Making Things Happen
Mastering Project Management

This book is really good. A recruiter from Microsoft recommended it to me, saying if I would like to know something about project management, I don't want to miss this book. I bought it and yes it's true! The author gives plenty of details on how to get people involved and how to deal with difficult......more

Excellent book. My main complaint, if you can call it that, was that as an overview, it could only give a taste of the topics covered. Fortunately, Berkun sprinkled follow-up references liberally throughout. This book focuses on the essence of project management: allowing a group of people to work t......more

This is an excellent book for anyone who wants to understand project management on a practical level. The author, Scott Berkun, was a project manager at Microsoft, working on Internet Explorer, and draws on this experience in presenting his ideas on managing projects. One thing I like is that he sho......more

FINALLY! This a very long-winded read. The author beats about the bush and pace around hot porridge like a cat. It seems like he wrote this book for software designers (that I'm not), and the chapters towards the end were more relevant to me. He would often advise you to skip a few lengths, and I won......more

I definitely learned many things while reading this. If you're going into a PM position, definitely worth a read.......more