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Gower Handbook of Programme Management book cover

2nd Edition

Gower Handbook of Programme Management

Edited By Dennis Lock, Reinhard Wagner Copyright 2016
638 Pages
by Routledge

638 Pages
by Routledge

638 Pages
by Routledge
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In the ten years since this Gower Handbook was first published, Programme Management has been transformed to become the vehicle of choice for realising the objectives of large scale, complicated, business, government and social investment. The Second Edition of this Gower Handbook is a completely new text; designed as a definitive guide to the current state of Programme Management. To that... Read more

List of Figures

Notes on the Contributors

Preface

PA RT I

Foundations of Programme Management

  1. Introduction to Programme Management

  2. International Standards for Programme Management and

    3. Their Application

    　

  3. The Nature of Programmes and their Interrelation with Projects,

    4. Portfolios and Operations

    PART II

    Good Practice in Programme Management

  4. Distinguishing Different Types of Programmes

    5. 　

  5. Programme Management in the Space Sector

  6. Programme Management in the Aircraft Industry

    7. 　

  7. Programme Management in the Automotive Industry

    8. 　

  8. Programme Management in the Aviation Industry

    9.

    　

  9. Programme Management in Construction and Engineering

  10. Programme Management in Mining

    11. 　

  11. Programme Management in the Pharmaceutical Sector

    12. 　

  12. Programme Management for Humanitarian and Development Projects

  13. Programme Management in the Police

  14. Programme Management in the Transport Sector

  15. Programme Management in the ICT Sector

    16. 　

  16. Managing Change Programmes

    17.

    　

  17. Programmes and Collaborative Working

  18. Managing Strategic Initiatives

    19. 　

    　

    PART III

    Programme Governance, Organization and Culture

  19. Programme Governance

  20. Mastering Integration in Programme Management

  21. Programme Management Offices

    22.

  22. Programme Culture

    23.

    PART IV

    Programme Lifecycles, Processes, Methods and Tools

  23. Programme Lifecycles

  24. An Overview of the Programme Management Process

    25. 　

  25. Programme Identification and Initiation

    26.

    　

  26. Programme Planning

  27. Controlling Programmes for IT and Business Change

  28. Using Modern Technologies for Programme Management

    29. 　

  29. Managing Programme Benefits

    30. 　

  30. Managing Complexity in Programmes

  31. Managing Uncertainties in Programmes

  32. Managing Programme Resources

  33. Managing People in Programmes

  34. Managing Partners in Programmes

  35. Managing Contracts in Programmes

  36. Creating Knowledge Services for Modern Technical Project

    37. Organizations: The REAL Knowledge Approach

    PA RT V

    Developing Maturity in Programme Management

    　

  37. Introducing Programme Management into an Organization

  38. Assessing and Improving Programme Management Maturity

  39. Developing Competencies of People in Programmes

Index

Biography

Dennis Lock has written or edited some of the defining books on project management, including Project Management (now in its Tenth Edition) and Gower Handbook of People in Project Management. Following a career in engineering and management, Dennis has lectured on project management at Masters level.



Reinhard Wagner is President of IPMA, Past President and Honorary Fellow of GPM (the German Project Management Association), and founder and CEO of Projectivists, a PM Consultancy.

Review from previous edition: 'Gower's Handbook of Programme Management received an enthusiastic reception at its launch. Andrew Bragg, managing director of the Association for Project Management summed it up as "This is a very significant publication on a very important topic".' Project Manager Today
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