What reading material would you suggest to up and coming PMs?

Daniel Jean Data & Analytics Scrum Master| Delta Dental Chicago, Il, United States

I read a lot of articles. I try to use the templates here on this site and incorporate them in my job to make the learning less abstract for me.

Posted: Mar 13, 2018 2:25 PM

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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada

Daniel -

there have been a few threads on good reading materials relevant to a new PM. Here's a few of the links I found:

https://www.projectmanagement.com/discussi...ect-management-

https://www.projectmanagement.com/discussi...ect-management-

https://www.projectmanagement.com/discussi...-it-be-and-why-

https://www.projectmanagement.com/discussi...ecommendations-

Hope that helps!

Kiron

Posted: Mar 13, 2018 6:30 PM

Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

There's many books, but I enjoyed just the ones I used to get the PMP certification, like Rita's "PMP Exam Prep". Reading certification books will really help you learn things you may not otherwise have learned from traditional PM books. And you get to learn material for a certification at the same time.

Posted: Mar 13, 2018 6:39 PM

Boon Siang Tay Project Manager | PMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2 Agile, Project+, CSM, CSPO, PSM, PSPO| ST Engineering Urban Solutions Singapore, Singapore

1. The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management by Eric Versuh. Lots of practical templates you can immediately use for your own projects.

2. Fundamentals of Project Management by Joseph Heagney. Short book that you can give your project admin or staff.

3. Lean and Agile Project Management by Dr Terra Vanzant Stern.

4. The Project Management Tool Kit by Tom Kendrick.

5. Results Without Authority by Tom Kendrick.

6. The AMA Handbook of Project Management by Paul C. Dinsmore.

Put in the effort to browse these books in library, rather than picking articles all over internet.

Posted: Mar 13, 2018 10:50 PM

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