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Brilliant Project Management: What the Best Project Managers Know, Say and Do

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Authors: Stephen Barker, Rob Cole
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

5 reviews
Sales Rank: 255

Media: Paperback
Pages: 161
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.2 x 0.6

ISBN: 0273707930
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.404
EAN: 9780273707936
ASIN: 0273707930

Publication Date: March 1, 2007
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

I agree with the 5 stars for the other reviews! January 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Just to say, I've done my Prince2, read up on Scrum and Agile methods etc etc, but this book filled in the gaps - not just theory, but *practice* !!!

Practical, concise, and in my view essential.

5 out of 5 stars

A very clear and useful book October 3, 2007
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

A colleague recommended this book to me and I've used it to help me with a bit of a runaway project I was landed with. The chapter on planning really hit home, it made me sit down and think again. I could see myself falling into the all pitfalls they described. It's given me a list of points to work through and some confidence that I'm going in the right direction now.

I've also used a lot of the ideas in the chapter dedicated to risks and issues. I've had plenty of these to deal with! I smiled and nodded my head when I read about people who see dealing with r&i as a boring administrative exercise. The book provides simple ways to turn this into a very useful exercise, how to get them under control and how to deal with the problems that matter.

I was in firefighting mode when I first read the book so I tended to dip into certain chapters. But now things are back on track I'm taking a more leisurely stroll through the book again. The advice on people management is paying dividends now, especially as I was coming close to making one of classic mistakes they described. Reading the chapter on lessons learned was very useful too, yet another area I paid very little attention too previously.

As a general point, the book helps you to think ahead and try to avoid storing problems up for yourself. The book has got loads of check-lists and "top tips" - which are practical and make the advice easy to take on board. Whilst there's nothing on project management tools (e.g. PRINCE) this is probably a plus point. You know that the advice comes from experience rather than trotting out dry theory.

5 out of 5 stars

Why it worked for me May 30, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I found this book particularly useful having been away from Project Management for about a six months as it gave me a quick overview of all the main areas of Project Management.
I was about to be given a new project and the handover to me was looming..... the chapter on planning was very helpful as it provided me with a healthcheck to run through when the project was handed over to me and a thorough checklist re what should be included in a project plan.
The book is easy to read as it concentrates on practise rather than theory, which is my biggest complaint with other project management books.
I would thorougly recommend this book to fellow project managers as a useful reminder of art of project management to dip in and out of as required.

5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant concept - a must buy! April 6, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful

Ive been a project manager for a good few years and accumulated plenty of books on project management - many of which I confess are gathering dust on my bookshelves. There's a lot of stuff out there and some of it is fairly useful but I've never been tempted to recommend anything before. This book is differnt from most of the books I have bought. It's mainly about giving practical advice - and has lots of useful check - lists. It's also been written with a bit of humour, which makes it easy to digest. I also liked the idea of having some chapters on the people side of the job - eg facilitation and running meetings. I think there's plenty here that I can put to good use. Like the previous reviewer says, It's easy to dip into and I can't remember laughing at a book on project mangement before - I particularly liked the war stories. Nice one guys, highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars

Best Book on Project Management I've Read March 16, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

Great book that's very easy to read and full of useful advice. Style of the book makes it an ideal travel companion. I wish I'd had the benefit of working with such professional project managers on my past assignments.