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Volume X - Issue IX - September 2008
PM Book Reviews
Book Title:Project Scheduling and Cost Control
Introduction to the Book As the title indicates, the book focuses on project scheduling and cost control. It is must to identify requirements during project initiation phase. During this phase primary focus is on resources, activities, time and cost management. Along with it, change control management takes place, since it is inevitable in project life cycle. The book is emphasizing on how to incorporate these elements into a project plan; mainly by adapting what tools and techniques to use to accurately estimate and control costs and schedules. Further more, the author follows the Project Management Institute’s standards which also provide a reference for those who are planning to take their Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification exam.
Book Title:From Ratholes to Rainbows – Managing Project Recovery Introduction to the Book From Ratholes to Rainbows, Managing Project Recovery is an appealing book for any project management professional who wants to learn more about solutions for making troubled projects successful. The book distinguishes between a challenging project, and one that is genuinely troubled and may need the intervention of a Recovery Manager. Kothari and Mitchell make it a point to describe the differences in roles for the assigned Project Manager and the interim Recovery Manager. Throughout the book, they also provide explicit detail in the fundamentals of project recovery management, best practices, and step-by-step process for implementing.
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