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Essential Managers: Project Management (Essential Managers Series)

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An excellent, very portable, reference crammed cover-to-cover with easy to read information, including a multitude of diagrams and clear instructions that will allow managers and team players alike, to plan, monitor and control business projects to successful completion.

The Book is a great 'Guiding Light' - I mention this because Project Management is a wide topic. Any good business needs to begin with a plan to blueprint for operating and building company eg. Establishing, Budget, Targetting market, Competition etc. This book provides check lists with diagrams, graphs and examples that focus on SWOT (Strength, weakness, Opportunities and Threat) analysis of business. There's expert advice on team work, communication and developing Leadership and the authors' co-experience brings to limelight the basics of understanding the Project with topics like:

1. Defining Project
2. Planning Projects
3. Implementing Plans
4. Monitoring Performance

Quickie tips and perfect gem picks, this book from Defining leads to non stop information through monitoring and tracking progress tips, overcoming probs, dealing with change and summarizing assessment on management skills too. Dorling Kindersley's reference books has been a classy pick and gem on book shelf, this book also stands a 'Sure Pick' for lovers of Management field.

This is not a bad overview for a newbie project manager, but it tries to cover a lot of ground in a small area so essentially each point is only given a paragraph or two. Because of this, not much context is provided or a discussion of various situations that may arise. This is much more like one version of the "what" and not much of the "how".

This book is great for those unfamiliar with the fundamentals of project management and in need of a quick and easy guide designed to acquaint you with the basics. Also, for those working in project management, it is a good refresher of the essentials.

The basic outline is as follows:
1. The basics
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Reviewing progress
5. Making changes

A nice feature of this book includes a self-assessment at the end, so you can evaluate how you rate based on your past practices and the knowledge gained from reading the book.