Project Managers at Work [electronic resource] /
Harpham, Bruce.author.
Read 25 in-depth, candid interviews with notable project managers. Discover how project managers work, what they do, how they adapt and make decisions, how they inspire and motivate others, what career lessons and advice they can share, and how they landed their current jobs either as project managers or in more senior positions thanks to their success as project managers. Most of the project managers featured in this book—together with a selection of program managers, executives, entrepreneurs, and CEOs with project management backgrounds and responsibilities—work in the technology sector, but many work in other industries, including banking and financial services, consulting, aerospace, energy, and transportation. Bruce Harpham, PMP—a project management career advisor and journalist—has chosen interviewees who range across the spectrum of company size and maturity and of individual career stages—from CEOs who were formerly project managers (such as Mavenlink’s Ray Grainger); to founders of project management consulting firms (such as Tramore’s Tom Atkins); to project managers at the world’s leading tech giants (such as IBM’s Bob Tarne, Google’s Michael Lubrano, Apple’s Seth J. Gillespie, and Cisco’s Hassan Osman), in the space industry (such as NASA’s David Woerner, Canadian Space Agency’s Isabelle Tremblay and EUMETSAT’s Hilary Wilson), in financial services (such as TD Bank’s Ilana Sprongl and Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s Annette Lyjak), and at transportation and logistics companies (such as Amtrak’s Sarina Arcari). What You'll Learn Practicing project managers and engineers and graduates who aspire to become project managers will learn from the mouths of seasoned exponents at the top of their profession: Break into project management, cultivate leadership skills, and influence higher-ups Win assignments to manage career-advancing projects and ace deliveries Avoid pitfalls and recover from operational failures and managerial mistakes Manage the distractions and pressures of project work successfully while maintaining high morale Discover the books, courses, and development strategies they used to make it to the top.
Includes index.
Chapter 1 - Michael Lubrano: Senior Program Manager, Google -- Chapter 2 - David Woerner: Chief Engineer, NASA -- Chapter 3 - Tamsen Mitchell: Agile Coach, Salesforce -- Chapter 4 - Isabelle Tremblay: Senior Systems Engineer, Canadian Space Agency -- Chapter 5 - Andy Kaufman: President, Institute for Leadership and Excellence & Development, Inc. -- Chapter 6 - Owen C. Gadeken: Professor, Defense Acquisition University -- Chapter 7 - Shobha Subramonian: Principal Project Manager, SAS -- Chapter 8 - Kristen Fleming: Vice President of Integrated Production, VaynerMedia -- Chapter 9 - Hassan Osman: PMO Manager, Cisco -- Chapter 10 - Ilana Sprongl: AVP, Enterprise Project Management Office, TD Bank Group -- Chapter 11 - Jason Fried: President, Basecamp -- Chapter 12 - Tom Atkins: President, Tramore Group -- Chapter 13 - Cornelius Fichtner: President, OSP International LLC -- Chapter 14 - Brennan Dunn: Founder, Double Your Freelancing -- Chapter 15 - Tracy Ford: Director of APM Practice, General Electric -- Chapter 16 - Annette Lyjak: Senior IT Manager - Technology Project Management Office, OMERS -- Chapter 17 - Bob Tarne: Engagement Manager, IBM -- Chapter 18 - Ray Grainger: CEO, Mavenlink -- Chapter 19 - Seth Gillespie: Senior Project Manager, Apple -- Chapter 20 - Frank Crescenzo: Manager, Brookhaven Site Office, Brookhaven National Laboratory -- Chapter 21 - David Kollm: Enterprise Agile Coach, Accenture -- Chapter 22 - Hilary Wilson: Project Manager, EUMETSAT -- Chapter 23 - Sarina Arcari: Vice President of Enterprise Program Management, Amtrak -- Chapter 24 - Mehmood Alam: Senior Project Engineer, Costain -- Chapter 25 - Alicia Aitken: Chief Project Officer, Telstra.
Read 25 in-depth, candid interviews with notable project managers. Discover how project managers work, what they do, how they adapt and make decisions, how they inspire and motivate others, what career lessons and advice they can share, and how they landed their current jobs either as project managers or in more senior positions thanks to their success as project managers. Most of the project managers featured in this book—together with a selection of program managers, executives, entrepreneurs, and CEOs with project management backgrounds and responsibilities—work in the technology sector, but many work in other industries, including banking and financial services, consulting, aerospace, energy, and transportation. Bruce Harpham, PMP—a project management career advisor and journalist—has chosen interviewees who range across the spectrum of company size and maturity and of individual career stages—from CEOs who were formerly project managers (such as Mavenlink’s Ray Grainger); to founders of project management consulting firms (such as Tramore’s Tom Atkins); to project managers at the world’s leading tech giants (such as IBM’s Bob Tarne, Google’s Michael Lubrano, Apple’s Seth J. Gillespie, and Cisco’s Hassan Osman), in the space industry (such as NASA’s David Woerner, Canadian Space Agency’s Isabelle Tremblay and EUMETSAT’s Hilary Wilson), in financial services (such as TD Bank’s Ilana Sprongl and Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s Annette Lyjak), and at transportation and logistics companies (such as Amtrak’s Sarina Arcari). What You'll Learn Practicing project managers and engineers and graduates who aspire to become project managers will learn from the mouths of seasoned exponents at the top of their profession: Break into project management, cultivate leadership skills, and influence higher-ups Win assignments to manage career-advancing projects and ace deliveries Avoid pitfalls and recover from operational failures and managerial mistakes Manage the distractions and pressures of project work successfully while maintaining high morale Discover the books, courses, and development strategies they used to make it to the top.
Project management.
Success in business.
Careers.
Engineering—Vocational guidance.
Leadership.
Computers.
Project Management.
Careers in Business and Management.
Job Careers in Science and Engineering.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
The Computing Profession.