You don't have to be an MBA to learn the principles of project management! This book gives you comprehensive, easy-to-understand guidelines for getting your projects done on time and under budget.
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You don't have to be an MBA to learn the principles of project management! This book gives you comprehensive, easy-to-understand guidelines for getting your projects done on time and under budget.
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Sunny and Kim Baker have been helping guide marketing and business-development projects for companies of all sizes since 1984. Their consulting company specializes in coordinating marketing programs, starting companies, launching new products, and reengineering corporations for efficiency.
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137 of 140 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Consider something more comprehensive.....,
By slgiesen@aol.com (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Management (Paperback)
I've acquired two books on project management this year "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Management" and "The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management" by Eric Verzuh (also available through Amazon--at exactly the same price!).The "Fast Forward MBA in Project Management" was far more comprehensive and far better organized than the "Idiot's" book. I had no difficulty following the "Idiot's" book but I didn't learn anything. The chapters were logically sequenced but what happened within the chapters often had no rhyme or reason whatsoever. I like the Dummies/Idiot's books for software but this time it didn't gel (which surprised me because Kim and Sunny Baker are well known in project management circles). I don't feel as negative about this book as some of the other reviewers (it's better than nothing if you are a complete "newbie" to Project Management) but there are much better books out there and the best I've seen in a long time is "The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management". It turns out there is an entire series of "Fast Forward MBA" books and they are published by John Wiley and Sons (which is about the most respectable publishing house around).
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I really like the approach. A winner for those new to PM.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Management (Paperback)
You really need to get this book--it's not a comprehensiveintroduction to PM--but it is a very practical one; the best I'vefound and I've been looking at a lot of them. Get it. Enjoy it. Love the quotes. It has a sense of humor--something the other books lack.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
terrific for those wanting to start in PM,
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Management (Paperback)
A friend of mine suggested that I start to look at Project Managementto help me organize the variety of projects I do at work in a largeautomotive company. (Interestingly enough, the division I'm in has no real PM processes in place.) I searched for books that could get me going in the right direction and as quickly as possible (in addition to joining the Project Management Institute...) This book was an easy read, but presented a lot of tools that I could implement almost immediately. After reading the book, I started seeing very obvious improvement in my team's work--we started to actually understand what we wanted to accomplish and where we were going. If you're interested in getting a quick start and basic understanding about PM, start with this book! END
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The twenty-first century is here along with tighter budgets, less time to get things done, and fewer resources. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
purchase phone system, standard task unit, common project problems, core implementation team, implement closing, product development lifecycle, first project meeting, new sales office, project implementation team, referent authority, project management programs, newsletter project, project diary, executing phase, negative float, kickoff event, noncritical tasks, project kickoff, network diagram, core project team, project management techniques, good project manager, project management methods, successful project management, project lifecycle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Water, The Least You Need, The Project Planning Processes, The Processes That Work, Getting What You Need, More Changes, Other Stuff, Putting It All Together, Agency Retainer, Attend Boston Show, Attend Chicago Show, Attend Las Vegas Show, Company Newsletter, Microsoft Project, New Ad Program, New Product Brochure, New Product Package, Press Tour, Project Management Institute, Start Project, Taking the Bull, Winning Implementation Team, World Wide Web, Customer Conference, Direct Mail Program New!
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The twenty-first century is here along with tighter budgets, less time to get things done, and fewer resources. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
purchase phone system, standard task unit, common project problems, core implementation team, implement closing, product development lifecycle, first project meeting, new sales office, project implementation team, referent authority, project management programs, newsletter project, project diary, executing phase, negative float, kickoff event, noncritical tasks, project kickoff, network diagram, core project team, project management techniques, good project manager, project management methods, successful project management, project lifecycle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Water, The Least You Need, The Project Planning Processes, The Processes That Work, Getting What You Need, More Changes, Other Stuff, Putting It All Together, Agency Retainer, Attend Boston Show, Attend Chicago Show, Attend Las Vegas Show, Company Newsletter, Microsoft Project, New Ad Program, New Product Brochure, New Product Package, Press Tour, Project Management Institute, Start Project, Taking the Bull, Winning Implementation Team, World Wide Web, Customer Conference, Direct Mail Program New!
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- Checkered Flag Projects: Ten Rules for Creating and Managing Projects that Win! (2nd Edition) by W. Alan Randolph in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Effective Project Management, 2nd Edition by Robert K. Wysocki in Back Matter
- Project Management Training (ASTD Trainer's Workshop) by Bill Shackelford in Back Matter
- Visualizing Project Management: A Model for Business and Technical Success (with CD-ROM) by Kevin Forsberg in Back Matter
- Managing Multiple Projects by Michael Tobis in Back Matter
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