The art of project management

By: Berkun, ScottMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Beijing ; Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, ©2005Description: xii, 488 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9780596007867; 0596007868Subject(s): Project management | LeadershipDDC classification: 658.404
Contents:
A brief history of project management (and why you should care) -- The truth about schedules -- How to figure out what to do -- Writing the good vision -- Where ideas come from -- What to do with ideas once you have them -- Writing good specifications -- How to make good decisions -- Communication and relationships -- How not to annoy people : process, email, and meetings -- What to do when things go wrong -- Why leadership is based on trust -- How to make things happen -- Middle game strategy -- End game strategy -- Power and politics.
Summary: In this book, you'll learn from a veteran manager of software and web development how to plan, manage, and lead projects. This personal account of hard lessons learned over a decade of work in the industry distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice. Inspiring, funny, honest, and compelling, this is the book you and your team need to have within arms reach. It will serve you well with your current work, and on future projects to come. - Publisher.
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Includes index

A brief history of project management (and why you should care) --
The truth about schedules --
How to figure out what to do --
Writing the good vision --
Where ideas come from --
What to do with ideas once you have them --
Writing good specifications --
How to make good decisions --
Communication and relationships --
How not to annoy people : process, email, and meetings --
What to do when things go wrong --
Why leadership is based on trust --
How to make things happen --
Middle game strategy --
End game strategy --
Power and politics.


In this book, you'll learn from a veteran manager of software and web development how to plan, manage, and lead projects. This personal account of hard lessons learned over a decade of work in the industry distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice. Inspiring, funny, honest, and compelling, this is the book you and your team need to have within arms reach. It will serve you well with your current work, and on future projects to come. - Publisher.

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