can someone please recommend a good book (or other sources) that might talk me through the basics (with some detail) on project management in the US?
im basically interested in a book that'll go through applying for writting a programme, developing a brief, planning permission, whatever regulations and getting it built?
- not really for residential construction; rather for a small school in an urban location.
good project management book...?
can someone please recommend a good book (or other sources) that might talk me through the basics (with some detail) on project management in the US?
im basically interested in a book that'll go through applying for writting a programme, developing a brief, planning permission, whatever regulations and getting it built?
- not really for residential construction; rather for a small school in an urban location.
thankyou!
Take a look at Rita Mulcahy's books. Her book is a preparation guide to the PMP certification test. It's a generic Project management book.
Guilherme von der Heyde Fernandes
www.heyde.com.br
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Project Manager's Portable Handbook by David Cleland & Lewis Ireland
isbn: 0-07-143774-6
There are two competing bodies in the world of (construction and broader) Project Management:
They both produce a Body of Knowledge (BoK)
The Association for Project Management (UK): APMBoK
The Project Management Institute (US): PMIBoK
The US approach is execution focused, i.e. you have already got a plan, and the BoK tells you how to execute it.
The UK approach starts a bit nearer the source with strategy and design management before hitting the same ground as the US version.
They are (both) surprisingly informative.
is a good book dealing with the human side of project management, not to mention issues of office etiquette in general.
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