The Project Manager S Survival Guide

With this practical, hands-on guide, project managers will have all the skills they need to move a project through its complete life cycle. Topics include how to develop the necessary interpersonal, behavioural and business skills, how to resolve conflicts and improve negotiation capabilities, and how to understand and apply the technical tools of project management.

Troubleshooting tips and techniques for keeping projects and management careers on track Bestselling author James P. Lewis has become today's number one authority on the rules of project management in virtually any industry or environment. Now, in The Project Manager's Pocket Survival Guide, Dr. Lewis focuses on areas that are often the largest stumbling blocks to project managers both new and experienced, and provides the practical skills and hidden keys necessary for completing projects on time and within budget. Providing numerous case studies of project management successes and failures in the field, this no-nonsense book explains how to maintain project consistency and success in today's environment of fast change and even faster innovation. Managers will obtain new tools and insights for: Understanding the politics of projects Running a successful, results-driven meeting Managing effectively in the project environment

Equip yourself with SOFTWARE PROJECT SURVIVAL GUIDE. It's for everyone with a stake in the outcome of a development project--and especially for those without formal software project management training. That includes top managers, executives, clients, investors, end-user representatives, project managers, and technical leads. Here you'll find guidance from the acclaimed author of the classics CODE COMPLETE and RAPID DEVELOPMENT. Steve McConnell draws on solid research and a career's worth of hard-won experience to map the surest path to your goal--what he calls "one specific approach to software development that works pretty well most of the time for most projects." Nineteen chapters in four sections cover the concepts and strategies you need for mastering the development process, including planning, design, management, quality assurance, testing, and archiving. For newcomers and seasoned project managers alike, SOFTWARE PROJECT SURVIVAL GUIDE draws on a vast store of techniques to create an elegantly simplified and reliable framework for project management success. So don't worry about wandering among complex sets of project management techniques that require years to sort out and master. SOFTWARE PROJECT SURVIVAL GUIDE goes straight to the heart of the matter to help your projects succeed. And that makes it a required addition to every professional's bookshelf.

In Project Management: The Black Experience, Eric presents his direct and honest experience as an African-American Project Manager in a white-dominated corporate world. He shares his 14+ years of experience and insights in the IT Project Management space of surviving as a black Project Manager. This journey begins with a small town kid from Bluefield, West Virginia seeking to achieve his dreams but faced with the reality of his "good enough, isn't good enough" as his parents taught him at an early age.Project Management: The Black Experience serves as the survival guide for experienced and aspiring black Project Managers. Eric shares the tactical principles to immediate add to your daily working experience to not only survive but excel as a black Project Manager. These life-learned principles include:*You must be two (sometimes 10) times better than you fellow white colleagues*Your good enough isn't enough as a black Project Manager*Break the cycle by helping other minority Project Managers*Learn your voice and be you (professionally)*How to adapt, survive, and excel in a white dominated corporate cultureBy combining his personal experiences and knowledge from his personal mentors, Eric hopes Project Management: The Black experience will shed more light on the diversity gap in Project Management and empower us all (blacks and whites) to make a difference.

The classic project manager's handbook, with new chapters and insights that demystify the new PM tools and the PMP® exam Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control has been the standard guidebook for project managers for more than 15 years. Addressing the key issues you face every day, Jim Lewis's benchmark book brings the subject alive with accessible, nontechnical questions, step-by-step guidelines, and real-world examples and applications. This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition provides an applications-oriented understanding of the issues you must confront and important tips for passing the Project Management Professional (PMP®) exam.

The purpose of "The Micromanager's Survival Guide: Strategies for Letting Go and Trusting Your Team" is to help managers, directors, supervisors, project managers, and new managers avoid the pitfalls of micromanagement. The book aims to provide practical strategies and actionable advice to help managers let go of control, trust their team, and achieve better results. The book is designed to be a guide for new managers who may be struggling with micromanagement. It offers a step-by-step approach to help managers identify the root causes of their micromanagement tendencies and provides practical strategies for letting go of control. The book includes case studies, real-world examples, and exercises to help managers apply the concepts they learn to their own situations.

The only book of forms that exactly follows the content of the PMBOK Guide, A Project Manager's Book of Forms provides a "road map" approach so readers know exactly where they are and what forms precede and follow their current position on a project. This Second Edition aligns with the release of the Fifth Edition of the PMBOK Guide. Hard copies of the forms may be taken and reproduced directly from the book, and completely editable electronic versions of all the blank forms, in Microsoft Office-compatible format, are available on an accompanying website. You may use them as is or tailor them to your own needs.