Project Management for Dummies – UK, 2nd UK Edition
£17.10
In today’s time-pressured and cost-conscious global business environment, reliable project management and competent delivery are more important than ever. Increasingly, project management is being seen as an essential management skill for all, as well as a career choice for many. This new UK edition of Project Management For Dummies, 2nd UK Edition quickly introduces you to the principles of successful project management with a clear and logical approach to help you deliver your projects, not only successfully, but also more easily. Unique to the UK edition, you’ll find clear guidance on using the highly logical product-based approach to project planning, along with advice on how to release the great power of the technique, not only for effective planning, but also for project control.
Updated with fresh content, tips, and tactics that cover everything you need to know from a project’s start to finish, this accessible guide takes you through every stage of project management. You’ll discover how to make project planning easier and more effective, manage resources and stay on track within a budget. Then you’ll find help and advice to help you motivate and manage your teams to help them perform at their best. To help you stay at the leading edge, you’ll also find two new chapters in this edition explaining project governance and the increasingly important international standard ISO 21500. In short, this book will help you master a highly valuable skill for advancing your career.
- Provides clear descriptions of who should do what in a project to prevent communication and control problems
- Presents the latest concepts in project management techniques
- Discusses how to keep risks under control during the project
- Includes access to online project management templates and checklists to aid in learning
If you’re a manager taking on a project for the first time or a more experienced project professional looking to get up to speed on the latest thinking and techniques, Project Management For Dummies, 2nd UK Edition equips you for project management success.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 2nd UK edition (20 Feb. 2015), For Dummies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 424 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1119025737 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1119025733 |
| Dimensions | 18.8 x 2.29 x 23.62 cm |
by Carly
I think anyone new to project management will this a bit hard going as the print is quite small and there is a lot of information and detail on each page making it a bit busy to digest.
by BexxyB
This book covers all the basic bases and helps to give a helpful insight into Project Management as a field of interest. Unlike boring. Monotone textbooks that just blurb our facts, this book is more conversational, knter sting and has some great examples for you to engage with. Unlike other textbooks where it is easy to get distracted, this book (if you are interested in project management) will help educate you but also keep your attention.
The writing within this books is of a medium level – it is not overly complicated yet at the same time it is not patronising. I am used to some quite complex books on some rather difficult subjects and worried this might be a bit simple,as I have never read a ‘For Dummies’ book before but I was pleasantly surprised. This book will be good for people with no experience in project management, without further education, but will also be equally suitable for people of higher education looking for a useful project management book that will enhance their understanding. This book does not just reel off facts and figures, it gives you actual real life examples that are easy to relate to and understand.
Highly recommend for anyone like myself who has just embarked on a career change.
by Tristan
My neighbour’s wife recently gave birth, and it was expected that I purchase a gift of some kind to welcome the child into the world. He’s three weeks old, but I have a feeling he’ll really like this book when he starts to read.
by Egan95
I’ve used this book as a general guideline for managing projects in work and in my personal life. I’m used to academic textbooks, but I think every consumer benefits from the clear language used in this book, along with the useful illustrations and anecdotal examples quoted throughout.
Excellent for any beginner to project management, and I dare say, if you learned this book inside out, with a little more technical wording, you could pass the PRINCE2 assessments.
by John/Sophie
I bought this book for a person that has asked to shadow me in being a project manager and this is there introduction reading before we start the training.
having used this book myself before doing the prince 2 qualifications I found that a lot of the theory’s and practices in this book are on the money and are accurate.
as an introduction to the world of Project management it provides the information in an easy to understand format with plenty of graphics and case studies so that you can understand why to do something not only that you have to do it.
if you are thinking of becoming a project manager or if you are considering the Price 2 but want to make sure that you are doing the right move then this is a great book to read before you make the jump.
by Phil Watson
This is a good little book. I bought it on Kindle. Mind you, there is nothing more annoying than offering something ( in this case the book offered what it called a cheat sheet which I imagined was a summary sheet) and then clicking on and getting a message saying oops not available. Better not to say that something potentially useful is there when it isn’t. Frustrating. Shame really as it is good otherwise.
by The Emperor
This is a very decent book on project management. It is very useful as an introduction and should also prove useful to more experienced project managers.
Obviously it is in the ” For Dummies” series but I felt that it was a lot sharper written and quickly got to the point which is sometimes a weakness of the ” For Dummies” books.
There were a few areas where I would have liked more detail but generally I liked this book and learned a few things from it.
It is good both on the technical areas and the soft skills
by Peekaboo
Well constructed manual covering the subject well. Only issue is that if you order the eBook version it is difficult to reference the diagrams while reading the text as they lie on different pages in many cases. Not easy to keep flicking back and forth. Content is described in clear and easy terms. Would recommend to give you a good understanding of principles etc of project management.