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This book doesn't offer a 10-step plan for a successful project management career because no plan can possibly address every project contingency. This book is a necessary guide for any coordinator of people and projects. You may be a planner, thinker, strategist, project manager, business owner, executive leader, business analyst, athletic coach, parent or simply an individual curious about ways to become more effective at work. Any way you slice it, you'll benefit from reading this book.
The Effective Project Manager explains in easy-to-understand terms what you need to do in order to become the best project manager you can be—an Effective Project Manager (EPM). The key themes of this book include time management, people management and thoughtful production of work that matters.
You need to be able to tell what work is the most important during any given hour spent on the job. You'll learn how to accomplish this task by better understanding people and organizations. You'll get people to tell you things by listening, planning and leading. You'll turn into a doer who can handle any situation thrown at you. You'll learn how to organize your thoughts and structure your planning process by using mind maps and pictures. You'll find out how to track progress easily and give your teams proven processes to use. Finally, you'll learn the common traits that all EPMs share.
The book is split into two parts. Part 1 focuses on how to manage yourself and includes tools that will help you become more effective in both your professional and personal life. Part 2 focuses on how to manage others. If you can manage yourself and manage others effectively, then you can lead almost any project.
The Effective Project Manager explains in easy-to-understand terms what you need to do in order to become the best project manager you can be—an Effective Project Manager (EPM). The key themes of this book include time management, people management and thoughtful production of work that matters.
You need to be able to tell what work is the most important during any given hour spent on the job. You'll learn how to accomplish this task by better understanding people and organizations. You'll get people to tell you things by listening, planning and leading. You'll turn into a doer who can handle any situation thrown at you. You'll learn how to organize your thoughts and structure your planning process by using mind maps and pictures. You'll find out how to track progress easily and give your teams proven processes to use. Finally, you'll learn the common traits that all EPMs share.
The book is split into two parts. Part 1 focuses on how to manage yourself and includes tools that will help you become more effective in both your professional and personal life. Part 2 focuses on how to manage others. If you can manage yourself and manage others effectively, then you can lead almost any project.
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Jeremy Graybill
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November 26, 2014
I really enjoyed this book.In my experience, Project Managers can sometimes be a dime a dozen.It's the truly effective ones that stand out, and are the diamonds in the rough.The author gets right to the heart of what makes a Project Manager an Effective Project Manager (EPM). There are so many points and lessons made throughout this book that I thought were valuable and applicable daily, both in a Project Manager's career, as well as in their personal life. Here are some very brief highlights and snippets from the book: "Having a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) may help you land a job, but it won’t guarantee you’ll be effective at your job...Life isn’t a 10-step process, and you shouldn’t run your projects as a 10-step process either." The book's filled with specific examples of what to do, and what not to do, in various situations.This includes the work you're performing, along with working with others.Personally, I enjoyed the section "Learn to Chit Chat," because this is a big weakness of mine. I reached my character limit, but bottom line, excellent book. -Jeremy L. Graybill, PMP (& hopefully an EPM)
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