Government Program Management
Author: Bruce Barkley
ISBN: 9780071744485 / 0071744487
©2011 | 1st Edition | 544 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: FEB-11
Price: US$ 59.95
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Proven strategies for bringing program management techniques to government projects, people, and structures worldwide for improvement on every level– including on-time delivery, accountability, and revenue control
Government Program Management reveals how to fundamentally change the roles, structures, and workforce characteristics of government agencies, with special emphasis on moving to a uniform government program management system. A new system to achieve accountability at the federal level is presented. This pioneering guide covers the history of modern reform movements at the government level and outlines reasons for failure of these initiatives. It offers innovative solutions to the problem of accountability and delivery in government programs and discusses recent movements toward reform in the U.S. and other countries such as the global movement called New Public Management.
Government Program Management addresses new initiatives in performance reporting and budgeting at the federal level, and presents specific reorganization and restructuring recommendations. A full chapter on reforming healthcare programs is included in this timely resource.
Government Program Management
- Offers an in-depth, analytic look on reforming government agency program and project management structures
- Brings the new Project Management Institute (PMI) Program Management standards and certification requirements to government programs and projects
- Provides hands-on applications in the areas of government health care, park service, transportation, education, and other programs
- Shows the importance of public management and program management in governments around the world, with models from every continent
- Offers new insights from interviews and surveys from government program managers on reform and program delivery issues – exactly as they see them
- Includes case studies and practical program and project applications for teaching and training purposes
- Discusses global impacts and developments affecting future government-sponsored and outsourced programs and projects
About the Author
Bruce Barkley (Cumming, GA) is a Former Federal Senior Executive, Executive Office of The President of the United States and several Cabinet Agencies, Washington DC. He is currently Senior Faculty, Keller Graduate School of Management, Curriculum Coordinator, in the area of Project Management. Prior to this, Barkley served as VP for a business consulting firm in the areas of strategic planning and program management. He was also a manager with the Program Management Office (PMO) Universal Avionics, Inc.
Barkley is the author of Project Risk Management, Integrated Project Management, Customer-Driven Project Management, and Project Management in New Product Development, as well as the upcoming Global Program Management, with Paula Wagner.
