Project Management Reading Suggestions JMA/October 2009

Reading:

We recommend the following book (due out Dec 09 – or its previous revision if not) to
any of you who are practitioners in the field or who will be

Project Management, (2009) 4th Edition. (Paperback) by Harvey Maylor Prentice Hall
The fourth edition of this successful textbook combines a strong academic approach with
relevant practical cases, the text skilfully shows the range of issues that face project
managers through the logic of the 4-D project cycle.

Also, the following book is recommended:

Buttrick, R (2005) Project Workout, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall

Introductory level:

APM (2006), APM Body of Knowledge, 5th Edition, High Wycombe: APM Press.

Berkun, S. (2005), The Art of Project Management, Sebastopol CA: O’Reilly Media
Inc.

Frame, J.D. (1995) Managing Projects in Organizations, Jossey-Bass

(An excellent introductory book, which has a more thorough coverage of people, team
and organizational issues, as well as techniques)

OGC (2009), Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2, 5th edition, Norwich: The
Stationery Office.

OGC (2007), Managing Successful Programmes, 3rd edition, Norwich: The Stationery
Office.

PMI (2008), A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 4th Edition,
PMI, Upper Darby, PA, see www.pmi.org.

Project Management Association of Japan (2005), P2M: A Guidebook of Project and

Program Management for Enterprise Innovation, see
http://www.pmaj.or.jp/ENG/index.htm.

Reiss, G. (2007) Project Management Demystified, 3rd Edition, Taylor & Francis.

Turner, J.R. (2008), Gower Handbook of Project Management, 4th Edition,

Aldershot: Gower.

Verzuh, E. (2003), The Portable MBA in Project Management, Chichester: Wiley.

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Intermediate to advanced level:

Andersen, E.S., Grude K.V., and Haug T. (2004) Goal Directed Project Management,
3rd Edition, Kogan Page.
(Helpful hints on potential problems, and a good focus on results)

Briner, W., Geddes, M. and Hastings, C. (1996) Project Leadership, 2nd revised edition,
Aldershot: Gower Publishing
(A behavioural view of the role and function of the project manager – good read with
some easy to use ideas)

Advanced level:

A selection of recommended texts for further reading is:

Archibald, R.D. (2003) Managing High Technology Programs and Projects (3rd
Edition) New York: Wiley.
(This is quite technical, very comprehensive and well researched. Although this book is
expensive, it is a good book all round).

Belbin, R.M. (1996) Team Roles at Work, Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann (2nd edition
due February 2010).

Chapman, C., and Ward, S. (2003) Project Risk Management Wiley

Dinsmore, P. C. (2007) Winning in Business with Enterprise Project Management

USA AMACOM/AMA Publications
(Highly recommended text for an important emerging area of PM).

Flyvbjerg, B. (2003), Megaprojects and Risk, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Goldratt, E. (1997), Critical Chain, Avebury.

Hamilton, A. (2001) Managing Projects for Success – A Trilogy, Thomas Telford.

(Highly recommended)

Meredith, J.R. and Mantel, S.J. (2009) Project Management: A Managerial

Approach, 7th Edition, New York: Wiley (Comprehensive American MBA text – widely
used).

Morris, P.W.G. (1997) The Management of Projects, London: Thomas Telford

(Thorough, comprehensively-referenced historical commentary on the management of
real projects)

Rother, M. & Shook, J. (1999), Learning to See: Value-stream Mapping to Create

Value and Eliminate Muda, Cambridge, MA: The Lean Enterprise Institute.

Scheinkopf, L. (1999), Thinking for a Change, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Turner, R.J. (2000) The Handbook of Project-Based Management, London: McGraw-

Hill
(Covers the whole range of project management issues, including strategic/business
aspects).

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Turner, R.J. and Simister, S.J (2008) Gower Handbook of Project Management, 3rd
Edition London, Gower
(New, comprehensive and wide ranging coverage of Project Management areas but
expensive).

Journals

Project Management Journal (published four times a year by PMI)

International Journal of Project Management (published eight times a year by Elsevier)

International Journal of Project Management, Vol. 24, No. 8, 2006, Special Issue from
the Rethinking Project Management Network.

PM Network – monthly publication of PMI

Project – monthly publication of APM

Project Management Today – professional journal

Organisations of interest

www.apm.org.uk - The Association for Project Management (UK).

www.pmi.org – For information about the Project Management Institute and referral to
national organisations (known as Chapters).

www.prince2.com – Description of the processes associated with PRINCE2.

www.ipma.ch - International Project Management Association: (see

www.ipma.ch/membership/memberassociations/Pages/default.aspx for full list of
national associations and relevant websites).

www.pma-india.org – Indian Project Management Associates.

www.projektforum.se/ - Swedish Project Management Association.

Nordnet – Association of the Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, and Icelandic national
project management associations.

www.pm.org.cn - Project Management Research Committee China (PMRC).

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