Strategic Project Portfolio Management [Book Review]
If you work in a PMO this is one book that you won’t want to miss. Find out what I thought of Simon Moore’s Strategic Project Portfolio Management. In summary: you should have a copy!
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Interested in project management? Elizabeth Harrin is the author of several top-selling, practical guides to how to manage projects published by PMI, APM, Kogan Page and the British Computer Society.
Drawing from her own experience and plenty of case studies, surveys and research, these books are the ‘mentor on the shelf’ you need to get ahead and learn what really works when it comes to juggling your workload.
Books
Project management books reviewed and the top takeaways shared for you! Learn about the new trends in project management from the best authors.
Business Resilience: An Overview
Business Resilience: A practical guide to sustained progress delivered at pace is a book by an impressive authoring team. The tone is set immediately with the powerful introduction: this is not a book for the faint-hearted! To get the benefits of better business resilience, you need to commit at the most senior levels within the…
Why do stakeholders contribute?
Why do stakeholders take part in projects? You might think that’s an obvious question. After all, your project sponsor is probably the one who wanted this project to happen in the first place, and he or she has a vested interest in making it a success. But aside from the sponsor, all those other stakeholders…
4 ways to proactively manage stakeholders
Stakeholder management seems to stay a hot topic regardless of what year we’re in. I think it’s been that way since A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) finally included a tenth knowledge area on managing stakeholders (although in my mind, stakeholders were important to the project management profession way before…
Stakeholder Engagement Essentials You Always Wanted To Know (Book Review)
If you are new to project management, new to leading project teams – even if you have a lot of other, related business experience in a different field – then this book will be relevant to you.
Build, Excite, Equip: How to Simplify Change Adoption in Your Projects
Build, Excite, Equip: How to Simplify Change Adoption in Your Projects, by Nicola Graham, is a handbook for business change management aimed at project managers. Given that project teams have to incorporate the business change elements to make sure projects land as expected – but often without the support of a dedicated change manager –…
7 Best PRINCE2 Books for 2023 (Including PRINCE2 Agile Books)
Whether you are studying for the exam or want to supplement your learning, here are the 7 best PRINCE2 books that I recommend.
Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace (Book Review)
Read my review of Phil Simon’s book Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace.
Top 10 Books on Change Management (2023 edition)
Learn which 10 change management books made my list of the most important reads. Great suggestions for project managers and those working in organizational change.
Book Review: A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management
Risk meetings don’t have to be boring, although in my experience they often are. A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management is a book that specifically addresses how to get the best out of your risk management meetings. This book, by Ruth Murray-Webster and Penny Pullan, provides practical guidance on facilitating risk workshops, and making…
Visual Project Management [Book Review]
Wondering what tools you can use to improve your project communications? Visual Project Management has got you covered. This book covers loads of techniques for reporting complex data. Read my full review here.
Clarifying Misconceptions of the Big Launch
A big ‘launch’ type event is not always necessary to kickstart a new project. Read this excerpt from the Science of Growth by Sean Ammirati to find out what really works.