Absolute Beginner's Guide to Project Management

by Gregory M. Horine

Why learn project management the hard way? Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Project Management, Second Edition will have you managing projects in no time! Here’s a small sample of what you’ll You’ve just been handed your department's biggest project. Absolute Beginner's Guide to Project Management will show you exactly where to start—and walk you step by step through your entire project! Expert project manager Gregory Horine shows you exactly what works and what doesn’t, drawing on the field’s proven best practices. Understand your role as a project manager...gain the skills and discover the personal qualities of great project managers...learn how to organize, estimate, and schedule projects effectively...manage deliverables, issues, changes, risks, quality, vendors, communications, and expectations...make the most of technology...manage virtual teams...avoid the problems that trip up new project managers! This new edition jumpstarts your project management expertise even faster, with all-new insights on Microsoft Project, challenging project situations and intriguing project management topics of the day.

Genres: Business, Management, Nonfiction

424 pages, ebook

First published May 2, 2005

Reviews

[Dana * · Rating 3 out of 5]

solid overview at appropriate level of understanding.

[Vincent Alessi · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great breakdown of the project management book of knowledge (PMBOK). Simplifies and clarifies it wonderfully.