59 Checklists for Project and Programme Managers

Ashgate Publishing, February 2007, Pages: 218

This book is aimed at people who are involved in, or are about to become involved in, a project or programme. If you feel your project and programme management competences can be improved, 59 Checklists for Project and Programme Managers will undoubtedly offer you useful suggestions.

The practical approach taken by Rudy Kor and Gert Wijnen makes this an easy book to dip into when you want to know what to do in a particular situation. The book covers a range of topics, including: choosing the right approach, organising for projects and programmes, team management, starting and executing projects, and programme management. For each topic, the book provides a series of checklists to lead you through the most important aspects of each subject.

With such hands-on advice from acknowledged experts so easily available, this is a book which no project or programme manager should be without. The checklist approach provides readers with tools and techniques for this particular way of working and will enable new or experienced team members to plan, initiate, run and deliver whatever the output their organisations programme or projects require.

About the Author/Editor
Rudy Kor and Gert Wijnen are senior partners at Twynstra Gudde Consultants and Managers, an international, independent consultancy firm with over 500 employees. Both authors specialise in project and programme management. For some decades they have assisted in starting up, auditing and assessing projects and programmes, and trained thousands of people in project and programme management.

Why you should (or shouldnt) read this book
You need to choose the right approach
Organising for projects and programmes
Organising all involved
Leading your team
Helping team members work together
Managing your project
Initiating/starting your project
Executing your project
Managing your programme
Starting and executing your programme
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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