Fundamentals of Effective Program Management: A Process Approach Based on the Global Standard

Sanghera, a noted expert on program and project management, uses the OPM3 standards from PMI to form a layered strategy for fellow managers and supervisors, stressing the need for both proper metrics and controls and common sense. Using the model of a fictitious company throughout the book, the author prefaces each chapter with clear objectives such as time, cost, scope and risk management and ends each section with a review and exercises. Emphasis is placed upon "the Big Picture" as well, with the author providing tips on how not to get stuck on the small details that can spell failure for a large project. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

One of the world s leading experts in project and program management, Dr. Paul Sanghera, is a manager, educator, technologist, and entrepreneur, and has 15 years of diverse project and program management experience in the computer industry from Netscape to MP3 and at research labs from Cornell to CERN. Having worked in various roles including director of project management, director of software development, software developer, trainer, and scientist, he has a broad view of project and program management. Expertise in multiple application areas including physics, computer science, RFID, and nanotechnology enabled him to climb the mountain top of project/program management. Dr. Sanghera has several industry certifications, including PMP, CAPM, Project+, Network+, Linux+, SCJP, and SCBCD, and has contributed to building the world-class technologies such as Netscape Communicator and Novell's NDS. As an engineering manager, he has been at the ground floor of several startups and has been a lecturer at San Jose Sate University and Brooks College. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 technical papers published in well reputed European and American research journals. Paul is the best-selling author of several books on technology and project management including PMP In Depth. Dr. Sanghera has a Master's degree in Computer Science from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Physics from Carleton University. He currently lives in Silicon Valley where he runs an information company, Infonential Inc., that specializes in project management and emerging technologies.