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As an increasingly essential technique for managing projects, a significant number of project management practitioners have expressed a need for further guidance using Earned Value Project Management (EVPM). Earned Value Project Management–Third Edition is intended to provide useful guidance to project management practitioners who are already familiar with EVPM, as well as those who are new to the use of this technique. Although much of the pre-existing information on EVPM tended to focus on large complex projects, Earned Value Project Management–Third Edition also addresses EVPM applications for medium and smaller projects, while still being relevant for larger projects. The Third Edition contains more than 25% additional material on the subject of earned value, including 18 new graphic figures!
Winner of the 2003 Association Trends All Media Award (Gold) for Best Member Software Program! This award-winning CD-ROM filled with useful project management forms and templates will help all project management practitioners succeed in their jobs! As a project management practitioner, you know the importance of being organized and thorough. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) - Third Edition, Paperback
by Project Management Institute
It’s hard to imagine a time when A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK ® Guide) wasn’t around. Yet, just twenty years ago, PMI volunteers first sat down to distill the project management body of knowledge. Their hard work eventually became the PMBOK ® Guide, now considered one of the most essential tools in the profession and is the de facto global standard for the industry.
This groundbreaking book introduces you to a comprehensive approach to implementing Project Portfolio Management (PPM) to support and prioritize IT projects in both large and small companies. The first book to show you how to manage the portfolio of all IT-based projects in an organization, this unique resource details how a portfolio of projects can be aligned with the ever-changing marketplace via a central strategy, maximized for overall return on investment, and balanced for risk across an organization.
Power and politics have played an integral part in history since the dawn of civilization. So it should come as no surprise to find it today within the confines of your own place of employment. This thought-provoking book sheds light on power and politics, specifically in how they relate to effectively managing projects.
By: Bill L. Zwerman, PhD; Janice L. Thomas, PhD; Susan Haydt, MA with the assistance of Terry A.Williams, MCS
Will project management become a fully recognized profession? What changes can we expect to see as it moves toward this goal? Professionalization of Project Management offers a glimpse into the future of the project management profession, along with an objective look at some of the occupational concerns its practitioners have. The authors explore how the future of project management may be discerned in large measure by studying the evolution of other knowledge-based occupations such as nursing.
Monday Morning Mentoring – Ten Lessons to Guide You Up the Ladder
By: David Cottrell
Written in quick conversational style, this book holds some great pearls of advice that bear repeating throughout our careers. In the
tale, Jeff hits a crossroads in his career and some hard times in his department: team member attrition, demanding boss, unexemplary performance appraisal. He reaches out to Tony, an out of touch friend, now semi-retired and consulting executive working around the county. They agree to meet for ten Monday mentoring sessions with the ground rules of:
• Start and finish on time
• Tell the truth
• Try something different
Each chapter of the book represents one Monday session.
The One-Page Project Manager: Communicate and Manage Any Project with a Single Sheet of Paper By: Clark A. Campbell
Aimed at beginning project managers, this book is a how-to guide built around a one-page status reporting template (see various versions at www.onepageprojectmanager.com). But the book also explains a bit about what else the project manager should be doing while completing the template. For example, the author explains the difference between a project participant or team member and an “owner”. He emphasizes the importance of identifying the persons (or “owners”) who are not just working on the project, but are responsible and accountable for the successful completion of the project’s
major tasks and for ensuring that project quality goals are reached.
Survival of the Savvy: High-Integrity Political Tactics for Career and Company Success By: Rick Brandon, Ph.D. and Marty Seldman, PhD.
Even well-planned and managed projects can fail due to political problems. Every PM needs to know how to use politics to get what they and their projects need.
This book is a great help for anyone looking to improve their positive political influence and fend off negative political forces. The book provides numerous tactics for building up your individual political standing and
skills, with lots of examples along the way.
I wish I could have read Survival of the Savvy years ago, before I managed my first project. It would have made me a better and happier project manager.
Scrappy Project Management: The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls Every Project Faces By: Kimberly Wiefling
“Wave goodbye to the triple constraint” - this radical statement is followed by an explanation of how project success requires much more than managing “schedule, scope and cost”. It’s only one example of this book’s real-world approach to many all-too common project pitfalls. While acknowledging the value of plans, requirements, and other standard project tools, this book thoroughly explains how they are useless if the so many other conditions are met, including customers who aren’t adequately involved, goals that aren’t clear and agreed to, or projects, features or tasks that aren’t prioritized.
