Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

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This book provides very general strategies and tactics to carry out successful software project management, including communication, politics. For librarians and administrators, your personal account also provides access to institutional account management. Scott Berkun is the author of eight popular books on creativity, design, leadership and public speaking.

The author, Scott Berkun, penned down his practical knowledge and experiences as a project manager in this book, making it to the point. Why was Alain Resnais reluctant to make his documentary film Night and Fog and why did he ultimately decide to overcome that reluctance? One thing I like is that he shows his own growth and how he learned lessons in the course of his work, instead of just handing down pronouncements from on high. The further they need to go on their journey, the more they will probably need to find time to explore. It might only be a few minutes, or from time to time during the week, but people often fall behind on their daily schedule (however, because denial is a great skill we humans have, I will understand if you refuse to admit that it applies to you).org/page/true-north), is a great read with thoughtful, provoking, ideas on how to lead people in your own way and in a similar vein, Making Things Happen by Scott Berkun (www. Here you will find options to view and activate subscriptions, manage institutional settings and access options, access usage statistics, and more. if your job includes any kind of project management especially in the world of web development, you might want to have a look at this.

The medical environment, especially trauma situations, offers a fascinating comparison for team-based work, high-stress decision making, and project outcomes that affect many people every day. Big schedules must be divided into small plans** to minimize risks and increase the frequency of adjustments. Scott Berkun delivers an extremely readable book on the pitfalls to avoid and the techniques to pursue in software program management.Making Things Happen is the classic bestseller on managing and leading project teams, known for it’s honest, funny and insightful approach to what is often a deadly boring subject. As a software engineer, the observations in ‘The Art of Project Management’ resonated deeply with my own experiences.

Ideas morph into designs via conversations between different people with different types of expertise. It provides a basis for discussion and a **point of reference that does not depend on people’s fallible memory**. The moment when you figure out that you can do a good job, treat people with respect, and not waste too much time and effort on things that won’t work. Instead, think about the future, because after you have found your solution and acted upon it, the problem will no longer exist.Written in the clear, concise, and often comedic voice his readers have come to expect, “The Art of Project Management” is an unflinching guide to anyone managing, influencing, or participating in the process of software development. Nur war ich doch zu neugierig, erstmal das gesamte Buch zu lesen, statt mich länger mit einzelnen Kapiteln zu befassen. In summary, being a PM is all about solving issues around the team, shielding and helping the members and thus the organisation to achieve its goals. Summary of “Making Things Happen” : Project management is a complicated art which requires you to master a number of things such as planning, understanding what needs to be done, writing a good overall vision statement, understanding where ideas come from, understanding what to do with ideas, writing good specifications, understanding how to make good decisions, communication and interpersonal relationships, what to do when things go badly, understanding why leadership is built on trust, making things happen, managing the strategy in the middle and at the end of the project, or understanding questions of power and politics; this book describes in detail each of these components and gives us numerous methods and tricks for mastering them. Scott Berkun is the author of eight popular books on creativity, leadership, philosophy and speaking ( more about Scott's background).