Project Management Resources

I first me Neal Whitten at a PMI project management training course.  His practical and real-world advice was excellent and his years of experience are applicable to a lot of project and program experiences.  I highly recommend adding it to your reading list!

I first me Neal Whitten at a PMI project management training course.  His practical and real-world advice was excellent and his years of experience are applicable to a lot of project and program experiences.  I highly recommend adding it to your reading list!

The quest for 1 page continues as project mangers look for a simple way to communicate project status without a ton of project management overhead.  The One Page project manager provides a template and an effective approach to communicating and managing a project with a single page.  There are definitely aspects of this status report format that you can apply to your own projects!

If you want to learn how to scale Agile practices across your organization, start with Dean Leffingwell’s book. I found it foundational in understanding and applying agile at scale.

I’ve used this book to help develop Agile methodology for multiple IT organizations.

Project managers can always benefit from career advice and Stephan Pollan’s book Fire Your Boss provides a mind set on career management in this ever changing world of job opportunities, challenges and new avenues.

How do you ask your manager for a promotion?  How do you ask your supervisor to help you with your workload without looking like you are shirking responsibilities?

Lifescripts provides a step by step set of flow charts to help you with challenging conversations with you manager, your direct reports and office politics.  The book provides an excellent framework for handling those challenging conversations.

I’ve followed Mark Price Perry’s PMO articles on projectmanagement.com for many years.  He provides realistic advice and practical viewpoints on running an effective project management office.

I’ve followed Mark Price Perry’s PMO articles on projectmanagement.com for many years.  He provides realistic advice and practical viewpoints on running an effective project management office.