Book Review: The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right

Book Review:  The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right by Tom Kendrick: Publisher- AMACOM: ISBN- 13: 978-0814433454

The Project Management Tool Kit provides ready reference of tools any project manager must be using in a project. As the name suggest, this book is really a utility belt for project manager.

 

This is a reference book based on PMBOK, with very concise summaries of project management processes. None of the topic in this book exceeds couple of pages which makes it interesting and easy to grasp.

 

This book should be must for any budding project manager as well as experienced.

 

Disclaimer: I did not get paid to review this book, and I do not stand to gain anything if you buy the book. I have no relationship with the publisher or the author. I got electronic format of book from publisher for review.

 

One can get more information about book and related topics from:

 

1. Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Project-Management-Tool-Kit-Techniques/dp/0814433456

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Book Review: I. M. Wright's Hard Code

Book Review: I. M. Wright's Hard Code by Eric Brechner: Publisher- Microsoft Press: ISBN- 13: 978-0735624351


I.M Wright’s Hard Code is authored by Eric Brechner, veteran a Microsoft. Though book is published in 2007 but still holds its value in software project management. Book is filled with nuggets of wisdom for any person who is involved in Software project management or influence corporate IT culture.

Author is very straight forward and blunt in delivery of his opinion and belief which makes him distinct in crowd.

Book is collection of short essays which are organized in ten chapters. Book covers almost all aspects of software developments and primarily targets project managers and higher ups in management chain.

Certainly this book will stay in my bookshelf. I highly recommend this book.

Disclaimer: I did not get paid to review this book, and I do not stand to gain anything if you buy the book. I have no relationship with the publisher or the author.

Further reading: Complementary books to I.M Wright’s Hard Code are Getting Results from Software Development Teams by Dr. Lawrence J. Peters (http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Results-Software-Development-Teams/dp/0735623465), Solid Code by Donis Marshall & John Brono (http://www.amazon.com/Solid-Code-Donis-Marshall/dp/0735625921), Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steve McConnell (http://www.amazon.com/Code-Complete-Practical-Handbook-Construction/dp/0735619670)

One can get more information about book and related topics from:

1. Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Wrights-Hard-Code-Best-Practices/dp/0735624356
2. Author’s Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eric_brechner/
3. Review: http://mvark.blogspot.com/2008/11/book-review-i-m-wrights-hard-code.html