Managing Projects, Harvard Business Review
Managing Projects, Harvard Business Review
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Managing Projects

Author: Harvard Business Review

Narrator: James Edward Thomas

Unabridged: 1 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 11/29/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

You've been asked to manage a key project—or perhaps you've volunteered for an assignment that could advance your career. So how do you make sure the project succeeds? Managing Projects walks you quickly through the basics, including:

● Drawing up a realistic schedule and project plan

● Monitoring key tasks and benchmarks

● Communicating with stakeholders

● Bringing the project to a close

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About Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, twelve international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.


Reviews

This book will help you to make a good project plan. It discusses setting goals to start a project. PERT charts are also explained in detail here. They are tools used to map tasks within a project (PERT -program evaluation and review technique). If you are someone working on any project, this book w......more

Goodreads review by Dhruv

Above average book. Since am a project manager most of the stuff sounds basics to me but this gives you some practical advice on how to start/manage/execute a project. Also provides various tools to help manage a project. Some techniques mentioned are really good and were knowledgeable. However case......more

Goodreads review by Jaclyn

Love these bite-size books! Learned about the PERT chart, which I hadn't known about before. Also got some good advice about monitoring the budget weekly, and tracking any potential need for additional resources on an ongoing basis. Possibly not a lot of new/groundbreaking info for experienced proje......more

Goodreads review by Anna

I needed to read this for my New Venture Design class as we are discussing how building a project and managing one works. I took project management last semester so this book was a quick refresh of what I learned in more detail from class. Overall, a nice and easy read :)......more