Book Review: Making Things Happen by Scott Berkun

Are you looking for an informative book on IT project management written in a colloquial style? Scott Berkun’s Making Things Happen covers a range of issues that a project manager faces, including the truth

Book Review: Project Management by Gary R. Heerkens

This book provides a concise overview of the steps involved in managing a project. It is easier to read than the “Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge," while covering much of the same material.

Book Review: Project Workout: Third Edition by Robert Buttrick

Buttrick’s workout will get your project management skills in shape, fast! He shows us how to manage a project successfully within a challenging organizational culture.

Book Review: Creating the Project Office by Randall L. Englund, Robert Graham and Paul C. Dinsmore

Projects are all about change: whether it’s developing a new product or improving an existing process, projects are about doing things differently. Establishing a project office often involves change for the entire organization.

Book Review: The Project Manager’s MBA by Dennis J. Cohen and Robert J. Graham

While you don’t need an MBA to manage a project successfully, you do need to be able to “speak the language of business” to executive sponsors, according to Cohen and Graham. The authors treat projects as businesses in themselves.