Project and program management [electronic resource] : a competency-based approach / by Mitchell L. Springer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Program/project management competencies -- The importance of program/project management -- Process management - evolution and definition -- Contract types : what type of contract should i enter into? -- The bidding process : obtaining a price quote -- Defining the work to be performed -- Scheduling and staffing the work -- Risk management : mitigating the impact -- Disruptive technologies - thinking out of the box -- Cost, schedule and performance management : a quantitative premise -- The project : product outputs -- Connecting generational cohorts to associative thinking -- Leadership and gender : a science-based understanding -- Motivation and leadership : why we do what we do -- Organization design models : not right or wrong; more or less applicable -- Building teams : understanding ourselves and others through mbti -- Capitalizing on the collective knowledge of the world -- Establishing program/project management as a discipline -- Managers, leaders and entrepreneurs -- Organizational design models and management philosophies -- Career development : models.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.