On Time/on Budget: A Step-By-Step Guide for Managing Any Project

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Summary: Real world "how-to" that works
Review: No other info I have ever obtained has so profoundly improved my ability to plan, manage, and deliver work in both my career and home life. It (rightfully) almost totally ignores software p.m. applications and instead informs and instructs on the key factors in successful project management- estimating,organizing/planning,tracking,resource allocation, and the human factors. Simple and universal concepts and approaches that work! If you just want to play with cool looking p.m. software this book is not for you. If you need to learn the principals and techniques of successful project management, you can't do better than this book!

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Summary: a nice primer on project management
Review: This book was a required textbook for a project management class I took online at Berkeley. I found the information, templates, and exercises very helpful in starting my path as a project manager.

I would recommend this book to those wanting to get the basics in project management, but remember that it is written as a textbook.