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Project Management for Mere Mortals: The Tools, Techniques, Teaming, and Politics of Project Management
For anyone who wants to master project management&;from novices to experienced PMs who want to successfully run more complex projects. Looking for a better way to master today&;s rapidly changing programming technologies? Want expert help, but don&;t have the time or energy to read a book? Can&;t find classroom training worth the money? Discover self-paced, personal video instruction from the world&;s leading technology experts. In this LiveLesson&;which contains 7+ hours of hands-on video training&;top project management trainer Claudia Baca makes real-world project management simpler and easier than ever before. Project Management for Mere Mortals ® is a comprehensive video training course that teaches key techniques, using a live case study that covers all five process groups of project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/controlling, and closing. Learn at your own pace and get practical, common-sense help with scoping, scheduling, budgeting, organizing work, building teams, setting quality goals, identifying risks, coping with politics, controlling changes, baselining, ending projects, and much more!
104 pages, Paperback
First published June 25, 2007
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April 23, 2020
Let’s face it: Project Management is not the most exiting topic to write about. Is not very likely that the next Game Of Thrones or Lord of the Rings best seller will have anything at all to do with PM. But Claudia makes it interesting with her examples and pro tips that are a refreshing addition to the heaviness from the PMBOK.
PM hero’s examples are also a nice feature as the politics section. Which in my experience tends to be the most sensitive aspect of PM.
I read the 2007 edition in 2019, so inevitably some examples seem outdated as does the joint effort to connect with the MS Project book. A little update with more recent technologies and tools, new apps, versions of Project, Trello, Smartsheets and the likes could be interesting. Probably adopting the trend of expanding textbooks with online resources and business cases would enhance the learning experience in a significant way and make the contents more appealing to Gen Z PM students.
PM hero’s examples are also a nice feature as the politics section. Which in my experience tends to be the most sensitive aspect of PM.
I read the 2007 edition in 2019, so inevitably some examples seem outdated as does the joint effort to connect with the MS Project book. A little update with more recent technologies and tools, new apps, versions of Project, Trello, Smartsheets and the likes could be interesting. Probably adopting the trend of expanding textbooks with online resources and business cases would enhance the learning experience in a significant way and make the contents more appealing to Gen Z PM students.
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