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About the Book
Imagine your boss comes to you and says: “i've got an opportunity for you to step up and make a name for yourself! the <major event> is coming up on <date> and I want you to manage this event for us. I know you don’t have prior experience as a Project Manager but you are a good operator and I have every trust in you. Just tell me what you need.”
What do you do?
One option is to go down to the bookshop, or to Amazon.com, and pick up a few books on project management; or perhaps go online and see what courses or materials you can pick up there
Another option is to go it alone and just jump in and do the task, figuring it out as you go. But how will you know what do?
A third option would be to find a project manager who could advise you and mentor you – but when you’ve spoken such people in the past they speak in such specialised and complicated ways.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could find a book that speaks to you in simple terms and that guides you to do the right things in a way that you understand?
This book is made just for you: to give you a start on your first big project, but without loading you up on a whole new language and / or a whole bunch of new complexity.
I've distilled the idea of project management down to a few simple principles that you can remember easily or count on the fingers of one hand - literally, because there are 5 principles, one for each finger and your thumb.
This book won't tell you what to do, but it will help you pick the best of your skills and other peoples in order to work out what's important to do and what you can ignore.
About the Author
Adam writes about project management on his blog “Adam On Projects” and in his books and other content at Leanpub.com. He is also an expert in applying ChatGPT to project environments and has written several books on ChatGPT.
Adam coaches and mentors other project managers, and consults on various projects around the world.
Adam Russell has successfully delivered software development, software package, and systems integration projects for nearly 40 years, using both Agile and traditional approaches.
Adam started as a software developer, and then moved into pre-sales technical support when the IBM PC launched. He launched his project management career after he helped to close a significant government deal. The head of projects said: “You helped sell it. Now, you can deliver it”.
Since then, Adam has worked for companies ranging from 1-person startups to global tier-1 vendors and customer organisations in roles ranging from hands-on project manager through to General Manager of Systems Integration.
In those roles, Adam has been responsible for delivering hundreds of projects, ranging in budget from $5k up to over $100m. Adam also volunteers his time and skills with non-profit organisations.