I'm Not God, I'm Just a Project Manager!: 3rd Edition

by Ken Whitaker

As if being a project manager (or a ScrumMaster) isn’t difficult enough… If you are sick and tired of being held accountable for taming a wild crew of technical misfits that must deliver projects on time, this book is exactly what you need. The 3rd (2020) edition of "I’m Not God, I’m Just a Project Manager!" presents indispensable techniques that will help you get in control of teams and management that expects you to act “godly” in the midst of chaos. Chapter 1: I'm No Juggler (impact of multitasking) Chapter 2: Only Rabbits Like Carrots (handling incentives) Chapter 3: I Can't Schedule What I Don't Know (dynamo scheduling techniques) Chapter 4: The Customer is #1, Right??? (getting your priorities aligned) Chapter 5: You Can't Expect Me to Fix This Broken Team (motivating a dysfunctional project team to be a great team)

83 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 27, 2011

Reviews

[Marcus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad overview of the role in a sampler version, picked up from a conference. June 2014.

[Dana * · Rating 2 out of 5]

Seems disjointed and a bit wandering. Could have used some more organization.