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IT Project Management - On Track |
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- On Track from Start to Finish
Joseph Phillips
McGraw-Hill
Softcover, 300 illus. , 1040 pages.
04/2002
$50.00
ISBN 0-0722-2349-9
available
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world’s leading SAP...
Complete IT projects on time and within budget using the expert advice
and valuable insight contained in this book. Find out how to best
use your skills to keep your team motivated and address challenges
including changing business needs, budget restrictions, technical
barriers, and even office politics. Contains handy worksheets and
project files on the CD-ROM to help you practice what you've just
learned.
1: Starting the Project
2: Researching the Project
3: Working with Management
4: Creating the Budget
5: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
6: Organizing a Project Team
7: Building the Project Plan
8: Implementing the Project Plan
9: Revising the Project Plan
10: Enforcing Quality
11: Managing Teams 12: Completing the Project
A: CompTIA IT Project+ Exam Objectives
B: Working as an Independent Contractor
C: Additional Resources
D: About the CD-ROM
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Pre Review
We found the structure of the book in line with the quality it should
have.
Printing mistakes were not found.
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| Rating Areas |
Rating |
| Quality of Information |
A |
| Easiness of understanding |
A |
| Learning success, close to reality |
AB |
| Cover Design and Layout |
AB |
| Quality for Money value |
AB |
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Final Review
This guide to IT project management has been well thought through.
A lot of emphasis has been put on soft skills such as managing crisis
scenarios. The more calculation area of PM has been worked through
a bit more basic. This is compensated by many excel bases exercises
included on CD. The exam prep kit gives you a good idea how well prepared
you are.
Nevertheless you need to study a lot. From own experience I must say
that even with real world experience, it is not guaranteed to lead
to a successful passing of the exam.
But I must stand aside and protect all books I have reviewed until
now! it is not their fault if you fail an exam. It is a painful experience
to see 220 € fall to pieces.
I give the blame to the multi cultured business we work in. No, by
multi culture I am not talking about peoples culture, nationality
or colour. It is the way bosses make us PMs take decisions. PMs have
had to take routes that are a waste of time or money just because
their bosses feel like going this path.
I have experienced team leaders mess up my team building measures
just because they must let everyone in the team know that they are
the fat cat.
Not every team leader or project lead or manager is blessed with
skills needed to motivate and manage the teams continuous development.
But being blessed with soft skills is not all to project management.
You need to be able to get projects in on time.
Try to get a module for your project? Try getting it for 50% of
the regular price. This a task I have to regularly undertake some
times it works and some times it doesn't. But is nice to hear a satisfied
project sponsor grin at the sight of a 50% bargain for a complex
solution. If he tells you that you are doing great work because you
are blessed with a superb purchasing policy. Then you know
what is one of the most soft pleasures of working as a PM.
The book covers the principles of management, budgeting and
leadership of IT projects and IT professionals. Each chapter
features interviews with experienced IT project managers from Eli
Lilly, Motorola, Compaq, Microsoft and others.
In order to make a book or an article easy to read you must add humour
and interesting stories. This is the case with Joseph's book. As IT
Project+ certified MCSE, MCT and CTT+ he has lots of books on his
credit.
The accompanying CD-ROM includes project management exercises for
each chapter, templates, and sample files.
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Result |
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JYes, this is a real study guide. take time to learn and exercise.
But be sure that you are right for this career. if so go for it!
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Review done by: Christian
Bartsch , IT Project+ |
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