Fundamentals of Project Management

by James P. Lewis

Book Overview

"In today's time-based and cost-conscious global business environment, tight project deadlines and stringent expectations are the norm. With sales of more than 115,000 copies, Fundamentals of Project... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814408796
• ISBN13: 9780814408797
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 17 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

A good point to begin

If you are looking for a book that introduce you into project management without boring then it's a good point to begin. It'll give you the basis with an easy and nice prose including for non english. After read it you'll have better criterion selecting another books to increase you knowledge on project management.

A book a lot of people can read.

I have been trying for some time to get people on my company to read about Project Management, with no success: even if they start, they don't read more than a few chapters. This book has an exceptional advantage over many other books: It is short, instructive, readable, and fun. In the last three months, I have convinced four people to read this book, lending to them the copy I bought for the company, and two of them bought a copy for themselves (I almost forgot: it is also very inexpensive :-) ). Afterwards, most of them say that the book does not contain any secrets, but it provides an excellent framework on PM, and wets their appetite for this discipline.By the way, some of the best books on PM I have read come from Amacom. I'd recommend Team Based Project Management, also by James Lewis, and another great book is Information Systems Project Management, by Hallows.

117 excellent pages

Reading the reviews, there appears to be a difference of opinion about the value of this book. This book will show anyone how to define the critical path of a project and create a PERT chart to outline the project. If you're looking for something else, you might want to look elsewhere (no GANTT timeline charts here). In addition, there are other excellent, succinct chapters on the art of managing projects. Five stars, because it does exactly what it proposes to do.

Excellent Primer on Project Manager

A good introduction to project management. The author provides sound, basic information in a format that is very easy to read. If you have no experience as a project manager and need to get up to speed quickly, this is the best place to begin your study. It won't make you an expert, but it will give you a solid foundation on which to build.

Excellent information for anyone

This book provides some basics which anyone can use. Even if you use it just for your own work, it outlines some common sense steps which everyone should follow. I have lent it to several coworkers and all have found it useful.