2009 Books of the Month
The Program Management Office Advantage
Authors: Lia Tjahjana, Paul Dwyer and Mohsin Habib
Publisher: Amacom
The Program Management Office Advantage is a new text which also brings something to the PMO table. Ideally it should be read alongside P3O if you're a practitioner, or given to senior management if they prefer a business book that not only delivers an overview but also just enough depth to be useful in decision making.
Arras Book of the Month: December 2009
Public-Sector Project Management
Author: David Wirick
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
I think this book adds value to the PRINCE2 public sector project manager as it not only gets back to the basics of project management (the what and how of project management) and then applies them directly to the public sector environment.
Arras Book of the Month: November 2009
The Lazy Project Manager
Author: Peter Taylor
Publisher: Infinite Ideas
Peter has been able to enrich the content by using his stories and analogies to make a number of points, all of them common sense. Do the job, but do the job in the most intelligent way you can, so that you can be lazy when you can. That is my kind of project management. Peter’s book made this entertaining, yet useful for me.
Arras Book of the Month - October 2009
The Green Guide for Business
Author: Chris Goodall
Publisher: Green Profile
Like other works of Goodall, the ideas are not presented to the sceptical without acknowledging the beliefs that source their scepticism. Ultimately, you're best off coming to The Green Guide open-minded and ready to explore & determine what you need to do by thinking about it yourself.
Arras Book of the Month: September 2009
The Invisible Candidate
Author: Tony Haley
Publisher: Tony Haley
Released in April 2009, this book is current and relevant to any UK jobseeker. The Invisible Candidate is all about assuming ownership - and taking control - of your job search. Packed with tips, tools and advice on how, with a proactive approach, you can stand out in the crowd.
Arras Book of the Month - August 2009
Project Governance
Author: Ralf Muller
Publisher: Gower
Like much in project management, communication is the key for effective governance at each level of the organisation and Muller's book goes a long way to showing how to utilise effective communication to achieve a integrated governance model.
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Arras Book of the Month - July 2009
Managing Project Uncertainty
Author: David Cleden
Publisher: Gower
Few quotes from Managing Project Uncertainty resonate nearly as well with the project manager as Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke's 'No plan survives contact with the enemy' (pg. 28). Author Cleden surmises that von Moltke's statement 'sits at the heart of any strategy for managing uncertainty.' In essence, Cleden is talking about projects as if he is talking about the future – no one knows what's going to happen.
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Arras Book of the Month - June 2009
Now You've Been Shortlisted
Author: Denise Taylor
Publisher: Harriman House
If you’re a project management professional and looking for a book to help prepare you for the testing elements of the recruitment process this might well be the book for you. Contrary to the by-line for the book –"Your step-by-step guide to being successful at interviews and assessment centres"– the vast majority of this book features the various tests that can be conducted during the process.
