Fundamentals of Project Management (WorkSmart) Paperback – January 1, 2011

Great, easy read for any project management enthusiast.Lays out the fundamentals of project management in easy to understand detail.Hope this review was helpful, let me know if you have any questions!

An outstanding introduction to project management, this book fills a void left by all the other project management books that clutter the shelves.There are thousands of aspiring project managers out there, with little or no experience. Unlike most books on the topic, this book is a great place to start. The author opts to share wisdom and context where others would share only technical knowledge. There's an abundance of call-out boxes to highlight key messages, and super-simple graphics to help visualize more complex concepts. And the author doesn't skirt the more complex concepts, even earned value management. I wouldn't refer to this book as a companion to the PMBOK; however, the reader will be in much better shape to absorb the PMBOK and any of the companion guides after starting with this.If you're looking for a treatise on project management, or a preparatory book for one of PMI's certifications, continue your search. But if you're looking for an engaging way to learn the fundamentals, look no further. Oh, and don't overlook the price. A no-brainer!

If you have never read much on project management this book simplifies what is going on gives you a very basic understanding. It allowed for me to understand some of the concepts listed in the PMBOK a bit better than if I just read the PMBOK by itself.

This was a required text for an online course I'm taking. I was surprised at how useful this book is. The author describes principles so it's easy to understand and applies examples everywhere. When my class is over, I plan on rereading the text from cover to cover to get a better understanding of PM fundamentals.

the book its OK, it has all the basic techniques for Program Management, but I kind of felt that they were selling me the idea of getting more material or training from them.

This is a great book! I ordered it for a class and appreciated how straightforward and accessible it was. As a working professional, I'm really excited to apply these concepts to working with my team!

The book is full of practical advices how to manage projects in organizations, lead a team, avoid mistakes and track performance.I found a lot of great advices that will be very helpful in my future work.I recommend this book to everyone who will star of has recently started managing projects.

The book is very good for students and newcomers to Project Management. I teach project management at the level of graduate and post graduate and recommend it.Easy to read and understand, very good concepts, examples, analogies an figures.The missing part is that the book does not have a chapter or section explaining easier control techniques. It includes earned value, but it is not precisely a fundamental or for everyone technique.