How to Manage Your First Project

Your Project Manager's Guide: 29 Day Boot Camp to Success

By: Henry Iain Shield

Narrated by: Jeff Bower

Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

The guidelines and ideas in this audiobook are a result of my extensive project management experience. I have successfully managed, implemented, and delivered countless projects, including complex global infrastructure-based projects. As a project manager, I have overseen new and modification projects utilizing on-shore and offshore resources and third parties. Thanks to over 25 years of project management experience, I have extensive knowledge covering the entire life cycle of a project, including initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing projects delivering business value.

I began my project management career as a team leader progressing to project manager. I have managed small and large scale projects with multi-million-pound transition budgets. I will confidently guide you through the fundamentals of successful project management. I have full project management qualifications from both The Project Management Institute and a Prince2.

My 25-years of project management experience covers complex projects for both private and public sector clients. I am proud to be known as a project manager with a solid pedigree to match. The best compliment I have received regarding my ability to share my knowledge is that I give common sense ideas and concepts culled from my ‘down-to-earth' experience befitting my decades of project management practice. I am proud to say that I have been at the coalface of project management, and now I want to impart my wealth of knowledge to you, the listener of this audiobook, looking to seek useful and practical help in the realm of project management.

This is a great guide for new project managers, ready to begin their career!

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Mr Tony Ingles (P)2020 Mr Tony Ingles

Great audio book

Finally, I’ve found a business book that I can fully understand and follow as a beginner in this field. Great job.

I like this book!

It is easy for listening to. There are no difficult terms. I like the author’s advice to bypass many traps that can drive your failure.

Enjoyed this listen

Best Boot camp, very informative and actually enjoyable. As someone with no project management experience. The author's case studies and examples are very useful.

Found it pretty good

I trust his advice and feel he has supported me through my first three months as a new project manager.

Best!

I think the best thing about the book is the ideas that I could instigate immediately to move my projects along quickly. That said, the content is thin for someone who is actually higher up in their career in project management. It does still have some good ideas

Very informative audible

Information about risk management as an important part of project monitoring and control – this was a very significant part of a book for me. It prepared me for the expected potential risks, but also for the steps I should take when something unexpected happens. This book is MUST HAVE for every person in the PM arena.

Provides helpful advice

It is a fully down to earth guide for managing projects of all sizes and complexities – all practical advice, no fluff – the goldmine for newly qualified project managers or even those without any formal qualifications in project management.

Great stuff!

Insightful and eye opening. Learnt alot on my first round of listening to it. Now will listen to it again to take notes and apply what I have learnt before I listen several times more to ensure the repetition enables me to master the art of project management. I salute.

Excellent short read for beginner PMs

I am completely new to the PM world and was blessed to be given an opportunity to work in his field. I am still learning as we all are all the time. This book helped me get some of the basic concepts down and understand some of the terminology that was being used. I am by no means where I want to be in this field, but this was a great help to someone brand new to it.

One question that may be audible or other readers can answer. Where is the PDF document that is supposed to come with the audible book? He references this a couple of times.

Practical advice provided!

While I was listening to this book I felt I had a personal teacher. The right choice for the narrator too. Down to earth examples and advice makes this book better than others. I will recommend this book to my colleagues.