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December 15, 2006
Every year, thousands of people are thrust into projects or project management roles at their companies. In fact, many project managers are assigned to or even placed in charge of high-profile projects, potentially worth millions of dollars to their organizations with no tools, no direction, and little structured training. This book is the first resource specifically designed to help these people! This revolutionary Course in a Book in real-world project management is perfect for people who are looking to get projects back on track, and who want easy-to-use tools that can make an immediate impact. Are you looking for project management tools and techniques that you can start using TODAY? Do you coach, mentor or manage project managers? Do you teach project management part-time or as a career? If so, Rita Mulcahy's latest book, PM Crash Course, Premier Edition, can help you!

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About the Author

Rita Mulcahy has helped tens of thousands of project managers become professionally certified. She is an internationally recognized expert on project management techniques, advanced project management theory, risk management and project management certification. Rita has over 15 years and US $2.5 billion worth of hands-on project experience, as well as over 10 best-selling project management resources to her credit. She speaks to thousands of executives and project managers each year, and has a reputation for helping people to learn and to have fun while doing it.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 200 pages
  • Publisher: RMC Publications; Premier edition (December 15, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1932735070
  • ISBN-13: 978-1932735079
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #602,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Rita Mulcahy, PMP, is an international expert in project
management "Tricks of the Trade," and best practices with over 15
years and $2.5 billion of hands-on experience. She has taught over
4,500 project managers from around the world and has helped over 1,500
people get ready to pass the PMP exam. Rita has helped write the PMP
exam and is one of only about 15 trainers PMI uses for worldwide
project management training. She has spent 7 years as a PMI chapter
officer and has spoken at Project World and PMI's International
Project Management Symposium to standing room only crowds in 1998 and
1999. Rita's work is sought after around the world.

Rita is the President of RMC - Project Management, a project
management training, consulting and speaking firm helping companies
use project management tools and techniques to complete projects
faster, cheaper, better, and with fewer resources. RMC - Project
Management is a Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) with the
Project Management Institute.

 

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3.0 out of 5 stars Crash driving - caution: these are trained professionals, February 15, 2007
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Rita Mulcahey is one of the leading training providers in the project management profession, not to mention one of the most engaging lecturers. The book shares these features: engaging, interesting, full of information, and a good companion if you are planning on taking a PM test any time soon. Several of my staff members have benefited from the effectiveness of her programs.

If you are a semi-skilled project manager who has not yet taken the PMI Certifiying exam, or who doesn't want to wade through the encyclopedic and difficult PM Body of Knowledge, then this is a very good, very easy to read overview of pretty much everything that a high-speed project manager would want to know and do.

However, in my initial impression, I would assume that a "crash course" is intended for someone who does NOT have the required skills and needs to get some results in a hurry.

What this book is not, is a useful guidebook for someone who is getting started in the role of project manager. It is just too complete. The new PM will despair, and those who resist PM as "overhead" will have plenty of new evidence. Mulcahey makes the point over and over that PM is about planning ahead in order to avoid failure down the road, when corrective action is expensive. This is absolutely true, yet it may be lost on a neophyte PM or their process-resistant manager who will see project management processes as just another straw on the camel's back. But who other than a new PM would _need_ a crash course as opposed to the more deliberate and thorough training that an experienced PM would need?

Short version of the PMBOK - definitely.
Review book for trained PMs - definitely. I will probably be buying some for my office for this very purpose.
"Crash course" for people unfamiliar with the practice of project management: this baby's too hot for you to handle. Remember, the project managers you see succeeding around you are trained professionals.
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4.0 out of 5 stars PM Crash Course is what it is, December 22, 2006
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This is a fine book to learn the essentials of project management. Cover price of $39 is a little steep. It is a quick read. The exercises are valuable and made me think before I had a chance to see what Rite wrote. This book does a good job of covering the basics of project management and in a concise way. Topics were presented in a way that a new project manager could learn how to conduct a successful project. I wish every new project manager in my company would read this book and use at least one of the ideas they get in their next project.

Since I'm an experienced project manager and have read many PM books this was still an interesting book as a quick review. I recommend Neal Whitten's "No Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects" for both inexperienced and experienced project managers. It is the best project management book I know of.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nerd, November 22, 2011
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I am a nerd and I loved it. It is easy to read, educational and you can break it up into chapters.
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