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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book to help get me up to speed when I unexpectedly became the interim project manager for several important products my company was developing. I began the book with no knowledge of how things were supposed to be done and ended feeling confident that I could take on what was asked of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11729406">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Berkun was there at the dawn of IE 3 - 4 - 5. What a task trying to manage the MS development teams as they tried to define the uber-browser and then build it. And then miss deadlines. And then remove features. And then miss more deadlines. And then ship. And then fix.<br/><br/>Not so much a proje...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28927452">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It is one of the grate process-driven procedural textbook - I recommend this to anyone who is working as the project manager role, far above anything I've seen from the PMI. Good, basic skills and perspectives to guide your actions - lots of good responses to real-life common failure modes.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great process-driven procedural textbook - I recommend this to anyone entering into a project management role, far above anything I've seen from the PMI. Good, basic skills and perspectives to guide your actions - lots of good responses to real-life common failure modes. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great work-through of project management techniques for a team setting. Not as solid for a freelancer, but a good book none-the-less. Scott Berkun is a hilarious writer too, which always helps.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book presented a lot of extremely practical suggestions for managing projects. It's geared towards software development, but most of the ideas seem applicable to other areas.]]></body>
    
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