Fundamentals for Project Management

Reviewed by: Natalie Davis
Author: James P. Lewis
Published by: AMACOM
List Price: $ 14.95 USD (paperback)
Date of Review: February 2007
Publication Date: 3rd Edition, December 2006

 

Introduction to the Book

This was an excellent book. It is concise and the author somehow made a usually less than exciting topic a very interesting and informative read. The most impressive part of the book was how well he addressed topics such as Project Planning. Many of the books in our program are several inches thick and are somewhat difficult to understand due to their wordiness, but Mr. Lewis' style of writing is pointed and impactful with limited verboseness.

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About the Reviewer Natalie Davis Natalie Davis was born in West Point, Mississippi, USA. She completed her undergraduate work in Management Information Systems at the University of Southern Mississippi in 1990 in Hattiesburg, MS. She has been working for a small software company for one year as a Quality Assurance analyst. Her professional work experience includes Project Management software implementation, mainframe development/analysis and Quality Assurance testing in telecom, defense and snack foods industries. Currently she is attending the University of Texas at Dallas' Project Management certification and master's program in order to further her knowledge in business leadership skills.

 

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Project Leadership

Reviewed by: Jamita Machen
Author: Timothy J. Kloppenborg, Arthur Shriberg,
Jayashree Venkatraman
Published by: Management Concepts, Inc.
List Price: $24.95 US
Date of Review: February 2007
Publication Date: 2003

 

Introduction to the Book

Project Leadership targets the project manager and highlights the importance of project leadership skills needed in addition to project manager skills.  The book describes the evolution of leadership qualities and delivers the case of why project leadership is a discipline in itself.  In addition, the book lays out project leadership tasks that could be applied during each phase of a project lifecycle in a guide-like fashion for quick-referencing and reviewing.

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About the Reviewer Jamita Machen Jamita Machen was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in DeSoto, Texas. Currently, she resides in Cedar Hill, Texas, USA. She currently works at Securus Technologies as a Software Lead. She graduated from Texas A&M University in May 1994 with a Bachelors in Computer Science. Soon afterwards, she moved to Phoenix, AZ to work for Motorola, Government division. After 4 years, she transferred to Motorola headquarters in Chicago. In Chicago, she acquired a Masters of Science in Computer Science focusing on 3D Graphics. Soon after, she moved back to the Dallas area to work for IBM as a consultant. After working with IBM for 4 years, she left to work for a start-up in Plano, Texas - Masergy Telecommunications and ultimately, Securus Technologies.  She is currently enrolled in the Project Management Executive MBA Program at the University of Texas at Dallas.

 

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