Program Management

 We're now living in the project economy. As the number of projects initiated in both the public and private sectors skyrockets, project management skills have become essential for all leaders and managers. But despite this project boom, the failure rate remains extremely high. Why? Leaders have too many projects and too little visibility into them, and they lack the project implementation competencies necessary to deliver their projects successfully. 

Drawing on hard-won insights from years in the trenches at Amazon and beyond, Zero Bullsh*t Program Management strips away the fluff to give you field-tested strategies for leading programs that deliver. Whether you're a new Program Manager looking to skill up quickly or a seasoned leader exploring fresh approaches, you'll get direct, actionable guidance on: Crafting a program charter that aligns your team Defining metrics that matter and using mechanisms to drive progress Managing up, down and sideways to keep stakeholders engaged Spinning up pilots to test new ideas and scale what works ...

To see a program successfully through to completion, a program manager must break the work down into simpler, smaller pieces and organize it into interdependent tasks…and this book helps you do just that. Projects require managers, but programs warrant maestros. Tasked with overseeing multiple...

ISSMP for Busy People is written for practitioners who lead or influence security programs: security managers, program owners, architects with leadership responsibilities, and senior professionals who translate strategy into execution. The outcome is not a pile of facts. The outcome is a reliable way to reason through management-grade questions about governance, lifecycle decisions, risk treatment, operational readiness, and measurable performance. At a high level, the exam evaluates how you lead and manage security programs, how you integrate security into systems and processes across ...

The world’s most trusted guide for leaders in transition. Transitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the biggest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of acute vulnerability. Missteps made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize or even derail your success.

The book that revolutionized business communications has been updated for today's workplace. Crucial Conversations provides powerful skills to ensure every conversation - especially difficult ones - leads to the results you want. Written in an engaging and witty style, it teaches listeners how to be persuasive rather than abrasive, how to get back to productive dialogue when others blow up or clam up, and it offers powerful skills for mastering high-stakes conversations, regardless of the topic or person. 

Welcome to the Third Edition of the Technical Program Manager’s Guide to Success. This guide is designed to take you on a complete journey through the world of Technical Program Management from foundational concepts to advanced strategies, and ultimately, to the evolving future of the role. Whether you are just stepping into a TPM role or looking to refine your expertise, this book provides both knowledge and practical tools that you can apply immediately in your career.Here’s what you can expect along the way: Introduction & Foundations Build a clear understanding of the TPM role and ...

Scale collaboration, not process. If you're trying to use agile and lean at the program level, you've heard of several approaches, all about scaling processes. If you duplicate what one team does for several teams, you get bloat, not delivery. Instead of scaling the process, scale everyone's collaboration. With autonomy, collaboration, and exploration, teams and program level people can decide how to apply agile and lean to their work.

AI has enormous potential to transform organizations, but more than half of all AI projects never get past the prototype stage. Why do so many AI projects fail? How can you make a difference and lead an AI project to success? The good news is that if you’re a project manager, you already have 90% of the skills needed to manage an AI initiative in your organization. In this book you’ll discover: How to demystify AI and gain true AI literacy Real-world Generative AI and ChatGPT best practices The evolving role of project managers in AI-driven projects Five practical, hands-on steps to ...

Need to re-invent your career? Interested in becoming a better Project Manager or Leader? Consider learning how to apply Design Thinking techniques to your projects and other initiatives. Discover how to Think differently to Lead more effectively. And become a better problem-solver! Complex problem-solving today requires arming both the problem solvers AND those who Lead and Manage the problem solvers -- from executives to PMPs, PgMPs, managing architects, and other leaders -- with a tool bag of proven transformation-enabling and innovative Design Thinking techniques. Anderson explores more...

In an era where strategic agility is paramount, the ability to master portfolio management has become not just an asset but a necessity for organizations striving for success. "Mastering Portfolio Management: A Practical Guide to Strategy Execution and Value Realization" delves into the intricacies of aligning project portfolios with overarching business strategies, providing readers with actionable insights that can transform their approach to value delivery. This book addresses a critical gap in the literature by offering a pragmatic framework for navigating the complexities of strategy ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of The Power of Habit, a fascinating exploration of what makes conversations work—and how we can all learn to be supercommunicators at work and in life “A winning combination of stories, studies, and guidance that might well transform the worst...

CISM questions are designed to test manager-level judgment. They often present realistic situations where multiple responses sound reasonable, and the difference between a pass and a frustrating miss comes down to priorities: what comes first, what should be formalized, who owns the decision, and what aligns best to governance and business objectives. CISM Flash Cards is built to train that thinking through repetition. This book includes 1,000 digital flash cards designed for daily drills and rapid review. The cards reinforce the language and core concepts across the four CISM domains: ...

Being an Effective Chief of Staff the First or Umpteenth Time Are you curious about what a chief of staff is and what they do? Are you a current chief looking to build your framework and show impact? You may be an executive hiring a chief who wants to provide a recipe for success, or you have a chief looking to develop themselves and want to continue investing in their development. Written by an experienced chief with more than two decades of practical and effective experience, "The Chief of Staff" aims to provide a blueprint for whichever situation best aligns with your direction, what ...

Project Management All-in-One for Dummies is the premier go-to for PMs looking for hands-on information and advice to take their organizational, planning, and execution skills to new heights. In this book you will find: Project Management for Dummies, Agile Project Management for Dummies, Project Management Checklists for Dummies, Managing Millennials for Dummies, SCRUM for Dummies, Microsoft Project 2019, Product Management for Dummies, and Enterprise Agility for Dummies....

The Program: Lessons from Elite Military Units for Creating and Sustaining High-Performance Leaders and Teams offers a hands-on guide to the winning techniques and tactics of The Program, the acclaimed team-building and leadership development company. Drawing on the actual experiences of The Program's instructors from their personal combat stories to working with world-class athletic teams and successful corporations, the audiobook clearly shows how The Program's training operations can help to achieve life goals and ambitions.

This is a paper outlining the importance of a PMO in an organization, its intended role, how to establish a PMO in a certain organization, the components necessary to exist in that PMO, along with its organizational structure, and roles and responsibilities of PMO staff. It’s intended to be a practical, implementation oriented presentation of the subject. This paper has been published in the May 2011 edition of the PM World Today eJournal.

Program Management Excellence: Leading Programs to Deliver Sustainable Value is a practical and thought-provoking guide for professionals who want to move beyond managing complexity and begin leading programs that create lasting strategic value. While many organizations deliver projects successfully, far fewer realize the benefits and outcomes those projects were intended to achieve. This book addresses that gap by positioning program management as a leadership discipline—one that integrates strategy, governance, benefits management, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability into a ...

30 Days to Overcome Sugar Addiction is a unique mindfulness workbook that offers a transformative 30-day program to help you break free from sugar addiction and cultivate a healthier relationship with food. This workbook blends mindfulness techniques, cognitive behavioral therapy, and self-reflection to help you identify and challenge negative thought patterns, regulate your cravings, and develop a greater sense of self-awareness and self-worth. This workbook is part of a series of mindfulness workbooks, each designed to help you cultivate different areas of your life. While each workbook ...

CCISO is a leadership exam. It measures whether you can make executive-level security decisions under constraints, communicate risk clearly, and run a security program that aligns to business outcomes. CCISO For Busy People helps you study with purpose by focusing on how the exam is written and what “best answer” really means in governance-heavy scenarios. What you will get in this book: A practical, decision-first walkthrough of the CCISO exam domains Plain-English explanations designed for short study sessions Scenario-driven practice that mirrors executive tradeoffs and ...