What You Need to Know About: Project Management

The "What You Need to Know About:" Series is what "For Dummies" "Idiot's Guide" books should have been. All the introductory guidance to get you started, but none of the embarrassment, or insult.

This one on Project Management is a near perfect primer on the otherwise terribly complicated world of Project Management (try Googling it, you'll never know where to start). It is also a well rounded introduction to best practices. The references to additional resources are excellent, and are mentioned throughout where applicable.

Anyone who wants to become a project manager professionally, should start here, even if only to get cleared up on the jargon, and vernacular first. Anyone looking to actually get things done more effectively, by managing their own projects with less confusion in their lives, may need go no further than this book.

Colin Mace's delivery is superb. I could listen to his reading all day.

The "What You Need to Know About:" Series is what "For Dummies" "Idiot's Guide" books should have been. All the introductory guidance to get you started, but none of the embarrassment, or insult.

This one on Project Management is a near perfect primer on the otherwise terribly complicated world of Project Management (try Googling it, you'll never know where to start). It is also a well rounded introduction to best practices. The references to additional resources are excellent, and are mentioned throughout where applicable.

Anyone who wants to become a project manager professionally, should start here, even if only to get cleared up on the jargon, and vernacular first. Anyone looking to actually get things done more effectively, by managing their own projects with less confusion in their lives, may need go no further than this book.

Colin Mace's delivery is superb. I could listen to his reading all day.

Nice listening to this book it did not have fluff and the content was exactly what I was looking for at the venture of my career.

No but it is easy to listen to except for references to external content.

Does a good job of covering the material without any real examples :)

It has some personality

Validation that people at my work know nothing about project management.

please please please please please please please please please please please please
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for someone who has worked on projects in the past but hasnt had any formal training, its a good way to understand the principles.

I love the narrator's presentation and witty comments. Very Informative AND Entertaining. Easy to Digest. I will listen again.

It is factual and to the point with ample references to further investigates if required - the way subject matter must be presented - to the point

Out of all the books I've read about Project Management this one seemed to stick to what has proven to work in the world without getting tied up in the symantics of process and compliance. Keep it simple s... that's what I was looking for.

A very short book outlining various subtopics in project management. Items such as planning, scheduling, negotiating, resources, contingencies, progress monitoring, and more are given brief explanations with advice. Although this isn't a comphrehensive solution to learning about project management, the definitions provided are a great start or review for anyone involved in any sort of formal projects. One of the things I liked was that the descriptions are viable for any type of project management, rather than only one standard or style. This was great, because the project standards I am used to are for software engineering, but this did give me a conception of how projects are managed elsewhere

I wish I'd heard of this book before I started my project mgmt job.

Very applicable. Good history and logic too.

Yes, I listen while I drive.