The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management

The Project Management Book Club is pleased to announce the upcoming online study of The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management with author Eric Verzuh!

This has been called “the most practical book in project management!” Find out why The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management has been a top-seller for over a decade. The 4th edition (2012) covers all the bases, including new content on Agile and Portfolio Management. You’ll also hear how the author’s successful writing strategy can be applied to communication within your project.

• Establish the relevance.
• Explain the principle using examples whenever possible.
• Break it down and make application systematic and specific.
• Trade your own tips and stories for applying the proven techniques of project management.

Don’t miss this opportunity to read and discuss The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management with author Eric Verzuh . Join the Project Management Book Club today!

Project Management Communications Bible

The Project Management Book Club is pleased to announce the upcoming online study of Project Management Communications Bible with authors William Dow, PMP and Bruce Taylor!

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Communication is a critical, but often overlooked, component of successful project management. The Project Management Communications Bible is your one-stop guide to becoming a better communicator. Using the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) as a framework, this essential guide provides all the tools, techniques, and best practices you need to successfully execute projects, keep your team and customers fully apprised, and deliver crucial information in a timely manner.

Inside this book readers can discover the following:

Green Project Management

The Project Management Book Club is pleased to announce the upcoming online study of Green Project Management with authors Richard Maltzman and David Shirley!

Winner of PMI’s 2011 David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award

Detailing cutting-edge green techniques and methods, this book teaches project managers how to maximize resources and get the most out of limited budgets. It supplies proven techniques and best practices in green project management, including risk and opportunity assessments. With illustrative case studies and insights from acknowledged leaders in green project management, the text:

• Explains how to tap into green incentives, including grants, rebates, and tax credits
• Includes case studies that illustrate how to integrate green techniques and methods to generate cost savings and maximize resources
• Provides green techniques that take little time to implement, can benefit all types of projects, and can generate immediate savings to your project’s bottom line

Rescue the Problem Project

The Project Management Book Club is pleased to announce the upcoming online study of Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure with author Todd C. Williams!

Back from the brink: presenting the first fail-safe recovery plan for turning around your most troubled projects!

When budgets are evaporating, deadlines passing unmet, and tempers flaring, the project team must do more than point fingers of blame. With up to 65% of projects failing to meet goals and of those 25% canceled outright, what is needed is an objective process for accurately assessing what’s wrong—and a clear plan of action for fixing the problem.

Information Technology Project Management

The Project Management Book Club is pleased to announce the upcoming online study of Information Technology Project Management with best-selling author Kathy Schwalbe!

Information Technology Project Management, Revised Sixth Edition, is the leading textbook on this topic, with over 250,000 copies sold in five different languages. Although project management has been an established field for many years, managing information technology requires ideas and information that go beyond standard project management. By weaving together theory and practice, this text presents an understandable, integrated view of the many concepts skills, tools, and techniques involved in project management. Because the project management field and the technology industry change rapidly, you cannot assume that what worked even five years ago is still the best approach today. This text provides up-to-date information on how good project management and effective use of software can help you manage projects, especially information technology projects.