Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

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I’ve been reading a new book from O’Reilly which, despite my intense aversion to books of this type, outshines its class. Everything that humanity has built, from the Egyptian pyramids or the Roman aqueducts up to a Boeing 777 or the Hubble space telescope, have been designed and then implemented. Once you have solved the thing, move on to the next on your list, and continue to work your way down. Making Things Happen" is an insightful read that delivers a practical approach to project management. Include a choice to do nothing and at least one hybrid choice (including a part with several options).

Instead of applying their energy toward completing work, they now have to expend energy calculating whether she will actually do what she says she will. The author tried to cover all kinds of projects and developments - it's supposed to be a good thing, but it makes it pretty hard to apply in real life. Scott Berkun is the author of eight popular books on creativity, design, leadership and public speaking. Once it was clear how popular the text was going to be, O’Reilly and Berkun took out some of the superfluous bits, added in over 120 exercises and generally spruced it up to launch it into the best-seller list.Producing: Knowing Value Conclusion - Understanding the Boundaries, A Justificatory Narrative and What Next? Think about how much time you waste on your phone, in front of the TV or doing some other activity that doesn’t provide any intrinsic value to your life. Its a solution kit for succeeding at software projects and I plan to keep it by my side as a reference and re-read in the future. Even worse, if good questions about how and why the specifications were written were never asked, no-one on the team can truly understand what is a good or bad process for writing specifications, or up to what point they contributed or did not contribute to the team’s performance.

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The latter part of the book is all about keeping the momentum and tidying up when you are finished including a chapter on managing office politics. Yet this book does not include practical techniques, such as how to come up with a work breakdown structure, how to make estimates, etc.Scott Berkun delivers an extremely readable book on the pitfalls to avoid and the techniques to pursue in software program management. But when the author asked how many decisions they made in a day, and how frequently they used these techniques, they often realized that something was wrong. It provides a basis for discussion and a point of reference that does not depend on people’s fallible memory. This book explains to technical and non-technical readers alike what it takes to get through a large software or web development project.