Book Title:Cheetah Negotiations:
How to Get What You Want, Fast
Authors: Michelle LaBrosse, PMP Linda Lansky, PMP
Publisher: Maklaf Press LLC
List Price: US$31.95
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0-9761749-2-8
Reviewer: Donald Gubbins, PMP
Review Date: May 2008
Introduction to the Book
This is book two of the Cheetah Success Series and focuses on techniques for handling negotiations. The text relies heavily on the popular Myers-Briggs personality typing and uses theatrical acting similes to emphasize negotiating roles. This is then extended as the basis for a negotiations approach that is integrated with elements of well known negotiation authorities such as Roger Fisher and William Ury, Robert Cialdini, as well as other experts. So the result is an easily readable book that lays out a simple and practical negotiation approach that is also well rooted in solid expert theory.
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About the Reviewer
Donald Gubbins
Donald Gubbins, PMP, is a long time Information Technology manager and consultant and is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Central Ohio chapter. Currently he teaches Project Management Professional (PMP) exam preparation classes for Babbage Simmel, a leading business and technology training and consulting company. He is a top of the class senior in his PMI certified Project Management MBA program at the University of Texas. He can be contacted at dgubbins@columbus.rr.com.
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Book Title:Cheetah Project Management:
The Fastest Way To Reach Your Goals
Authors: Michelle LaBrosse, PMP
Publisher: MAKLAF Press LLC
List Price: US$ 31.95
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9761749-5-0
Reviewer: Karen Jefferson
Review Date: May 2008
Introduction to the Book
The book is a detailed, step-by-step how-to guide for fast project management. It takes many of the basic principles of the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) and breaks it down into a step-by-step guide with tools and templates for re-launching a project in trouble or launching a new project using Cheetah’s Accelerated Project Management methodology.
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About the Reviewer
Karen Taylor Jefferson, MBA, PMP
Karen Jefferson is Vice-President and co-owner of DJEnterprises, Inc., an IT Management and Consulting firm based in Coppell, Texas, USA. Karen is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with twenty-eight years of professional experience in IT leadership and project management. She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Dallas and a Master of Science (MS) degree in Administrative Sciences from The University of Texas at Dallas with a certificate in Project Management. Karen completed her PMP certification in 2006. Karen began her professional career as a Systems Engineer at EDS, continued in all areas of systems development and management at Frito-Lay, specialized in call center implementations and support at BNSF Railway and has been consulting for 10 years leading major projects for AmeriServe, Cadbury Schweppes, Dell, Verizon and others. She is currently leading separation activities and an EDI expansion project at the Dr Pepper Snapple Group in Plano, TX. Karen can be contacted at karen.jefferson@djenterprises.com,
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Book Title: Human Resource Management
in the Project-Oriented Organization
Authors: J. Rodney Turner, DPhil, Martina Huemann, PhD,
and Anne Keegan, PhD
Publisher: Project Management Institute, Inc.
List Price: US$
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-1-933890-36-4
Reviewers: Nina Felt, PHR and Philip Felt, MBA, PMP, CPHIMS
Review Date: May 2008
Introduction to the Book
Human Resource Management is a topic in which the authors approach the necessary differences between project-oriented organizations and every other company. The research focused primarily on interviews with international companies and past publications and research by other authors. Their target audience is executive level in all size organizations.
The book discusses the primary areas of human resource management, which typically affects the employees of the organization. These areas include appraisal, development (career paths), reward and dispersement from projects. The authors also discuss the overall challenges employees experience during their tenure as a project-oriented professional and recruiting practices to assist in minimizing the cultural impact.
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About the Reviewers
Nina Felt, PHR
Nina Felt is a human resource professional who has worked with various companies in project-oriented phases of operations. She has worked with a software reseller company and supported them through their international operations as well as their various merger and acquisition projects. She quickly transitioned into the healthcare industry as a National Director of Human Resources supporting her organization through numerous Information Systems implementations as well as company culture projects. She has now started a consulting company focusing on providing strategic Human Resource support and guidance to companies. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science, and obtained her Professional of Human Resource certification through the Human Resource Certification Institute.
Philip Felt, MBA, PMP®, CPHIMS
Philip Felt is a Partner with Tidewater Consulting Group (www.consulttidewater.com). He has over ten years experience in project management, business operations, and healthcare technology. His most recent healthcare project management experience includes the development of healthcare project/program Management offices and leading a hospital integrated delivery network through their Electronic Medical Record implementation. Philip holds a Business Degree in Accounting(U of Tulsa), a Master of Business Administration in Project Management(U of Texas @ Dallas), and is certified by the Project Management Institute as a Project Management Professional (PMP®). He also is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems.
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