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A Project Manager's Storybook (With Cases)
A Project Manager's Storybook - With Cases Author:John Tracy ?A Project Manager?s Storybook (With Cases)? was born of a need for a different type of companion book to the ?Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Edition Five?. It focuses on experiential stories that make the PMBOK® Guide come alive; delivers cases that are easy to read, relevant to today?s classroom audiences and focused on ... more »producing key project artifacts; and delivers five PMP Exam review questions per chapter that also focus on those artifacts as well as PMBOK® Guide Edition Five changes. For the reader wanting to learn what the business of project management is about or gain another perspective on its application and its meaning, there is a host of benefits that can be derived from the book and its experience-based vs. ivory tower focus. Real world case studies in areas such as planning for a wedding or completing a procurement plan and risk register when starting a new business leave the reader with useful tools after setting the book aside. For the reader wanting to pass the CaPM or PMP Exam®, it is an easy companion read to PMBOK® Guide Edition Five that supports and helps explain the utility of that guide, with some sample exam questions as an additional learning tool. For students engaged in Certificate or Associate/Bachelors Degree Programs in Project Management or a related discipline, the book should help in completing that foundation. For professional educators and their institutions, it should serve as a competitively-priced companion guide to the PMBOK® Guide and other management program textbooks.« less