BOOK REVIEW:

Book Title: Implementing Program Management
Authors: Ginger Levin, PMP, PgMP and Allen R. Green, PMP, PgMP
Publisher: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group)
List Price: US$79.95
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 9781439816059
Reviewer: Earl W. Crisp, D.P.A.
Review Date: February 2010

Introduction

This is a specialty book of approximately 294 pages that establishes a detailed protocol for managing programs from initiation to closure. This volume parallels PMI’s Standard for Program management, Second Edition 2008. The authors attempt to fill the void in the program management literature and go beyond the best practices listed in the PMI’s Standard to provide detailed guidance for these practices, thus enabling program managers to successfully coordinate any program regardless of the type organization.

The authors recognize that each organization has unique requirements and the templates that are presented in the text can be customized through an enclosed CD-ROM. The authors feel that the combined book and CD-ROM provides the reader with a ready-to-use package that includes documents, tools, forms, templates and detailed reports. The authors hope to empower program managers and through the application of this package guide them to successfully complete their programs through this step-by-step process and deliver the desired benefit to the stakeholders…

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About the Reviewer: Earl W. Crisp Earl W. Crisp, D. P. A., - is employed by the U. S. Department of Education, in the Financial Partner Eligibility and Oversight Services division. He is also an adjunct instructor for the Management Department at the University of Texas at Arlington and for the College of Business at Dallas Baptist University. He is a former Navy C-130 pilot and he enjoyed collateral assignments in Administration, Training, Quality Assurance, and Human Resources. His Doctorate in Public Administration is from the University of La Verne and his M. S. in Management is from Troy University. He is a certified mediator, private pilot and radio announcer. He completed his Project Management Professional training through the Executive Management Program at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is a member of PMI and the Dallas Chapter. Earl Crisp can be contacted at ecrisp@uta.edu.