2012 Books of the Month
Managing Risk in Projects
Author: Dr David Hillson
Publisher: Gower
"David takes the time to look at previously familiar concepts and put his own take on them to align with his Risk Management Strategy...What I found great about this book is the amount of time that David has contributed to developing concrete, useable strategies for combating risk."
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Project Psychology
Author: Sharon de Mascia
Publisher: Gower
"This book addresses a gap in the Project Management literature - how people and their behaviours contribute to project failure, and shows the reader how psychology can improve the chances of project success...I am glad I have read it!"
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Exploiting Future Uncertainty
Author: Dr David Hillson
Publisher: Gower
Exploiting Future Uncertainty is delivered in Dr Hillson's engaging and informative style, familiar to anyone who has heard him speak. It avoids being dry, or prescriptive, or using jargon and technical terms; and delivers a series of ideas and themes to consider when introducing and operating processes to identify and manage uncertainty in a business.
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Your Brain at Work
Author: David Rock
Publisher: Harper-Collins
Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long tries very hard to take current neuroscience research on the human brain, explain it at a very basic level, and make it actionable by the general population.
Leading Successful PMOs
Author: Peter Taylor
Publisher: Gower
There are plenty of books "out there" on project management tools and techniques, and plenty about setting up and running Project Management Offices (PMOs). Peter Taylor has set out to write a book to guide all would-be and current PMO leaders, focussed on leading PMOs rather than managing them.
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