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Vol. XII Issue IX - September 2010
Project Management eJournal
BOOK REVIEW:
Book Title: The Project Management Tool Kit, 2nd Edition
Authors: Tom Kendrick
Publisher: American Management Association
List Price: US$ 19.95
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780814414767
Reviewer: John C. “Buck” Field
Review Date: May 2010
“The Project Management Tool Kit – 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right” offers PMI- and PMBOK-based information on generally accepted PM activities, with good references to PMBOK location and content. The author, Tom Kendrick, has a similar background to mine: a PMP, Fortune 500 manager/exec, and apparently a fair bit of experience as an independent consultant.
The advertising for the book promises to deliver step-by-step “guidance for professionals at all levels on essential topics,” like collecting requirements, inheriting projects, selecting and implementing project metrics, etc. The means for delivering these are advertised as “checklists and tools for quick implementation” which was what attracted me to get the book.
Expecting the Tool Kit to be organized by project phase so that users can find tools and checklists based on where they are in a project’s progress, I was surprised to see the 100 activities listed in alphabetical order across 250 pages, followed by an index. The introduction to the book is titled: “How to Use this Book (Read This First)” which explains the Tool Kit is actually a reference book, addressing my expectation of ordering processes chronologically with a “knowledge area list” that gathers “related practices and concepts in the sequence in which people typically use them” - exactly what I had hoped for in terms of structure and ordering…
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To read entire book review (click here)
About the Reviewer: John C. ‘Buck’ Field, MBA, PMP, MCP, CPM
Living in Chilean Patagonia, Buck Field has been a member of the Project Management Institute since 2001, serving since 2002 as a contributing member and author for the PMBOK® Guide and the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. A business and government information systems consultant for more than 30 years, he is published in North and South America, Europe, Russia, and co-authored the first official Project Management Professional PMP® training program in China, created the California Department of Transportation’s project management glossary, and currently is studying standards for revolutionary science and technology development within the National Science Foundation. www.twitter.com/BurntSynapse
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