Streetwise Project Management: How to Manage People, Processes, and Time to Achieve the Results You Need (Adams Streetwise Series)
Get Your Projects Done on Time and on Budget! Project management is one of the hottest topics in business right now, and with good reason—over 2/3 of projects are completed behind schedule and over budget! What’s more, outside project management consultants can charge thousands of dollars for a mere consultation. Streetwise® Project Management is a thorough guide to project management for any business owner, department, or project manager. Unlike other introductory guides on the market which simplistically focus on the HR side of project management, Streetwise® Project Management covers key aspects such as: ·Time management ·Resource allocation ·Quality control ·Risk management ·Controlling costs ·Communications management Streetwise® Project Management also explains project management methods, diagrams, software, evaluation, and review techniques—in an intelligent layperson’s style. Techniques for working with teams, conflict resolution, and negotiating office politics are also covered. Streetwise® Project Management will help you sidestep the issues that can potentially derail a project getting done on time and on budget. How to Launch a Project the Right Way ·Determining your objective ·Working with a project sponsor ·Understanding time constraints ·Writing project charters

Planning Smart ·Determining project requirements ·Balancing multiple projects ·Developing a task list ·Using time strategically Project Management Techniques ·Program evaluation and review techniques ·Critical Path Method ·Critical Chain Project Management ·Project management software

Customer Review: A great book for the novice project manager
A great book for the novice project manager and a good refresher course for those of us who are already doing it. There’s more to project management than just drawing Gantt charts. This book touches all aspects of project management, shows you how to deal with the people, politics and risks of the job. This book is probably the best of the lower priced project management books. My only complaint is that this book has 3 inches of margins, but I still think this book would be a bargain at twice the cost.

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The 25 Best Time Management Tools & Techniques: How to Get More Done Without Driving Yourself Crazy
A no-fluff, easy-to-read compilation of the best advice from the top 20 time management books. Recommendations cover five areas: Focus, Plan, Organize, Take Action, and Learn. Short chapters cover the A to Z of time management from finding out what time means to you to prioritizing, overcoming procrastination, and managing stress and well being. You can read the book from start to finish or zero in on specific areas for improvement. The book includes a useful annotated bibliography and bonus sections on recommended books on being successful and how to buy books for much less.

Customer Review: Trust this title!
Trust this title! This book really does contain The 25 Best Time Management Tools & Techniques. Ultimately this will tell you How to Get More Done Without Driving Yourself Crazy. Let’s face it–24 hours in a day don’t seem nearly long enough when you have multiple projects and deadly deadlines. These authors have put together strategies that actually work, simply because they have proven these techniques themselves. Both of them are out in the business world and therefore understand the time constraints, which led them to develop a solution for success.

The basic idea of the book is terrific. The authors read the top 20 time management books on the market and compiled the best advice into one easy-to-read book. Getting the benefit from 20 top-selling authors makes this one book a valuable resource. Five specific areas are covered: Focus, Plan, Organize, Take Action and Learn. A steady progression of ideas and actions are presented, allowing the reader time to think through the principles and actually apply them. Although it’s best to read the book straight through, if a reader is tight on time, these specific categories can be used to find certain areas that may need immediate improvement. Already, the book saves the reader time!

The 25 tools and techniques mentioned in the title have the potential to positively affect anyone in the business world. These principles are clear and concise, but most importantly, they are realistic. While they involve a lot of concepts already known to successful people, having them arranged in this manner was a definite plus. From prioritizing to organizing, this book takes the reader into the corporate world and gives them a solid and secure route to achieving maximum productivity.

An annotated bibliography and a couple bonus sections are helpful, although some readers may be overwhelmed with all the additional information. As a sourcebook and a place of ready reference, this book is a hands-down winner. Anyone in the business world can benefit from this book, whether they are a seasoned CEO or a bright-eyed and excited entrepreneur.

There is a definite upbeat attitude by the authors, drawing readers in and assuring them that success and time management can be achieved, once their relationship is understood and applied. Practical advice is freely given, and detailed plans of action are both clear and informative. There are principles to help the reader say no, delegate work and communicate better.

In an exciting and wonderful way, this book practices what it preaches. It gleans the best advice, organizes it in a logical sequence, provides additional references and sums it all up for the reader. There is a lot of very useful information in this book. Sit down with a notebook beside you and prepare to be impressed at the authors’ research and be ready to put these ideas into action. These field-tested, concrete management techniques can definitely help you get more done in the course of a day, while keeping sane. There is something useful on every page, and the way these techniques are presented makes the concepts readily available and easy to remember.

Raymond Le Blanc. psychotherapist & economist
Author: Achieving Objectives Made Easy! Practical goal setting tools & proven time management techniques

Customer Review: The 25 Best Time Management Tools & Techniques
I was not impressed with the value of the ideas in this book. Very basic information that most people already know. I would suggest finding a book with more original ideas than this one. The authors say they read the top 20 time management books on Amazon and took ideas from those books. I would prefer an author that had some ideas based on thier own experience or on some new ideas they might have and then I might get something new. Pass on this one!

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