The Ultimate Guide to Project Management: Learn everything you need to successfully manage projects and get them done

by Matthew Guay, Danny Schreiber, Stephanie Briones (Illustrator)

It started as an idea, that next amazing thing your team is going to do. Perhaps you'll build the next big thing, add a feature your users have been waiting for, or write that book you've been thinking about for years. Perhaps you'll put a man on Mars, or land a rocket on a boat, or reinvent the car.Perhaps. But first, you'll need a plan.Plans map your path, list what it takes to get there, and what needs done first. They're the essential ingredient to making sure your rocket has enough fuel, that you have a team ready to launch it, and that you actually build the rocket in the first place. They're what make project management *work*.There's no set way to make a plan, nothing you must do to get from zero to hero. But there are a handful of popular project management strategies, dozens of project management apps, and an entire ecosystem of tools to gather feedback and set deadlines and track time and *manage* those projects. You're ready to launch that rocket, but first, it's back to the basics.It's time for Project Management 101.In this book, you'll learn everything you need to know about project management. You'll find detailed overviews of the most popular project management strategies, advice from teams around the world on how they manage projects, and roundups of the best tools to help your projects flow smoothly. It's everything you need to plan that rocket launch—and make sure it lands in the right place.Who Is This Guide For?Projects come in all shapes and sizes. Your team's next big invention? That's a project. Remodeling your kitchen? Ditto.This book starts out with the basics of project management—it gets you up to speed on what lean, gantt, scrum and other project management terms are all about. It's perfect for the first time project manager, or anyone who feels overwhelmed by projects.Then, there's app roundups of the best project management tools, along with the app stacks teams use to handle everything else in their projects. Those come alongside expert advice on running projects, choosing software, and using project management apps for personal tasks. They're perfect for anyone managing projects—whether you're looking for better tools and tricks to keep projects on schedule, or are just starting out.

Genres: Business

257 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 30, 2016

Reviews

[Héctor Iván Patricio Moreno · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has been written as an effort to expand the knowledge of users about products and apps that are the core of Zapier service. As it, you should be expecting some (or a lot) of marketing for their products and services.

Off of that, this book is a good resource to learn about how to manage a project using digital tools and gathers a lot of resources to pick the right one. Also gives you a lot of ideas about automation and digital stack from teams around the world.

[Maritza Arreola ✨ · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read good advices to manage a project from
this book, but basically it’s a guide of the different softwares that you can buy to use in your work

[Susan Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great guide to project management in general. It only loses a star due to the sequence of its chapters.
Zapier has huge potentials for many users but there's definitely a learning curve that won't be mastered without some guides written from the people who built it in the first place.
This is the type of educational content the one wish to have from every single software and app if they were to be genuinely useful and beneficial to the end user.

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very strong coverage of current Apps and systems for project management yet light on understanding culture, problem solving and how to deliver successful projects. The book fails in my view to match the headline grabbing title.

Title is misleading in my opinion and once that is resolved then yes, it's a good ultimate guide on project management apps.

[Kaspars Koo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for very beginners.
Good list of tools and examples how to connect and automate them.
Can skip the other stuff, because it is not relevant for project management or it is not very precise (there are better explanations of lean, agile, scrum etc. out there).

[Richard · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nearly useless, it only gives you an idea of the apps that are around.

[sravan kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Details are good..

Details are good... but focused too much on what apps are available... could be more elaborate about any one example

[Leigh Seaman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to read, detailed explanation of Project Management- what it is, what it involves, how to perform tasks required to complete. Excellent primer on the subject.

[Andie Rix · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not helpful

I had expected information on project management instead I got an advertisement for Zappier. Again, not helpful. Very disappointed. Oh well.