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Project Management Summaries

Who does what, when and how? The chief reason many good ideas fall by the wayside is badly managed implementation. Learn how to direct a project well.

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The Checklist Manifesto
 

Atul Gawande

Metropolitan Books, 2009

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Aspects of Complexity

Terry Cooke-Davies

Project Mgmt Inst., 2011

(8)

3 months ago

Industrial Megaprojects

Edward W. Merrow

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011

(9)

4 months ago

Designing for Growth
 

Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie

Columbia UP, 2011

(8)

4 months ago

AMA Business Boot Camp

Edward T. Reilly

AMACOM, 2012

(7)

5 months ago

The Skilled Facilitator
 

Roger Schwarz

Jossey-Bass, 2002

(7)

5 months ago

Good Works!

Philip Kotler et al.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012

(8)

7 months ago

How PowerPoint Makes You Stupid
 

Franck Frommer

The New Press, 2012

(7)

9 months ago

Winning Government Business

Steve R. Osborne

Management Concepts, 2011

(7)

11 months ago

The Program Management Office Advantage
 

Lia Tjahjana et al.

AMACOM, 2009

(7)

1 year ago

How to Save a Failing Project

Ralph R. Young et al.

Management Concepts, 2009

(7)

1 year ago

Offshore Outsourcing of IT Work

Mary C. Lacity and Joseph W. Rottman

Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

(7)

1 year ago

Fast Projects

Fergus O'Connell

Pearson Education Limited, 2009

(9)

1 year ago

Manage Your Project Portfolio

Johanna Rothman

The Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2009

(7)

1 year ago

eXtreme Project Management

Doug DeCarlo

Jossey-Bass, 2004

(7)

1 year ago

The Negotiation Book
 

Steve Gates

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011

(8)

2 years ago

A Manager's Guide to Project Management

Michael B. Bender

FT Press, 2009

(6)

2 years ago

Stand Back and Deliver
 

Pollyanna Pixton et al.

Addison-Wesley, 2009

(9)

3 years ago

The Mythical Man-Month
 

Frederick P. Brooks

Addison-Wesley, 1995

(9)

3 years ago

Communications Skills for Project Managers
 

Michael Campbell

AMACOM, 2009

(6)

3 years ago

Managing
 

Henry Mintzberg

Berrett-Koehler, 2009

(6)

3 years ago

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Project Management

Project management unquestionably is one of the most important responsibilities for any executive or manager. Planning and executing a project or initiative to a successful conclusion is a formidable challenge regardless of your own talent, skill and experience. getAbstract’s summaries focusing on project management help you understand all the steps that can make the process profitable and rewarding.

Big Responsibilities

Project leaders are in charge of orchestrating a multifaceted endeavor that incorporates planning, organizing and managing. Depending on your industry and the size of your operation, your project may include a handful of employees or hundreds of workers across multiple departments. Before launching an initiative, the project manager must determine whether his workforce can competently handle the assignment.

Since projects usually have a specific completion date, you have to ensure that your workforce meets the deadlines along the way and that they execute each stage of the project in the proper sequence. CEOs typically frown on cost overruns, so staying within your budget is another of your primary concerns.

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Our legion of satisfied subscribers, which includes several Fortune 500 companies, relies on getAbstract to provide insight, guidance and recommendations. Our summaries are chock-full of sensible advice that will improve your chances of realizing your goals and objectives. What’s more, you’ll be warned about the pitfalls of project management from respected business leaders who learned the hard way. 10 minutes is all you need to read a typical summary – and getAbstract’s library boasts hundreds of project management book summaries overflowing with know-how.

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