TY - BOOK AU - Levin, Ging TI - Program management: a life cycle approach T2 - Best practices and advances in program management SN - 9781466516885 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2013/// CY - Boca Raton, Fla. PB - CRC Press KW - Project manageme KW - Strategic planni KW - Electronic books KW - l N1 - "An Auerbach book."; Includes bibliographical references and index; ch. 1. Achieving business advantages through program management / Kai Sch�uler -- ch. 2. Strategic planning and program management : implementing an organizational strategic vision through a disciplined program management approach / John M. Sanderson -- ch. 3. Change management : the good, the bad and the ugly / Kathleen M. Hibson -- ch. 4. Communications, complexity theory, and programs / Wanda Curlee -- ch. 5. Program initiation / L. Trae Miller -- ch. 6. Benefits management / Andr�e Toso Arrivabene -- ch. 7. The earned benefit method for controlling program performance / Crispin ("Kik") Piney -- ch. 8. Demystifying stakeholder management : the science and the art / Gareth Byatt -- ch. 9. Closing the expectations gap : setting and managing expectations / Amy Baugh -- ch. 10. Communication and its power at the program level : managing power brokers with effective communications / Oluwatosin Agbetusin -- ch. 11. Program governance : toward a conceptual framework / Muhammad Ehsan Khan -- ch. 12. Decision gate discipline for programs / Bill Crider -- ch. 13. Mobilizing the organization : the discipline of execution / Kim Herzog -- ch. 14. Program management office (PgMO) / Gary Hamilton -- ch. 15. Program management office : role and challenges / Monica Gaita -- ch. 16. Program risk management / Gary Hamilton -- ch. 17. Program manager competencies / Ardi Ghorashy -- ch. 18. Information structuring "methodology" : tools and techniques for effective program management / Robert Joslin -- ch. 19. The influence of consortiums in developing and developed countries / Kurt Harris -- ch. 20. The increasing importance of social and business media in program management / Jeffrey G. Hodgkinson -- ch. 21. Portfolio, program, and project management as enablers of innovation / Brian Grafsgaard -- ch. 22. Organizational maturity : managing programs better / Suhail Iqbal -- ch. 23. Sustainability program management / James L. Han; Also available in print editi UR - http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781466516885 ER -