Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

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This book develops a manipulationist theory of causation and explanation: causal and explanatory relationships are relationships that are potentially exploitable for purposes of manipulation and control. I would have liked it better if the author framed such questions to fit all project managers, whether they are solo or part of a team.

Dive in for free with a 10-day trial of the O’Reilly learning platform—then explore all the other resources our members count on to build skills and solve problems every day. Time and time again, clients who use this approach exclaim their surprise at what comes to pass as a result. Addeddate 2019-11-25 04:41:38 Identifier makingthingshappenbyscottberkun Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t4zh4qt6m Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11. You can use this approach whatever you want to make happen – whether it’s a house move, a career change or a business initiative.If you still aren’t sure how to proceed yet, then it probably means you need to spend more time investing in yourself and finding your purpose. I’m a designer, not a project manager, and I found more practical information on how to get work done in a software company than any other book I’ve read. a ver las paradojas que nos propone Scott Berkun en su libro Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management. Scott Berkun is the author of eight popular books on creativity, leadership, philosophy and speaking ( more about Scott's background). It starts off pretty technical with guidance on writing good deliverable specifications and ends with a big chunk on managing stakeholder relationships.

PMI, the PMI logo, REP logo, PMP, PMBOK, OPM3 and CAPM are registered marks of The Project Management Institute, Inc. The simpler your vision of what needs to be done, the greater your power of concentration to accomplish it. As a software engineer, the observations in ‘The Art of Project Management’ resonated deeply with my own experiences. This is an excellent book for anyone who wants to understand project management on a practical level. Some of you know that I moved out of London eighteen months ago to fulfil a long-held dream to have a little place in the countryside.

Everything that humanity has built, from the Egyptian pyramids or the Roman aqueducts up to a Boeing 777 or the Hubble space telescope, have been designed and then implemented. At work we don't really have project managers, in fact they try to keep responsibility as diffuse as possible. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

Make sure to choose someone without a vested interest in you achieving your goal – so probably not a partner or family member – but, rather, someone who will provide positive support and encouragement. The Myths of Innovation is his second book: he wrote the best seller, The Art of Project Management (O'Reilly 2005).Someone needs to define the requirements to which the project is responding, and get them approved by all interested parties. In the Art of Project Management, Scott draws from not only his personal experience leading recent high-profile projects at Microsoft, but also lessons from many other fields. If you are a dedicated manager, find ways to capitalize on your unique perspective of the team and the project. Just as the fact that we know where we are going does not help us find the best path when we come to an unknown fork in the road, knowing our requirements does not tell us anything about what decisions to make when we must choose between several solutions.

Communication is a two-way process and it’s also important to be able to listen and adapt your ideas to different settings. Invest time in the design phase to highlight the assumptions made and the confidence that has been placed in them. Ego/No-ego: The ego can be a driver for managers, who often derive great personal satisfaction from their work.

A product manager is the one the ties between the market and the people who are building the product.