Program Management in Defense and High Tech Environments (Hardcover)

Charles Christopher McCarthy

商品描述

Program management in a technical environment is as much art as it is science. Effective program managers are able to combine management and leadership skills for the good of the program and the people entrusted to them. This book illuminates the entire life cycle of the program―from the customer’s original concept to successful completion. It includes many helpful ideas and insights into why programs and program managers can fail. Much more importantly, it provides insights about how program managers can succeed.

Program Management in Defense and High Tech Environments is organized as a chronological "tale" of a program life cycle, with "side trips" that cover the important concepts of leadership, claims and claims avoidance, earned value measurement (EVM), communication basics, negotiations, and coaching. The book begins with an overview of program management, discussing the role of program managers, their required skills and experience, and the types of programs and contracts.

The remainder of the book provides more detail on the program manager’s role and the environment in which he or she works. Understanding that academic explanations of program management activities can be dry, the author uses true-to-life stories to present the nuts and bolts of the work. These stories illustrate the science of program management and the art that is necessary for success.

The book discusses many of the common program pitfalls. It explains how to detect and avoid scope creep―the unintended expansion of program scope. It details both internal and external scope creep and stresses the importance of constant vigilance to prevent cost overruns and schedule delays.

Program Management in Defense and High Tech Environments is a comprehensive guide for early- and mid-career program managers to understand what they need to do to be successful. It is also a valuable resource for later-career program managers who want to learn through other program managers’ successes and failures.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

在技術環境中的程式管理既是藝術也是科學。有效的程式管理者能夠結合管理和領導技能,為程式和受委託的人們帶來好處。本書闡明了整個程式的生命週期,從客戶的原始概念到成功完成。它提供了許多有用的想法和洞察力,解釋了為什麼程式和程式管理者可能會失敗。更重要的是,它提供了程式管理者如何成功的見解。

《在國防和高科技環境中的程式管理》以程式生命週期的時間順序為基礎,並涵蓋了領導、索賠和避免索賠、挣值管理(EVM)、基本溝通、談判和指導等重要概念。本書首先概述了程式管理,討論了程式管理者的角色、所需的技能和經驗,以及程式和合約的類型。

本書的其餘部分提供了更多關於程式管理者角色和工作環境的細節。作者使用真實故事來呈現工作的細節,以避免學術解釋程式管理活動的枯燥。這些故事展示了程式管理的科學和成功所需的藝術。

本書討論了許多常見的程式陷阱。它解釋了如何檢測和避免範圍蔓延-程式範圍的意外擴大。它詳細介紹了內部和外部範圍蔓延,並強調了持續警惕以防止成本超支和進度延遲的重要性。

《在國防和高科技環境中的程式管理》是一本全面指南,供初級和中級程式管理者了解如何成功。對於希望通過其他程式管理者的成功和失敗來學習的後期職業程式管理者來說,它也是一個寶貴的資源。