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97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know 1st Edition

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4.3 out of 5 stars (29)
If the projects you manage don't go as smoothly as you'd like, 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know offers knowledge that's priceless, gained through years of trial and error. This illuminating book contains 97 short and extremely practical tips -- whether you're dealing with software or non-IT projects -- from some of the world's most experienced project managers and software developers. You'll learn how these professionals have dealt with everything from managing teams to handling project stakeholders to runaway meetings and more.

While this book highlights software projects, its wise axioms contain project management principles applicable to projects of all types in any industry. You can read the book end to end or browse to find topics that are of particular relevance to you. 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know is both a useful reference and a source of inspiration.

Among the 97 practical tips:

  • "Clever Code Is Hard to Maintain...and Maintenance Is Everything" -- David Wood, Partner, Zepheira
  • "Every Project Manager Is a Contract Administrator" -- Fabio Teixeira de Melo, Planning Manager, Construtora Norberto Odebrecht
  • "Can Earned Value and Velocity Coexist on Reports?" -- Barbee Davis, President, Davis Consulting
  • "How Do You Define 'Finished'"? -- Brian Sam-Bodden, author, software architect
  • "The Best People to Create the Estimates Are the Ones Who Do the Work" -- Joe Zenevitch, Senior Project Manager, ThoughtWorks
  • "How to Spot a Good IT Developer" -- James Graham, independent management consultant
  • "One Deliverable, One Person" -- Alan Greenblatt, CEO, Sciova
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  4. Publisher
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  5. Publication date
    September 22, 2009
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
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  8. Print length
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Barbee Davis, PMP, PHR, writes a semi-monthly feature for the Project Management Institute (PMI) international publication, Community Post, in which she guides project managers to more successful projects. She is also an international reviewer for the PMI Registered Educational Provider (R.E.P.) program.

Experienced in training and consulting, Barbee has written and facilitated technical training for IBM Corporation and other large customers. She has designed and implemented projects in varied industries, and managed large project rollouts for many national corporations.

As co-owner of ExecuTrain of Nebraska, Barbee provided technical training for solution developers and systems engineers, as well as offering end-user training on all platforms. She came to ExecuTrain from Wilson Learning, where she was an accredited facilitator for their Management Development, Sales, Customer Service, Time Management workshops, and automated personnel selection tools.

Currently, Barbee owns Davis Consulting, formed to provide Training and Development workshops, customized training materials, and Project Management consulting services. She has been on staff with the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Nebraska Wesleyan, and Bellevue University and is proficient in online learning instructional design, having both written for and taught on Blackboard for universities and corporate clients. Ms. Davis holds a degree in Education, a Master's, a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) accreditation, and a black belt in Microsoft Project.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0596804164
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 22, 2009
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 250 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780596804169
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0596804169
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #3,225,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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  • Vid Moonbeam
    5.0 out of 5 stars Have to say I enjoyed this book a lot
    Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018
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    Have to say I enjoyed this book a lot. While I understand what some reviewers stated - that it is mostly about SW project management - many of the lessons apply across all industries. Of the 97 "things" (each two pages long), I dog eared 25 of them to refer back to and read again. Many good approaches and nice, easy take-aways you can bring to your work life. Lots of views I hadn't considered.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fast shipping
    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2021
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    Great product, great value, and fast shipping.
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  • Alexei Merkoulov
    4.0 out of 5 stars Useful book
    Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2015
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    Useful collection of various observations in the field of Project Management. This book should be re-read periodically to keep it fresh in your mind.
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  • Ira Laefsky
    5.0 out of 5 stars Pearls of Wisdom From Project Management Trenches
    Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2009
    Format: Paperback
    There are many books that have been written on heavy-duty (heavy-handed?) Project Management Methodologies, or the particular buzzwords and methods one must repeat to become certified in these methodologies. But, where the rubber meets the road, there are particular issues of note and secrets of successful project leaders that are often omitted, or under-emphasized in global approaches to project management, software and product development. Barbee Davis who writes a semi-monthly column for the Project Management Institute Community Post, and O'Reilly Publishers have collected the most important tips, concerns and wisdom of many successful project managers from software and other industries and collected 97 of these pearls of wisdom, in two page summaries which impart the point of significance, and just enough direction to carry out this advice in a practical project management situation.

    Pointed advice on particular approaches and tools, such as how to measure what is critical to the project's success, and how to efficiently use a wiki tool to organize a team's efforts, are often the details which are omitted or insufficiently specified in an overall Project Management Methodology. But these "how-to's" and "gotcha's" of Project Management, captured by real-life team leaders form the wisdom contained in this relatively compact volume.

    In order that this wisdom is available in the situations you as a project team leader need the voice of experience, a second table of contents is included, listing each of these pearls in easily recognized categories such as Agile Methods, Managing People and Teams, Communications, Purchasing Issues, International Issues and Distributed Teams.

    A new Project Manager would need several lifetimes of experience to acquire the wisdom of these established team leaders, and these pearls and sticking points are just the sort of issues omitted from many larger and more pretentious volumes on the project life cycle.

    -_Ira Laefsky
    MS Engineering, MBA, IT & HCI Consultant
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  • jose luis
    3.0 out of 5 stars Not exactly what expected, but not bad
    Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2012
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    I didn't know the collection "97 things..." and so I didn't know how it works. The book is a compilation of advices given by some experts all around the world. It's not that bad, but I supposed it would be more classified and estructured.
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  • Jim Holmes
    5.0 out of 5 stars Short, highly readable, informative
    Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2009
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    This is a terrific collection of small articles on many aspects of project management and successful team leadership. There are a large number of authors involved in this work, so the articles' voices vary, but each one is very well written and clear.

    I loved Neal Ford's and James Graham's articles on productivity and finding good individuals, and William Mills' Meetings Don't Write Code certainly fit right in with my core philosophy.

    The book's very easy to read and has a lot of valuable insight. Highly recommended!
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  • JavaGuy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Experience is important
    Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2010
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    Readers will find important and helpful advices in different knowledge areas and processes of project management.
    This book is a very good example of experience sharing.

    Alper Aykaç
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  • Reader from Florida
    4.0 out of 5 stars Bite sized pieces of PM wisdom
    Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2013
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    Brief anecdotes about best practices or warnings about potential pitfalls. Very useful and recommended if you are a project manager.
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  • Emanuele
    4.0 out of 5 stars Handbook for pm at a reasonable price
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 25, 2019
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    Few nice and handy tips for project managers are collected in this book. Easy to read and to be udestood even by beginners
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  • AndyK
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2017
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    Some useful nuggets. Some entertaining stories. Some of it biased towards software PM.
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  • mikemonte
    3.0 out of 5 stars Handy to have
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    Its worth buying. Have it on my iphone Kindle. COnsult it from time to time for inspiration. I would recommend it to any PM or developer.
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