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In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft project veteran Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects.

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In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft project veteran Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Each essay distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice, and the new edition now adds more value for leaders and managers of projects everywhere.

Based on his nine years of experience as a program manager for Internet Explorer, and lead program manager for Windows and MSN, Berkun explains to technical and non-technical readers alike what it takes to get through a large software or web development project. Making Things Happen doesn't cite specific methods, but focuses on philosophy and strategy. Unlike other project management books, Berkun offers personal essays in a comfortable style and easy tone that emulate the relationship of a wise project manager who gives good, entertaining and passionate advice to those who ask.

Topics in this new edition include:

How to make things happen
Making good decisions
Specifications and requirements
Ideas and what to do with them
How not to annoy people
Leadership and trust
The truth about making dates
What to do when things go wrong

Complete with a new forward from the author and a discussion guide for forming reading groups/teams, Making Things Happen offers in-depth exercises to help you apply lessons from the book to your job. It is inspiring, funny, honest, and compelling, and definitely the one book that you and your team need to have within arm's reach throughout the life of your project.

Coming from the rare perspective of someone who fought difficult battles on Microsoft's biggest projects and taught project design and management for MSTE, Microsoft's internal best practices group, this is valuable advice indeed. It will serve you well with your current work, and on future projects to come.

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Title Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management
Author Scott Berkun
Binding Paperback
Edition Revised
Pages 408
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA
Publication date 2008-04-29
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780596517717 / 0596517718
Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
Dimensions 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 17.53 x 2.29 cm)
Category Computers - General Information
Library of Congress subjects Project management, Leadership
Dewey Decimal Code 658.404

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Scitech Book News, 06/01/2008, Page 6

About the author

Scott Berkun worked on the Internet Explorer team at Microsoft from 1994-1999 and left the company in 2003 with the goal of writing enough books to fill a shelf. The Myths of Innovation is his second book: he wrote the best seller, The Art of Project Management (O'Reilly 2005). He makes a living writing, teaching and speaking. He teaches a graduate course in creative thinking at the University of Washington, runs the sacred places architecture tour at NYC's GEL conference, and writes about innovation, design and management at www.scottberkun.com.

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