What are the best books you recently read, relevant to Project Management?
Karthik RamamurthyAuthor, Say YES to Project Success| Founder KeyResultzChennai, Tamilnadu, Tamilnadu, India
Fellow PM practitioners: Reading books (electronic or physical) is a habit that is rapidly dwindling in today''s rushed lives.
Please list any books that you recently read that had practical tips that can help Project Managers'' Career Advancement. Do mention the author''s name,
It can be a book specifically on Project Management, but not necessarily so.
Please also list one or two key takeaways from the book and how it can help us in our careers. Saving Changes...
Karthik RamamurthyAuthor, Say YES to Project Success| Founder KeyResultzChennai, Tamilnadu, Tamilnadu, India
Feb 06, 2019 3:15 PM
Replying to Piotr Przespolewski
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I truly recommend this one: The DNA of Strategy Execution: Next Generation Project Management and PMO
@Piotr Przespolewski: Thanks a million for adding awesome value to this discussion with your thoughtful book recommendation. I am compiling a full list of all book recommendations here and will shortly add it here as a separate post.
I hope you will continue adding your expertise for the benefit of our vibrant PM community here.
Meanwhile, keep smiling, keep shining, and keep inspiring! Saving Changes...
Karthik RamamurthyAuthor, Say YES to Project Success| Founder KeyResultzChennai, Tamilnadu, Tamilnadu, India
Feb 07, 2019 9:08 AM
Replying to Ravi Kishan Paliwal
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Thanks Karthik for Initiating the discussion it has given lot of good books for deference
@Ravi Kishen Paliwal: Thanks a ton for adding awesome value to this discussion with your thoughtful book recommendation. I am compiling a full list of all book recommendations here and will shortly add it here as a separate post.
I hope you will continue adding your expertise for the benefit of our vibrant PM community here.
Meanwhile, keep smiling, keep shining, and keep inspiring! Saving Changes...
Karthik RamamurthyAuthor, Say YES to Project Success| Founder KeyResultzChennai, Tamilnadu, Tamilnadu, India
Feb 07, 2019 10:29 AM
Replying to Alok Priyadarshi
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Thank you Karthik and friends for giving Great recommendations. Project Business Management by Oliver Lehmann, I am adding further.
@Alok Priyadarshi: Thanks a million for adding awesome value to this discussion with your thoughtful book recommendation. I am compiling a full list of all book recommendations here and will shortly add it here as a separate post.
I hope you will continue adding your expertise for the benefit of our vibrant PM community here.
Meanwhile, keep smiling, keep shining, and keep inspiring! Saving Changes...
Sripriya NarayanasamyAuthor, Say Yes to Project Success| Director, KeyResultzChennai, Tamilnadu, India
I would like to add this book with 52 tips (1 per week), where 108 global experts have contributed.
Say Yes to Project Success - Winning the Project Management Game Saving Changes...
Karthik RamamurthyAuthor, Say YES to Project Success| Founder KeyResultzChennai, Tamilnadu, Tamilnadu, India
Thanks a million, everyone, for your valuable suggestions!
I've compiled the entire list, added author names where they were missing, and sorted in alphabetical order. The list is pasted below.
I will continue updating this list as more people add book other book recommendations.
1. 97 Things a Project Manager Should Know by Barbee Davis
2. A Down-to-Earth guide to SDLC Project Management by Joshua Boyde
3. Agile Project Management with Kanban by Erich Brechtner
4. Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins
5. Bare Knuckled Project Management by Tony Gruebi
6. Critical Chain by Eliyahu Goldratt
7. Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath
8. Dream With Your Eyes Open by Ronnie Screwalla
9. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry
10. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
11. Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
12. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity by David Allen
13. Key project Management based on Effective Project Thinking by Ronggui Ding
14. King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life by Nigel Ashton
15. Leading by Alex Ferguson
16. Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan project by Leslie R Groves
17. Phoenix Project - DevOps
18. PMP Exam Prep by Rita Mulcahy
19. PMP Prepcast by Cornelius Fichtner
20. Project Business Management by Oliver Lehmann
21. Project Management in the Fast Lane: Applying the Theory of Constraints by Robert C Newbold
22. Project Management Nation: Tools, Techniques and Goals for the New Practicing IT Project Manager by Jason Charvat
23. Project Management Professionals are Coloring Outside the Lines by Jeff Tobe and Ted Kallman
24. Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage by Jeffrey K Pinto
25. Say YES to Project Success: Winning the Project Management Game by Karthik K Ramamurthy and Sripriya V Narayanasamy
26. Start with Why by Simon Sinek
27. Strategic Project Management Made Simple: Practical Tools for Leaders and Teams by Terry Schmidt
28. The Dance of Change by Peter Senge
29. The DNA of Strategy Execution: Next Generation Project Management and PMO by Jack Duggal
30. The Handbook of Program Management: How to Facilitate Project Success with Optimal Program Management by James T Brown
31. The Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks
32. The Project Management Body of Knowledge from the Project Management Institute
33. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
34. The Three Laws of Performance by Steve Jaffron and Dave Logan
35. Unlocking Potential by Michael K Simpson
36. Using the Project Management Maturity Model by Harold Kerzner
37. What Got You here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter
38. What You Need to Know About Project Management by Fergus O'Connell
39. Wings of Fire by Adbul Jalaam
40. Winners by Alastair Campbell Saving Changes...
BHANU SINGHProject Delivery Manager| CAPGEMINI US LLC IL ChicagoPortage, Mi, United States
''The 7 habits of highly effective people'' is one of the best books I have read. Saving Changes...
