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THE BRIEFCASE BOOKS SERIES

Now translated into nine languages! This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for all managers at every level.

All managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate hierarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations.

Today's workplace is often complex and unpredictable, yet most project management books address only the topic of managing individual projects and solving specific problems. Managing Multiple Projects presents a realistic method for developing the individual and group skills needed to cope with competing demands. It shows readers how to develop a reliable system for taking on multiple projects, work with others to allocate conflicting workloads, cope with the stress that comes from managing multiple projects, and more.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #111120 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03-05
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 180 pages

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As a manager today you must be a master juggler, responsible for keeping several balls in the air even as new balls are randomly tossed in from all sides.

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For all managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate hierarchy, who can use a little 'brushing up' now and then. Filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations. Softcover.

From the Back Cover

Proven Techniques for Keeping Simultaneous Projects On Course­­and Ensuring Their Successful Completion

As a manager today you must be a master juggler, responsible for keeping several balls in the air even as new balls are randomly tossed in from all sides. Managing Multiple Projects provides the organizational skills and management strategies you need to tackle multiple projects, roles, and responsibilities­­and get the results you want. Turn to this latest addition to McGraw-Hill's skills-based Briefcase Books series for hands-on techniques you can use to:

• Develop a reliable, repeatable system for addressing competing demands
• Work with others to effectively allocate workloads
• Handle the emotional demands­­both for yourself and others­­of project overload

While numerous books have addressed specific project management issues, few­­until now­­have contained proactive strategies for consistently achieving multiple objectives. Managing Multiple Projects draws on skills from time management, task completion, organizational psychology, and more to provide a proven system for easily managing concurrent projects, and guiding each to its successful completion.

Briefcase Books, written specifically for today's busy manager, feature eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through each page:

• Clear definitions of important terms, concepts, and jargon
• Tips and tactics for facilitating multiple projects
• Proven how-to hints for addressing specific situations
• Practical advice for minimizing unexpected project errors
• Warning signs that new activities and initiatives are going awry
• Case studies of effective multiple project management in action
• Procedures, techniques, and tactics for implementing this book's ideas

Customer Reviews

Some good points
For a project manager using large scale software tools this will fall very short despite the title. An opt title might have been, Time and Project management for small teams. The book starts with brief time management concepts, as it relates to individuals, then proceeds to some pretty good general team buiding points and interviews to answer questions related to time and projects, but finally leaves the reader (like a seasoned PM) pretty much wondering where its all going with 80-pages left to read.

If you operate in small teams or workgroups and just starting out in a PM role, when the role did not exist before, then this may cut it. If you are expected to apply PM principles, as outlined in the PMBOK or even moving to job where the previous person did a similar role without the PMI designation, then forget this one.

I gave it two stars because it does have some management pointers that was good to re-read after many years.

This book goes for a $1-$3 in the used section, so its not like your gonna get ripped off or anything like that, its just a question of what your time is worth and maybe being caught with this on your desk at work. I mean if your a seasoned PM and your boss flipped through its pages, you would have to quickly come up with a think-fast answer, or he would seriously question your abilities.

The Briefcase Series is a hit overall and this one is certainly excellent
This is an excellent book with lots of practical knowledge having to deal with juggling multiple projects. As a former Director of both IT and Education in Silicon Valley, I found it to be concise and practical.

I am a fan of all the books I have read in the Briefcase Series. They have a very direct, no nonsense approach that is very appealing to busy people. I have picked up many useful ideas from many of the books form this series.

One of the difficulties of a middle level mangement position is juggling multiple projects. This book gives very useful and practical advice along these lines.

Good title, but very little useful content
This book is a rehash of a number of other general management and time management principles found elsewhere, which may still be of use for a lay-person but is certainly not for project managers or anyone else who manages multiple projects for their profession. There are a number of other books on program management which are much better suited for that purpose.