Robert Buttrick has an impressive track record of introducing and practising programme and portfolio management in major organizations. He is a contributor to management methods, best practice, government and international standards. He is a consultant and Visiting Teaching Fellow at the University of Warwick.

Part 1: Challenges to Be Faced 1. Challenges We Need to Face 2. Advice the Best Organisations Give Us 3. Portfolios, Programmes and Projects 4. Governance 5. Sponsorship Part 2: The Essence of Project Management 6. Project Management in Context 7. Who Does What in a Project: Roles 8. The Project Framework 9. Applying the Project Framework 10. Directing and Managing a Project: A Process Based Approach Part 3: Portfolio Management - Dealing with Many Projects and Beyond 11. Business Portfolios 12. Defining Your Business Portfolio 13. There Are Too Many Projects to Do! 14. Do I Have the Resources? 15. Selecting Techniques 16. Directing and Reviewing Business Portfolios: A Process Based Approach Part 4: Programme Management 17. Programme Management 18. Programme Roles and Accountabilities 19. Organising Your Programme 20. Directing and Managing a Programme: A Process Based Approach Part 5: Supporting Portfolio and Programme Management 21. Why We Do It: Benefits 22. Planning, Monitoring and Control 23. Risks, Issues, Change Control and Information 24. Developing a Quality Solution 25. How Do We Cope with All That Change? 26. Sorting Out All Those Contracts Part 6: Implementing the Framework 27. An Environment for Managing Your Portfolios, Programmes and Projects 28. Tools and Systems 29. Standards and Methods - Do They Matter? 30. Putting it into Practice