Nuts and Bolts of Project Management: Right Timing + Right Decision = Success eBook: Srividhya Srinivasan, Dr. Srivathsan Srinivasan: leondumoulin.nl: Kindle.
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Excellent illustrations with easy comprehension on project management, good book for emerging and established managers'. I found the book very unique, interesting and informative. Will definitely recommend for students to buy for their PMP exams. The author has explained things in detail for students to get a good idea and easily understand the concepts better. Well designed and neatly written, exceptional book on project management.
A great book for those appearing for Project Management Professional Exam. It will save time later and if a decision does not make a big impact, don't sweat over it. Will be finishing this one for sure.
Hope to get back to it soon. Oct 04, Glenn Burnside rated it liked it. This isn't a bad book. If your job is to wrangle project through to delivery, this is probably a good book to have read through at least once. Unfortunately, it suffers from the fact that Scott Berkun's total project management experience is from inside Microsoft.
So, everything in this book assumes that you're a PM on a GIANT project, working with hundreds of people and multiple internal organizations. If you're the project manager at a small company, with four developers and an analyst, for ex This isn't a bad book. If you're the project manager at a small company, with four developers and an analyst, for example, then most of this book's advice is going to be overkill. I also found that, in the edition I had, the print was too small, and made it hard to read for more than fifteen minutes at a time.
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That's not Scott's fault, but it was definitely a detractor from my reading experience. Jul 24, Michael Ryan rated it it was amazing. When Scott Berkum was a Project Manager at Microsoft, bringing new products and operating systems to market, he came to work each day with the mantra "Make Good Things Happen. After a few years in the industry, software PMs tend to come to work with unspoken mantras like, "Avoid being shafted," "Identify a scapegoat," "What's our exit strategy?
It is not a job for bunnies. Sep 30, Marce Scarbrough rated it it was amazing. One of the best books on project management I have ever read.
Take the Leap: Become a Project Management Consultant in 7 Steps
The author does a great job of combining theory and reality, in a way that is much easier to understand than the PMBOK. I really enjoyed this book.
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The chapter on office politics in particular was good and should be expanded into a book of its own. My only suggestion would be to expand this book to make it more general and less software industry specific. Feb 10, Ben Haley rated it really liked it. Scott does a good job of applying his experience managing the development Microsoft's Internet Explorer to the process of managing tech projects more generally. His key points are directed towards customer driven design, milestones, planning documentation, group communication, and whiteboards which he loves.
If you think you should read this book, you are right, if you think you should not read it, right again. Aug 29, Scott rated it it was amazing. A great process-driven procedural textbook - I recommend this to anyone entering into a project management role, far above anything I've seen from the PMI. Good, basic skills and perspectives to guide your actions - lots of good responses to real-life common failure modes.
Sep 01, Hugh Griffiths added it. And I love his attitude that management isn't there to make people work harder, that actually people pretty much do that themselves. Oct 16, Tyler Gooch rated it it was ok Shelves: Pretty good informal look at project management. A little heavy on the IT project management could have used more non-IT examples , but I would recommend for anyone interested in project management but not actively involved.
Jan 23, Michael Morris rated it really liked it. This book is very engaging for the subject matter. It is primarily about project management in terms of software development, but even non-project managers can benefit from the topics of organization, critical path planning, stakeholder awareness, and what it takes to make a project successful. Jul 12, Leanna Gingras rated it really liked it. Good book on project management at a philosophical level, but very little nuts and bolts.
That can be fine, though - there's a lot of nuts and bolts books out there. More importantly, it has great references and citations!
Take the Leap: Become a Project Management Consultant in 7 Steps
Oct 14, Scott rated it really liked it. I learned quite a few things from this book. The usual information about the importance of schedules, specifications and requirements, and communications are in there. Part 3, Management, added more value to me than other project management books--this is where things "get squishy". Sep 23, Salim Hayran is currently reading it. It is one of the grate process-driven procedural textbook - I recommend this to anyone who is working as the project manager role, far above anything I've seen from the PMI. May 28, Jonathan El-Bizri rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Anyone managing a technology project.
This is a great book on software project management that focuses on the things that will actually help one do ones job, rather than the things that just assure your boss that you are overworked and miserable. Jan 30, Rebecca rated it really liked it Recommended to Rebecca by: Even though a lot of it was familiar, I really enjoyed this book.
It's one of those that I think I would have benefited from when I was younger, and I think newer managers would find it a great resource! Jan 21, Nirojan marked it as to-read. How will you stay connected with your project team and stakeholders, especially when you're not on-site? Take care of yourself! You need to be just as dedicated to your "off" time as you are to your work. When you're harried and overworked, you're more likely to make mistakes.
And as an independent consultant, mistakes are one thing your reputation can't afford. Block off "me time" in advance — and stick to the plan! Ultimately, you need more than experience, networking skills, and a solid business plan. You need confidence in yourself and in your decisions. If you're a project management consultant, we'd love to hear your perspective! What advice would you give other PM consultants just starting out?
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