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New from O'reilly on software engineering: The art of project management (book)
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| Scott Berkun 2005-05-16, 3:58 pm |
| In The Art of Project Management, you'll learn from a veteran manager of
software and web development how to plan, manage and lead projects. This
personal account of hard lessons learned over a decade of work in the
industry distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of
useful advice. Inspiring, funny, honest, and compelling, this is the book
you and your team need to have within arms reach. It will serve you well
with your current work, and on future projects to come.
Topics include: How to make things happen, Making good decisions,
Specifications and requirements, Ideas and what to do with them, How not to
annoy people, Leadership and trust, The truth about making dates and What to
do when things go wrong
The details of the book, including the table of contents, topic list, and a
sample chapter can all be found here:
http://www.scottberkun.com/books/artofpm.
Here's some of the early praise for the book:
"Like reading the blueprint for how the best projects are managed at
Microsoft..."
- Joe Belfiore, e-home General Manager, Microsoft
"Highly recommended for CEOs, project managers, and hackers alike."
- Matt Mullenweg, Founder and lead developer, Wordpress.org
"...Its strengths are its basis in experience; the inclusion of many
illustrative stories; and the thoughtful sections on specs, making good
decisions, and politics...an excellent resource for someone trying to make
sense of project management."
- Kent Beck, Author of Embrace change: Extreme programming explained
"...amazingly practical..."
Bob Baxley, Director of Design, Yahoo! Search
"...easy to read and entertaining... an exceptional book"
- Mike Viola, Senior Consultant, IBM
"... a fast paced jargon-free and witty guide"
- Joe Mirza, Director, CNET Networks
"How I managed so long without this book baffles the mind."
- Richard Stoakley, Group Program Manager, Microsoft
"Dozens of practical tools and techniques you can use to ensure projects
succeed."
- Bill Bliss, Senior VP, Expedia.com
Sample Chapter
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A full chapter from the book, "Chp 3: How to figure out what to do", can be
found at http://www.scottberkun.com/books/artofpm, or
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/artprojectmgmt/.
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| Doug Haseltine 2005-05-17, 3:59 am |
| On Mon, 16 May 2005 16:23:51 +0000, Scott Berkun wrote:
> In The Art of Project Management, you'll learn from a veteran manager of
> software and web development how to plan, manage and lead projects. This
> personal account of hard lessons learned over a decade of work in the
> industry distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of
> useful advice. Inspiring, funny, honest, and compelling, this is the book
> you and your team need to have within arms reach. It will serve you well
> with your current work, and on future projects to come.
>
> <snip>
> "Like reading the blueprint for how the best projects are managed at
> Microsoft..."
> - Joe Belfiore, e-home General Manager, Microsoft
> <snip>
> "How I managed so long without this book baffles the mind." - Richard
> Stoakley, Group Program Manager, Microsoft
Well if the book accurately reflects the techniques that have served so
well to elevate Microsoft products to the level they're currently at, it
sounds like I should order a copy. ;)
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| Scott Berkun 2005-05-18, 4:00 pm |
| I suppose that all depends on your opinion of the quality of Microsoft
software :)
More to the point: there's a free chapter at
http://www.scottberkun.com/books/artofpm. You can try the book out before
you buy. I think the book is about what smart people do when trying to
build things with other people, and less about what any particular company
or methodology suggests you do, but that's just my opinion. If you take a
look you can decide for yourself,
Cheers,
-Scott
"Doug Haseltine" <doug@softwaregod.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.05.17.00.18.46.838463@softwaregod.com...
> On Mon, 16 May 2005 16:23:51 +0000, Scott Berkun wrote:
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> Well if the book accurately reflects the techniques that have served so
> well to elevate Microsoft products to the level they're currently at, it
> sounds like I should order a copy. ;)
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