Project Management for Small Projects, Third Edition

by Sandra F. Rowe

Project Management for Small Projects shows you how to tailor bureaucratic planning processes to a sleek minimum while still keeping your project running like a well-oiled machine. Managing projects requires time, effort, and discipline, regardless of the project size. The difference between managing larger and smaller projects is not only the amount of time, effort, and discipline but also the processes and tools. For years, this book has helped managers of small projects design scalable processes and simplified tools for immediate use in managing small projects. And since most small projects tend to be similar in structure or outcome, a template for one project can be used for future projects. This third edition has been updated to align with the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and provides new tools, templates, and techniques to support the revised processes. In addition, there is new material on agile project management and on the essential leadership skills for small-project managers. (PMBOK® is a trademark of the Project Management Institute Inc., which is registered in the United States and other nations.)

Genres: Business

420 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2006

Reviews

[Lukasz · Rating 5 out of 5]

PMBOK was at the vesion 4 when I took the PMP exam, so it was great to refresh the PM methodology with this guide as it is based on the latest PMBOK version so far, which is the version 6. Additionally the book applies perfectly the PMP body of knowledge to managing small project, so that they are managed profesionally, but with the right amount of overhead and processes. The small project, as they are small, they might not require much overhead, but it is still necessary to keep some of the basics so that the right results are achieved. Great book. I really recommend it.

[Max D'onofrio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty matter of fact book on project management. I should go back and takes better notes and she how I can apply it to my own work. This is not my favorite subject, so I am learning. ,

[Afshin Afshar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent read for all those project managers who regularly deal with small and/or simple projects that need a less structurally complicated and yet tailored and properly fitted approach. The author clearly shows how one can take the bigger PMI/PMBOK approach and fit it to smaller projects.