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Lovely Review of Manage Your Project Portfolio

I’m slow to post this one: Giordano Scalzo’s lovely review of Manage Your Project Portfolio is up at Reviewing Manage Your Project Portfolio. I love the part where he says: This book is a must read for everyone involved in IT world, from junior developer ’till C-level executive. As usual, Johanna Rothman uses a very

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Manage Your Project Portfolio is Shipping

It’s a big week for me: Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects is shipping. In the approximately 24 hours I was home, I got to touch the first books. When I proposed this book, I wanted it to be 175 pages: long enough to be useful, but not so long

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Another Great Review for Manage It!

Steve Berczuk (author of Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration—I’ve only read pieces), has a great review of Manage It! One nice nugget: This book has pragmatic advice on how to make progress and issues visible, how to plan a project, and most everything else you need to help a project come to

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Two More Great Reviews of Manage It!

I discovered two more great reviews of Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management. The first is a brief explanation of the Jolt awards. Take a look at Winners of the 18th Jolt Product Excellence Awards & Recipients of the Jolt Productivity Awards. (Scroll down a bit to see what Roland Racko said

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Great Stickyminds Review of Manage It! Posted

Take a look at the Stickyminds review of Manage It! Jennifer says: I highly recommend this book to all project managers, from novices to those with more experience. This is an incredible resource that should be referred to frequently for advice on how to help you decide which project management practice or technique is appropriate

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Manage It! Won a Productivity Award

I’m pleased and excited to announce that Manage It! won a Jolt Productivity award. They announced the awards with all the productivity awards on one slide, and we were supposed to stand up when our names were announced. They then do a drum roll and announce the Jolt winner for that category. I saw Manage

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Great Review of Manage It!

Dave posted his review of Manage it! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management. A quote: Here’s what I like best about the book: it’s not theological. By this I mean Rothman doesn’t advocate one “true” way of running projects. She is very careful to be continually cognizant of context when she talks about different

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A Funny Story About Manage It!

Dave Liebreich sent me this email: I’m working with the new hire in our group, bringing him up to speed on our stuff. He noticed that I brought in my copy of “Manage It!”, and asked if it was to help me manage him. [pause for laughter] Never work for someone who refers to you

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