Essential Managers: Project Management

by Peter Hobbs

Find out how to improve your project management skills by defining a project brief, identifying stakeholders and building a team. You’ll learn to initiate a project, set deadlines and manage your budgets.
Tips, dos and don’ts and ‘SOS’ hints on what to do in a particular situation, plus real-life case studies demonstrating key skills such as delegating effectively, managing change and evaluating success. Read it cover to cover, or dip in and out of topics for quick reference.
Handy tips in a pocket-sized format – take it wherever your work takes you.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Management

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Lauren Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is tiny, only 4” x 6” and 72 pages. Its title says it all. It’s a primer. It doesn’t go in-depth with strategies for every situation, but alerts you to everything you need to anticipate. The step-by-step breakdown of the process, from defining your goals to getting cooperation from everyone involved, to checking progress, completing/releasing/launching the work and taking a final look at the quality of your accomplishment both just before and sometime after release, are well-defined in four simple chapters: “Thinking project,” “Setting up a project,” “Managing work in progress,” and “Going live.” Equally important, this book won’t age. The tactics offered are only broad suggestions for appropriate tools without going into particular vendors, or programs, etc. that are obsolete over time.

It’s not just for work. Our lives are filled with projects: planning vacation, choosing a pet, remodeling the kitchen, helping Dad downsize. If we think of all of our tasks as projects, we just may be more productive.

Lauren Williams, Owner, Casual Uncluttering LLC, Woodinville, WA, USA

[Kevin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very basic

[SophWillRead · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to read. Basic PM pricinples, process, and high-level review of waterfall and agile methods.

[Annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is a basic introduction to project management.

[Eri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought provoking! Learn with Peter Hobbs how to manage your projects - either for profits or non-profits and eventhough you are housewives - effectively and efficiently. This book certainly help us where and how are we going to get our projects done manageably:) Ensure clarity for our projects plans with minimum risks and consequences.

[Loreley · Rating 5 out of 5]

very useful for reviewing before exams. The information is presented nicely and case studies chosen wisely :D

[Hemant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Important things about project management in nutshell