Alpha Teach Yourself Project Management in 24 Hours

by Nancy Mingus

Book Overview

A project management consulting professional offers step-by-step guidance in project management. The volume is organized into 24 steps, beginning with basic issues and project initiation and ending with evaluating a project, applying lessons learned, and choosing a project management package. Annota

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028642236
• ISBN13: 9780028642239
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Good Overview of Project Management

This book offers a good overview of all the key processes in project management. It is clear and easy to understand. Case studies are included so you can see how the concepts are applied. I don't think the "24 hours" is a gimmick. You can read each chapter in about an hour. However, it would take a little longer if you worked out the exercises for the case study.

Well written and complete

Nice book. Does the job of many other books. Good work.

Project Management by Nancy Mingus

This is a well written, very thorough book on an important topic. Project management can be dry (as my students will attest), but the clear writing, numerous examples, various kinds of sidebars, and case studies, make it interesting. The sidebars include FYI's, "Just a minute" advice, cautions, time savers, and "go to" cross references. The book is well organized, carefully covering the basics then moving through starting a project, developing, executing, controlling, and closing it out. It includes chapters on project management software, and she even includes a section on celebrating the end of a project with pizza and wings. Talk about being thorough! The book was written primarily for self-education (the title is "Teach Yourself" ...), but it would serve equally well as the textbook in a project management course, or as a supplement in a systems analysis course. Personally, I do not care for the "24 hour" idea, with the topics indicated by Hour 1, Hour 2, etc., but that artifact can be ignored.