FEATURED BOOKS
DAVID W. WIRICK, PMP
Public-Sector Project
Management: Meeting the
Challenges and Achieving Results
here may not be a simple formula
for success in public-sector projects,
but this book delivers the next best
thing: a comprehensive set of skill-building strategies.
Approximately 17 percent of the world’s
GNP is attributed to the public sector.
Projects include military and security
operations, the construction of public
infrastructure, the creation of public
programs, compliance with legislative
mandates, economic development, process
improvement, the deployment of information systems and law enforcement.
Project outcomes critical to maintaining
social order, the challenges can multiply as
the sector copes with a fast-changing world.
Compounding these issues is the shortage
of good public-sector project managers—
and specific guidance for them.
Public-Sector Project Management:
Meeting the Challenges and Achieving Results
is a professional template for making a contribution. Describing the obstacles and
basic processes of public-sector project
management, the author examines the differences between public- and private-sector
projects, including the wide array of
stakeholders.
T
Building on industry standards and best
practices, as well as almost 30 years of public-sector experience, David W. Wirick, PMP,
offers readers a variety of tools and techniques to help accomplish goals in public-sector projects:
; Expert guidance consistent with project
management best practices
; In-depth coverage of public-sector constraints, including purchasing systems,
legal mandates, political and media oversight, and complex rules and processes
; Specific strategies to enhance the
management capability of public- and
private-sector project managers working
under government contracts
; Discussion of the role of planning in
managing the expectations of customers,
managers and project teams, and coping
with the overlapping systems of constraints that impede public-sector projects
; Techniques for managing contractors
and vendors
; Tools for managing the complexity
inherent in most public-sector projects
; Case studies of notable and historic
public-sector projects, chapter-ending
discussion questions and exercises, tables
and figures, and a glossary
John Wiley & Sons and Project
Management Institute, 2009, ISBN:
9780470487310, hardcover, 288 pp.,
$68.00 Member, $85.00 Nonmember.