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Title: Quantifying the Value of Project Management by William Ibbs, Justin Reginato ISBN: 1-880410-96-6 Publisher: Project Management Institute Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $47.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)
Rating: 2
Summary: This Book(let) is a Major Disappointment
Comment: This booklet is a major disappointment, and I am surprised that a professor of civil engineering from UC-Berkely would co-publish this together with a graduate researcher and call it a "book". This is not a book, it is a booklet at best.
I have purchased dozens and dozens of books on project management over the years and this one ranks in the bottom decile.
It is "49 pages" in total length consisting of the following:
Pages 1-3 introduction.
Pages 47-8 references.
Pages 4, 16 and 30 completely blank.
Pages 49 author contact information (consultants); actually the last 5 pages of the book are generically entitled "Upgrade Your Project Management Knowledge with Leading Titles from PMI" and are solely advertisements.
The booklet also contains glaring errors making for confusing and potential misleading conclusions, for example:
Page 24 Table 3-1 the equation is in error,
Page 28 Figure 4-1 the figure is mislabeled,
Page 29 Figure 4-2 part of the diagram is completely missing.
Unfortunately, the trade association (PMI) publisher of this "booklet" continues to struggle with putting out much needed quantifiable case studies demonstrating the value of project management. This booklet is not the way to do it, nor is it the way to develop a project management consulting business.
By the way, PMI sells this booklet for an amazing $...(see back cover of the book). I paid substantially less than that thru "Used" on Amazon.com and still wish I hadn't bothered. PMI should know better.
Save your money, invest it elsewhere. Two books that have some helpful resources for quantifying the value of project management include:
"The Project Management Scorecard", especially chapters 4-16.
"The New Project Management", especially chapers 12-13.
Other project management books I have read and found beneficial:
"Successful IT Project Delivery"
"Visualizing Project Management"
"Project Management Nation"
"Project Management: Best Practices for IT Professionals"
"Idiot's Guide to Project Management"
"Project Management Professional: Study Guide"
David B. Schoon
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Title: Selling Project Management to Senior Executives: Framing the Moves That Matter by Connie L., Ph.D. Delisle, Kam, Ph.D. Jugdev, Janice, Ph.D. Thomas, Project Management Institute ISBN: 1880410958 Publisher: Project Management Institute Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $70.95 |
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Title: The Project Management Scorecard: Measuring the Success of Project Management Solutions by Jack J. Phillips, Timothy W. Bothell, G. Lynne Snead ISBN: 0750674490 Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: The PMI Compendium of Project Management Practices by Project Management Institute ISBN: 1930699026 Publisher: Project Management Institute Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $124.95 |
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Title: Risk and Decision Analysis in Projects by John R. Schuyler ISBN: 1880410281 Publisher: Project Management Institute Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Q & As for the PMBOK Guide, 2000 Edition by Project Management Institute ISBN: 1930699107 Publisher: Project Management Institute Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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