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(More customer reviews)As a novice project manager in a non-profit setting, I was very enthusiastic when I first heard about this book. The title and description sounded exactly like what I needed. Other books I've read on project management were targeted towards large-scale projects or missing the wisdom acquired from years of real-life experience.
This book, advertised as being short and practical lived up to some of its claims. According to the back of the book, it's for "software or non-IT projects", but covers the software side more thoroughly.Some of the tips were practical and immediately useful to me, while others pointed out problems in vague language without specifics for how to address them. It's the kind of book you can flip through to find what you need and disregard the rest, rather than reading it cover to cover.
The book is organized in a regular table of contents, or by topic. I found the topic listing more helpful and wish it had been listed first. I also wished there had been a glossary of project-management terms. Reading the book left me wondering who the experts were. Therefore, I would prefer to have the information about the authors listed earlier in the book or at the end of each article. Overall, a quick and mostly useful read.
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Product Description:
If the projects you manage don't go as smoothly as you'd like, 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know offers knowledge that's priceless, gained through years of trial and error. This illuminating book contains 97 short and extremely practical tips -- whether you're dealing with software or non-IT projects -- from some of the world's most experienced project managers and software developers. You'll learn how these professionals have dealt with everything from managing teams to handling project stakeholders to runaway meetings and more.
While this book highlights software projects, its wise axioms contain project management principles applicable to projects of all types in any industry. You can read the book end to end or browse to find topics that are of particular relevance to you. 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know is both a useful reference and a source of inspiration.
Among the 97 practical tips:
"Clever Code Is Hard to Maintain...and Maintenance Is Everything" -- David Wood, Partner, Zepheira
"Every Project Manager Is a Contract Administrator" -- Fabio Teixeira de Melo, Planning Manager, Construtora Norberto Odebrecht
"Can Earned Value and Velocity Coexist on Reports?" -- Barbee Davis, President, Davis Consulting
"How Do You Define 'Finished'"? -- Brian Sam-Bodden, author, software architect
"The Best People to Create the Estimates Are the Ones Who Do the Work" -- Joe Zenevitch, Senior Project Manager, ThoughtWorks
"How to Spot a Good IT Developer" -- James Graham, independent management consultant
"One Deliverable, One Person" -- Alan Greenblatt, CEO, Sciova
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