Free Project Management Books
Understanding Project Management
Key Messages Covered in the Book
- Everyone over the age of 8, that is still active, does projects
- Most people who do projects have not attended formal Project Management training
- Most business projects are managed by non-certified project managers
- Most business projects fail to produce the expected result, the first time
- Most project problems are people related
- Most people who do business projects may not have the formal title of project manager
- Billions of dollars can be saved by improving business project results
- Business people are responsible for "doing"... as well as continuously improving their work
- All business people would benefit by developing their Project Management skills
- A project either creates something new or modifies something that currently exists
- Project Management is the process for creating desirable change
- Project Management is a business process
- The real purpose of business projects/Project Management is to change habits
- Project Managers balance typical Project Management and behaviorial change methods and tool
- For organizations to survive, they need to create a culture that embraces change
- Implementing a Project Management process will increase everyone's knowledge and skills
- Implementing and following a PM Business process will change behavior
- Training all employees on the organization's PM processes will improve results
- Implementing project processes will significantly improve bottom-line performance
- Following project processes will save the company 15% of their annual revenue
