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Title: Project Management : Best Practices for IT Professionals by Richard Murch ISBN: 0-13-021914-2 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 04 October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Hits the nail on the head . . .
Comment: Much of what is written about project management misses the whole point. When managing a "project", you are simply managing people. All the metrics and project management software in the world will not make a successful project. It's the efforts, motivation and skill of the people involved that yield success. Mr. Murch's project management approach begins with people - understanding the necessary skills for the PM, clearly defining project team roles, devoting an entire chapter to team motivation and retention, exploring ways to involve and empower end users. The metrics and methodologies are presented as well, with case studies that clarify and emphasize important points. The book also covers the tricky topics of problem management, risk management and crisis management. I also found the sections on configuration management and release management beneficial. This is project management presented by someone who's lived it in the trenches and truly has "best practices" to share with other professionals and students of the field.
Rating: 5
Summary: Important new work - Quality and Value
Comment: This is an important new work on project management that is written is refreshing new way that gives the reader new perspectives on the problems of managing projects. Murch has found a way to stimulate his readers. The book continually draws you in and is so interesting - - among the topics are history, team building, team retention ( a very important topic) project reporting and skills development. All this is achieved in the first section.
In the next section Murch details a complete Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) down to the task level, suggesting best practices - very few books have ever done this. This alone justifies the price and value of this book.
In the techniques section, he reviews necessary project management methods such as Rapid Application ( RAD ), problem management, risk management, PM methodologies, (another very important topic) and other topics
In conclusion as a seasoned and battle scarred Project Manager - this book will be read by my team(s) and other members of my organization.
It will not leave my desk - excellent --- full kudos to Mr. Murch.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good text on Project Management
Comment: Mr. Richard Murch's book on Project Management can very well serve as a textbook for any beginner venturing into the area for the first time. All the same, for organizations, which impart project management training to its seasoned developers, this book could be a useful guide. Richard Murch has presented the subject with such dexterity that gives you a feeling of reading a travelogue- a real journey to Project management, from initiation to rollout.
Few books on Project management dissect its application into various SDLC areas, carefully giving pointers to best practices, key process areas, tools, methodologies and vivid examples. The special topics and appendices also give you a good insight into trends and additional references. For any successful project Manager, it would serve as a checklist of what they are practicing
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Title: IT Manager's Handbook: Getting Your New Job Done by Bill Holtsnider, Brian D. Jaffe ISBN: 1558606467 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Pub. Date: 20 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish by Joseph Phillips ISBN: 0072223499 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 07 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Information Technology Project Management, Second Edition by Kathy Schwalbe ISBN: 0619035285 Publisher: Course Technology Pub. Date: 16 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $60.95 |
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Title: Project Management Nation : Goals for the New and Practicing IT Project Manager - Guidance, Tools, Templates and Techniques that Work! by Jason Charvat ISBN: 0471139262 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) -- 2000 Edition by Project Management Institute ISBN: 1880410230 Publisher: Project Management Institute Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
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