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Books on Project and Program Management

 

 

Most books on project and program management take a traditional, phased approach to projects. 

You may find that reading "The Principles of Software Engineering Management" by Tom Gilb or "Critical Chain" by Eli Goldratt or Theory of Constraints (TOC) Project Management books... will give you more insights into how to plan and manage projects more effectively than the traditional approaches can offer.
 

   
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Visualizing Project Management : Models and Frameworks for Mastering Complex Systems  by Kevin Forsberg, Hal Mooz, Howard Cotterman 
   

 

Goal Directed Project Management: Effective Techniques and Strategies by Erling S Andersen, Kristoffer V Grude, Tor Haug
   

 

The Project Workout by Robert Buttrick
   

 

Crash: Ten Easy Ways to Avoid a Computer Disaster  by Tony Collins & David Bicknell
   

 

Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 (PRINCE Guidance)  by The Stationery Office Books (UK)

This is the authoritative textbook on PRINCE2 and is the required reference for the PRINCE2 Practitioners exam.

 

 

 

Tailoring PRINCE2  by the Central Computer & Telecommunications

In a conversation with a PRINCE2 advocate, you can be sure that the discussion will turn to what is perceived as the bureaucratic nature of the beast. The bureaucracy can appear cumbersome and overwhelming.

The advocate will advise you that "of course, you have to tailor PRINCE2 to your own project. It's far too big otherwise". Hence this book.

Maybe the key point is not that PRINCE2 is bureaucratic although we wouldn't argue with that. Perhaps the key point is that due to its basic philosophy, PRINCE2 is an inappropriate approach to project management in most modern day environments, and that is why it is found to be bureaucratic and cumbersome in real-life... and why so many organisations deploying it, use it in name only. For more heretical discussion more...
 

   

 

Managing Successful Programmes  by the Central Computer & Telecommunications Agency
   
 

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