| Program Planning: A Real Life Quantitative Approach Contributor(s): Springer, Mitchell L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557531293 ISBN-13: 9781557531292 Publisher: Purdue University Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1998 Annotation: The program planning process is made up of four key elements: program organization planning, schedule planning, cost planning, and performance planning. The key to understanding and quantifying programs is coming to the realization that program progress is both sequential at the micro-level and nonlinear at the macro-level. The four primary phases of the management process, planning execution, analysis, and adjustment may be performed at the same time because different activities within the program advance at varying rates. Also provided are several tools to help process evaluation, including sample questionnaires, a research observation form, and data mapping instruments. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Forecasting - Business & Economics | Management - General - Business & Economics | Strategic Planning |
| Dewey: 658.401 |
| LCCN: 97-45961 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 8.73" W x 11.33" (1.78 lbs) 159 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From his years of experience and an exhaustive study of the program planning literature, Mitchell Springer has ascertained that the program planning process is made up of four key elements - program organization planning, schedule planning, cost planning, and performance planning. Program organization planning is the process that establishes the planning and program organizations and the definition of the work to be performed. Schedule planning provides the time frame for resource allocation and establishes a baseline for the current status and forecasts of completion dates for scheduled work. Cost planning established a preliminary budget to use to track and compare against actual costs. Performance planning is the identification and subsequent documentation of the technical performance requirements. The key to understanding and quantifying programs is coming to the realization that program progress is both sequential at the micro-level and nonlinear at the macro-level. The four primary phases of the management process, planning execution, analysis, and adjustment may be performed at the same time because different activities within the program advance at varying rates. However, at the micro level, for example, a needs assessment must be completed before its subsequent end product can be produced. The end products of all additional, sequential steps cannot be generated if this first micro level step, the needs assessment statement, has not been completed. However, work on all macro level steps can proceed without the completion of the initial micro level step. The author also provides several tools to help process evaluation, including sample questionnaires, a research observation form, and data mapping instruments. |
Contributor Bio(s): Springer, Mitchell L.: - Dr. Mitchell L. Springer has over thirty-five years of theoretical and defense industry-based practical experience from four disciplines: software engineering, systems engineering, program management, and human resources. Dr. Springer possesses a significant strength in pattern recognition and analyzing and improving organizational systems. He is internationally recognized, and has contributioned to the scholarship of nearly 300 books, articles, presentations, editorials, and reviews on software development methodologies, management, organizational change, and program management. Dr. Springer sits on many university and community boards and advisory committees. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, most recently the Indiana Council for Continuing Education Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award. Dr. Springer is the president of the Indiana Council for Continuing Education as well as the past chair of the Continuing Professional Development Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. He received his BS degree in computer science from Purdue University, and his MBA and doctorate in adult and community education with a cognate in executive development from Ball State University. He is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP), a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR & SHRM-SCP), and in Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR). Dr. Springer is a State of Indiana Registered domestic mediator. |