Optimizing High-Performing Teams presents a standards-based, lifecycle-driven approach to elevating technical program and project teams from pre-initiation through post-shutdown. Organized around the project life cycle, this practical guide offers concrete tools, templates, and tips across ten essential areas—Program Management Office, Business Development, Recruitment, Integration Management, Communication Management, Requirement Management, Solution Development, Security Management, Information Dissemination, and Operations & Maintenance—so teams can perform at their best at every stage.

Designed for project managers at all levels, the book emphasizes standards, life-long learning, and continuous improvement. Readers get a clear roadmap to:

• Conduct an assessment to develop a personalized roadmap
• Set up and maintain an effective Program Management Office
• Implement leading practices for business development
• Recruit effectively for rapid resource onboarding
• Optimize high-performance teams
• Understand tactical approaches to data migration and system development
• Communicate more effectively with customers and stakeholders
• Manage scope creep
• Execute technical projects successfully
• Consolidate essential tips and techniques for managing projects and programs
• Identify the most useful project tools and templates

Whether you’re launching a new program, stabilizing a troubled project, or refining an established portfolio, Optimizing High-Performing Teams equips you with practical, standards-aligned strategies to get measurable results.