Project Management Best Practices: Achieving Global Excellence

by Harold R. Kerzner

The comprehensive guide to project management implementation, updated with the latest in the field Project management has spread beyond the IT world to become a critical part of business in every sphere; built on efficiency, analysis, and codified practice, professional project management leads to the sort of reproducible results and reliable processes that make a business successful. Project Management Best Practices provides implementation guidance for every phase of a project, based on the real-world methodologies from leading companies around the globe. Updated to align with the industry’s latest best practices, this new Fourth Edition includes new discussion on Agile and Scrum, tradeoffs and constraints, Portfolio PMO   tools, and much more. Ideal for both college and corporate training, this book is accompanied by an Instructor’s Manual and PowerPoint lecture slides that bring project management concepts right into the classroom. As the field continues to grow and evolve, it becomes increasingly important to stay current with new and established practices; this book provides comprehensive guidance on every aspect of project management, with invaluable real-world insight from leaders in the field.

Genres: Management

784 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2006

Reviews

[Angela Risner · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had high hopes for this book, but I'm so happy that I didn't have to pay for it. There are some valuable insights in here, but as another reviewer said, the layout and the way the information is organized and presented is terrible. Very few people want 792 pages of black and white text. I would think that with all of the studies out there concerning adult learning theory, reference books and/or textbooks would have evolved into much more user-friendly forms, with more colorful graphics.

With the availability of materials online today, I'm sure that the majority of the companies featured in the book have some (if not all) of the information available through other means that purchasing this book.

Only recommend if you are going for your PMP Certification. Or enjoy incredibly dry textbook reading.

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[Ricardo Vargas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good case studies book from Harold Kerzner. Sometimes it is a challenge on this book because the companies he talks are not necessarily huge international enterprises so it is hard to make comparisons. But is a very good book.

Livro muito bom de estudos de caso escrito por Harold Kerzner. Algumas vezes é meu desafio no livro está relacionado as organizações que ele apresenta. Normalmente elas não são grandes conglomerados e é difícil fazer comparações. Mas é um livro muito bom.

[Xian]

coming soon :)