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Title: Good reference text but minimal groundbreaking value
Review: I would recommend this book only to someone with no prior professional experience, entering the world of employment. The author assumes the reader has a complete lack of prior knowledge of any project management skills. It could be a good reference guide to someone with the project management duties but without the formal PM title. Otherwise, I would not recommend this book for anyone with more than two years professional experience.It seems to be written for a high school level education, which has advantages and disadvantages: it is easily digestable and a quick read but sometimes risks presenting the material in an overly simplistic description.While it provides a thorough introduction to the concepts of project management in a cookbook style, it does not provide adequate background on the soft skills, political savvy, and negotiation skills required of a project manager to resolve conflicts.
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