Project Management Books

Essentials of Project Management

Practical Tools, Techniques & MS Project® Scheduling

Learn the fundamental project management skills with this straight-forward beginner's guide. Includes real-world examples that walk you through the project management life-cycle step-by-step while learning Microsoft Project® software.  Table of contents and sample pages

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The book begins with a project assignment from the boss.  You'll learn what questions to ask to define the scope and requirements.  Then you see how to enter the plan in the software, assign people tasks and produce a schedule. You can even follow along on your PC.  There are also conflicts and missed due dates to handle.  You learn to analyze problems, select the best solution and then give the boss a clear status report about how things are going. Soft cover spiral-bound, 97 pages, $29.95. Read a sample chapter in PDF.

“The screen shots (for the software instructions) were very helpful and the organization was superb.” – Chris DeWolff, Price Waterhouse Cooper

“The textbook is very readable and the content is very relevant as well as immediately applicable to my work environment.Tamika Angel Lightfoot

“Even though I have done PM work for years, the reading materials were helpful and provided a more generic and realistic set of PM tools.” Connie Casteel, Light Bridge, Inc.

“The concepts were explained clearly and the scope of coverage of each topic is excellent.”
Sreenath Reddy


Table of contents

Predecessor network

Task sequence

MS Project data entry

Work breakdown

Adding resources

Network

Setting duration