The views expressed in these introductory reviews are strictly those of Max Wideman.
The contents of the books under review are the copyright property of the respective authors.
Published here August 2013.

Introduction
Book 1 - Enterprise Project Governance
Introduction | Table of Contents | General Observations and Recommendations
Book 2 - Improving Your Project Management Skills
Introduction | Table of Contents | General Observations and Recommendations
Book 3 - Project Sustainability
Introduction | Table of Contents | General Observations and Recommendations

Book 2 - Improving Your Project Management Skills, Second Edition by Larry Richman, 2012

Table of Contents

The content of this book is set out in 5 parts covering 14 chapters and 2 Appendices as follows:

Part 1: Project Management Foundations
 

1.

The Core Concepts

Part 2: Initiating
 

2.

Defining and Authorizing the Project

Part 3: Planning
 

3.

Collecting Requirements and Defining Scope
 

4.

Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
 

5.

Defining and sequencing Activities
 

6.

Estimating Activities
 

7.

Scheduling Activities
 

8.

Identifying Resources and Budgets
 

9.

Compiling the Major Components of a Project Plan

Part 4: Executing, Monitoring, and Controlling
 

10.

Executing Projects
 

11.

Monitoring and Controlling Projects
 

12.

Leading and Directing Project Teams
 

13.

Managing Risk

Part 5: Closing
 

14.

Closing a Project

Appendix A: Learning Resources

Appendix B: Glossary

The book has 212 pages in which a lot of credible content is covered. We were particularly pleased to note that the book includes a Glossary of project management terms (see Appendix B). All the chapters are plain and straightforward, each chapter diving straight into the subject matter at the beginning and finishing without ceremony when the topic coverage is complete.

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