Project Management (Essential Managers)
Classify this itsy-bitsy book as a project management guide that isn't a  project to read but that distills all the basics for you into a quick thumbnail  guide on everything from establishing objectives and keeping to schedules and  budgets to providing effective leadership and tackling problems efficiently.  Along the way, simple checklists enable you to be fully prepared at every stage,  from starting up to closing down, and accessible diagrams and flow charts  explore different options for action and provide useful examples. Granted, if  you're looking for very specific or in-depth guidance, you may find this book  too cursory and general in its approach. But if you're looking for a thumbnail  guide to the basics, it'll do you just fine.It's worth mentioning that the  book is also part of reference publisher Dorling Kindersley's Essential Managers  series--20 itty-bitty li'l books on business and career topics ranging from  communication, leadership, and decision making to the management of time,  budgets, change, meetings, people, projects, and teams. Combining theFor  Dummiesbook series's talent for breaking down a lot of information into  bite-size bits and sidebars with Dorling Kindersley's signature design style of  crisp, classy graphics on a gleaming white backdrop, they don't represent the  cutting edge of business thinking and they don't necessarily reflect any unique  individual perspective. Instead, it's as though someone collated the best  general thinking on these 20 topics and rolled them out into 72 brightly  designed and easy-to-read pages, studded along the way with boxed tips, color  shots of a multiracial cast of "coworkers" animatedly hashing through the  workplace issues of the day, and a self-test of one's skills in the topic at  hand on the last few pages of each volume. Again, they're not for anyone looking  for more in-depth or focused help on any of the subjects they cover, but they're  perfect as a quickie general-interest reference... and let's face it, they're so   cute and look so smart in a neat little stack or row that you'll probably want  to buy a whole bunch to give to your entire staff or department.--Timothy  Murphy--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.