Methods of IT Project Management: A Competency-Based Approach, Sixth Edition

Choosing the right people to carry out a project is essential to its success, and when multiple projects are combined into a complex program, the human aspect becomes even more important.Project and Program Management: A Competency-Based Approach, Sixth Edition balances a complete account of the technical aspects of project and program management with a practical approach to understanding and developing the core competencies required to accomplish desired goals.On the technical side, this book is a complete introduction to predicting costs, setting schedules, and assessing risks.On the human side, it sheds new light on how to mold different personality types into a team, how to motivate the team's members, and how to produce extraordinary results.The author details the blocking and tackling of the program management approach, describing the best way to define, organize, and schedule the work to be done, while identifying risks and controlling costs throughout the process. The sixth edi