review 4 – Project Manager – Australia's online resource for project management professionals

Review: Navigating through the Cloud—Rob Livingstone

Navigating through the Cloud provides a clear, practical guide to the potential benefits and challenges of adopting Cloud-based technologies in medium to large organisations.

August 2, 2011

Review: The Search—Jed Simms, Jon Sturgess

The Search is a guide to project management disguised as a novel. This book would be an ideal introduction to online retail and ecommerce concepts for people who are IT novices.

July 11, 2011

Review: Herding Monkeys—Nigel Collin

Effectively harnessing your team or company’s untapped creativity can mean the difference between success and failure in today’s world.

June 30, 2011

Review: Project Management for the Creation of Organisational Value—Ofer Zwikael, John Smyrk

Organisations invest in projects with the expectation they will deliver benefits. However, the imperative of delivering benefits is sometimes lost as project managers focus on the ‘goal’ of on time, on budget, ‘fit-for-purpose’ completion.

June 29, 2011

Project management software review: Teamlab

Having been in the web development game for 15 years, I have a wide network of talented professionals with whom I collaborate to get stuff done. Some of these contacts live in London, and others are spread all over the globe.

June 28, 2011

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Review: The Business of Being an Athlete—Kerri Pottharst

It’s difficult to read beach volleyballer Kerri Pottharst’s The Business Of Being An Athlete and not be motivated to pull out a piece of paper and start writing your own life goals.

May 19, 2011

Review: Work Smarter: Live Better—Cyril Peupion

Time management, the art of working effectively and efficiently, is a life and death issue for project managers.

May 17, 2011

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Project management software review: Binfire

Project management and collaboration solutions have matured greatly in recent years and today numerous robust, capable options exist. Having recently come across Binfire, I recommend it to anybody looking to add structure, accountability and order to their team’s collaborative efforts.

April 15, 2011

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