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Part I Engaging Stakeholders And Setting Expectations During Program Definition |
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Chapter 1 Stakeholder Alignment: Goals And Objectives |
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1.1 Understanding Strategic Fit |
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1.1.1 Initiative Selection through a Steering Committee |
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1.1.2 Initiative Selection When There Is No Steering Committee |
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1.1.3 Gathering Information—Interviewing Key Stakeholders |
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1.1.4 Pulling It All Together |
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1.2 Providing Input to Stakeholders: Know When and How to Push |
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1.2.1 Creating a Business Case |
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1.2.2 Estimating Cost Information |
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1.2.3 Documenting Assumptions |
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1.2.4 Presenting Cost Estimates: Stakeholder Conversations |
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1.2.5 Presenting the Business Case: Governance |
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1.3 Related Program Methodology |
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Chapter 2 Making Governance Work For You |
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2.1 Preparing for Governance |
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2.1.1 Governance Pre-Meetings |
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2.1.2 Organizational Research—Meet with Other Program Managers |
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2.1.3 Stakeholder Pre-Meetings |
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2.1.4 Meeting with "The Interrogator" |
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2.2.2 Getting through Approvals |
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2.2.3 Optimize Governance to Your Advantage |
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2.2.4 Using Soft Skills to Manage Conflict |
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2.3 Related Program Methodology |
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2.4 Summary: A Step-by-Step Guide to Maximize Governance |
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Chapter 3 Identifying Stakeholders: The "Hidden" Organization Chart |
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3.1 Building Your Program "House" |
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3.2 Finding Power Influencers |
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3.2.1 Tapping into the Organization—Coffee Chats |
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3.2.2 More Coffee—Identifying the Next Layer of Stakeholders |
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3.2.3 Social Network Tools |
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3.2.4 Organizational Network Analysis |
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3.2.5 Creating an Organizational Network Analysis |
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3.3 Additional Tools for Synthesizing Stakeholder Data |
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3.3.2 Creating a Responsibility Matrix |
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Chapter 4 It Is A Matter Of Trust: Building Strong Business Relationships With Key Stakeholders |
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4.1 Setting Expectations with Key Stakeholders |
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4.2 Five Principles of Building Strong Business Relationships |
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4.2.1 Do What You Say You Are Going to Do |
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4.2.2 Try to Make Sure There Are No Surprises |
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4.2.3 Create a Mutually Beneficial Business Relationship |
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4.2.4 Remember That Executives and Customers Are People, Too |
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4.2.5 Always Show Respect |
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Chapter 5 Leveraging Stakeholders To Prepare Your Organization For Change |
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5.1 Change Management Theory—High-Level View |
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5.2 ADAPT—A Simplified Change Management Model for Program Managers |
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5.3 Applying the ADAPT Change Model to Stakeholder Quadrants |
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Chapter 6 Enhancing Stakeholder Engagement Through Effective Communication |
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6.1 The Difference between Program Management and Project Management Communications |
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6.2 Communication Methods "Menu" |
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6.3 Creating a Communications Strategy and a Communications Plan |
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6.4 Targeted Communication Methods by Stakeholder Quadrant |
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6.4.1 Communicating with Power Players Quadrant (High Interest, High Influence) |
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6.4.2 Communication with the Danger Zone Quadrant (Low Interest, High Influence) |
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6.4.3 Communicating with the Informants Quadrant (High Interest, Low Influence) |
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6.4.4 Communicating with the Sleepers Quadrant (Low Interest, Low Influence) |
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Part II Ready, Set, Execute: Driving Program Benefits Delivery Through Active Stakeholder Engagement |
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Chapter 7 Demystifying Metrics: Measuring What Matters Most |
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7.1 Measuring Program Performance: Key Performance Indicators |
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7.2 Measuring Performance: Metrics |
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7.2.1 Examples of Metrics |
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7.2.2 Metrics for Measuring Project Components of Your Program |
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7.2.3 Presenting Metrics to Your Stakeholders |
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7.2.4 Metrics: How Much Is Too Much? |
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7.3 Defining Key Performance Indicators for Your Program |
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7.3.1 SMART Key Performance Indicators |
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7.3.2 KPIs: A SMART Example |
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7.4 Driving Stakeholder Engagement through Performance Management |
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Chapter 8 Making Meetings Count: Driving Stakeholder Engagement Through Disciplined Meeting Management |
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8.1 How to Run Effective Meetings |
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8.1.1 Top Five Rules for Running Effective Meetings |
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8.1.1.1 Rule 1: Always Pre-Send an Agenda, with Times and Owners Associated with Each Topic |
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8.1.1.2 Rule 2: Stick to the Agenda |
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8.1.1.3 Rule 3: Establish and Share Ground Rules (Then Enforce Them) |
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8.1.1.4 Rule 4: Assign a Scribe to Document All Key Decisions and Action Items, with Owners and Due Dates |
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8.1.1.5 Rule 5: Send Meeting Notes with Key Decisions and Action Items, Then Monitor to Follow-Up on Due Dates |
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8.1.2 Tips to Create a Positive Meeting Environment |
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8.1.3.1 Large Group Virtual Meetings |
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8.1.3.2 Small Group or One-on-One Meetings |
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8.2 Types of Meetings, When to Have Them, and Who Should Attend |
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8.2.1 Meeting Type: Planning Meetings |
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8.2.2 Meeting Type: Program Status Meetings |
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8.2.3 Meeting Type: Governance Meetings |
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8.2.4 One-on-One Meetings |
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8.3 Common Pitfalls of Ineffective Meetings |
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Chapter 9 Where The Real Work Gets Done: Issue Resolution Through Informal Governance |
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9.1 Monthly Program Status Updates |
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9.2 Weekly Program Status Updates |
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9.3 Using Project Health Stoplights Effectively |
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9.4 Caution: Yellow Light—Four Steps to Effectively Manage Risks and Issues |
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9.4.1 Step 1: Identify the Issue or Risk |
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9.4.2 Step 2: Assess the Issue or Risk |
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9.4.3 Step 3: Present Options for Issue/Risk Resolution |
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9.4.4 Step 4: Take Action |
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9.5 Practicing the Four-Step Issue Resolution: An Example |
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9.5.1 Step 1: Identify the Issue |
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9.5.2 Step 2: Assess the Issue |
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9.5.3 Step 3: Present the Options |
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9.5.4 Step 4: Take Action |
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Chapter 10 Office Politics: From Surviving To Thriving |
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10.1 Managing Up and Managing Down |
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10.2 Your Informal Network and Influence on Office Politics |
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10.3 Addressing Whispering Campaigns |
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10.4 Handling Cross-Departmental Negotiations |
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Part III Keeping Stakeholders Engaged: Program Closure |
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Chapter 11 Making A Strong Finish: Stakeholder Engagement Through Program Closure |
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11.5 Preparing for the Operational Readiness Meeting |
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Chapter 12 Post-Launch: Every End Is A New Beginning |
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12.2.1 Characteristics of a Lessons Learned Meeting |
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12.2.2 How to Run a Lessons Learned Meeting |
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12.2.3 Documentation and Repository |
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References |
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Appendix A: Case Study And Study Questions |
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Appendix B: Glossary |
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Appendix C: Acronym List |
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Index |
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