sector projects

• Techniques for managing contractors and vendors

• Tools for managing the complexity inherent in most public-sector projects

• Insightful case studies of notable and historic public-sector projects; chapter-ending discussion questions and exercises; numerous tables and figures; and key terms in the glossary

公共部門專案管理：應對挑戰並取得成果
David W. Wirick
商業與經濟學/專案管理
在公共部門專案管理中取得成功並沒有簡單的公式，但《公共部門專案管理》提供了接近成功的完整技能建立策略，讓您能夠輕鬆達成目標。

本書基於行業標準和最佳實踐，以及近三十年的公共部門經驗，清楚解釋了如何在公共部門中管理專案並應對其中的各種挑戰。無論您是監督軍事和安全行動、公共基礎設施建設、改善機構流程、部署新系統或公共計畫，或者其他任何公共倡議，這裡都提供了實現目標所需的所有工具。

本書描述了公共部門專案管理的障礙和基本流程，並探討了公共部門專案與私營部門專案之間的差異，包括管理各種公共部門利益相關者。《公共部門專案管理》是您對機構或組織做出積極貢獻的全面專業模板。內容包括：

- 符合專案管理最佳實踐的專家指導
- 深入探討公共部門限制，包括採購系統、法律要求、政治和媒體監督，以及複雜的規則和流程
- 針對公共部門經理和在政府合約下工作的私營部門專案經理提升管理能力的具體策略
- 強調計劃在管理客戶、經理和專案團隊期望以及應對阻礙公共部門專案的重疊限制系統方面的作用
- 管理承包商和供應商的技巧
- 管理大多數公共部門專案中固有複雜性的工具
- 有關著名和歷史性公共部門專案的深入案例研究；章節結束的討論問題和練習題；大量表格和圖表；以及詞彙表中的關鍵詞