
Suggested Books (55)
Education is critical to everyone in your organization. Learning about technical tools, aspects of project management and dealing with people is essential in improving performance and minimizing your frustration. Between seminars, forums, books, magazines, though, you could spend all your time just trying to find the right item. eCameron has tried to help with that by sharing some of our knowledge and helping our clients and friends get a start on the process. These items may be found in our Blog or eJournal on our website in the form of discussions, ramblings, templates and procedures.
This section of our website is a list of recommended books and a details about the books that you will not get from the publisher or a bookseller. Below you will find reviews (or a detailed synopses) we have created. In the cases where time has not allowed us to complete a review, but the book is recommended, we have supplied information from the publishers. As we finish the reviews we will modify this page and provide links to more detail. Some of the details will be published in our newsletters but since there are more books than months in the year, some detail will only be found here. Visit this page often to see what is new.
Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes
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Author: | Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton |
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Publisher: | Harvard Business Review Press |
Released: | February 2004 |
Type: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 454 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
Projects build capabilities to meet corporate goals. If you are a CEO, you need to make sure your employees and vendors know what those goals are and how they fit in to the plan. If you are a project manager, you need to know the bounds of you project. If you are anywhere in between, you need to understand how all the pieces fit together and keep it all aligned.
The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals
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Author: | Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling |
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Publisher: | Free Press |
Released: | April 24, 2012 |
Type: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 352 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
This is a non-project management book that discusses how to achieve results in the execution of a plan. The four disciplines are great change management tools that get results and keep people focused. Where it is valuable to a project manager is in its education on how to keep people focused on a goal. It can you used to help your team on short term progress or on driving your project's customer to focus on what they need to achieve success. If you plan to make the move from project management to any other operational mode--even to the PMO--this book gives a number of good tools.
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
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Author: | Roger Fisher, William L. Ury |
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Publisher: | Penguin Books |
Released: | May 2011 |
Type: | Softcover |
Pages: | 240 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
One of the primary tasks of a project manager is to negotiate—negotiate scope, negotiate for resources, negotiate for money, negotiate end dates, etc.—there is almost nothing that a project manager has as a give. Even in your personal life, negotiation skills are essential for dealing with everything from your kids' bedtime, to the price of your next car. Understanding the art and science of negotiation is critical. This book, especially in conjunction with one of our classes, is a great way to get you down the road to improving you negotiation skills. Don't be fooled though, negotiation takes practice.
Critical Chain Project Management, by Lawrence P. Leach
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Author: | Lawrence P. Leach |
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Publisher: | Artech House |
Released: | 1st Ed: 1998 2nd Ed.: December 2004 |
Type: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 276 |
ISBN: | 978-1580539036 |
This book is an excellent work on Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). It is the best book I have read on the topic. Extremely thorough and complete. It is not as exciting as other "business novel" formats, but can be used as a reference when mid stream on a project. This is well worth the price.
The Seven Arts of Change: Leading Business Transformation That Lasts
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Author: | David Shaner |
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Publisher: | Union Square Press |
Released: | November 2010 |
Type: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 184 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
This book is currently under review, more details will be added when available
In my opinion, as a project manager, you cannot read too many books on handling change. Each gives you a different perspective on how to effectively deliver a project whose product is valuable. This is a lesser known book, but has a great perspective.
Many businesses try to change, but few succeed. At best, a few buzzwords and new reports become part of the company's structure. At worst, programs crash and burn, and the members of the organization become irreparably disillusioned with the revolving door of new-mission statements. According to David Shaner-a business consultant with a 100% success rate of change at companies including Duracell, Frito-Lay, Caesars Palace and Gillette-the problem is that those changes don't address either individuals or the corporate culture. They're only on the surface.
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Author: | Michael George |
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Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Education |
Released: | July 2003 |
Type: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 300 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
If you are trying to implement a lean philosophy in a service industry (or just your projects), this book is a great resource. It describes what is needs and how to implement it. As a "desk resource" it at times repeats itself; however, that is great for reading sections at a time. There are a lot of tools that can be used by project managers to lean out their methodology.
Bring the advantages of Lean Six Sigma improvement out of manufacturing and into your services organization.
Filling Execution Gaps
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