Project Managers at Work (eBook)

Bruce Harpham (Autor)

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2017 | 1st ed.
XVI, 316 Seiten
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4842-2668-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Read 25 in-depth, candid interviews with notable project managers. Discover how project managers work, what they do, how they adapt and make decisions, how they inspire and motivate others, what career lessons and advice they can share, and how they landed their current jobs either as project managers or in more senior positions thanks to their success as project managers. Most of the project managers featured in this book-together with a selection of program managers, executives, entrepreneurs, and CEOs with project management backgrounds and responsibilities-work in the technology sector, but many work in other industries, including banking and financial services, consulting, aerospace, energy, and transportation.

Bruce Harpham, PMP-a project management career advisor and journalist-has chosen interviewees who range across the spectrum of company size and maturity and of individual career stages-from CEOs who were formerly project managers (such as Mavenlink's Ray Grainger); to founders of project management consulting firms (such as Tramore's Tom Atkins); to project managers at the world's leading tech giants (such as IBM's Bob Tarne, Google's Michael Lubrano, Apple's Seth J. Gillespie, and Cisco's  Hassan Osman), in the space industry (such as NASA's David Woerner, Canadian Space Agency's Isabelle Tremblay and EUMETSAT's Hilary Wilson), in financial services (such as TD Bank's Ilana Sprongl and Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System's Annette Lyjak), and at transportation companies (such as Amtrak's Sarina Arcari).

What You'll Learn

Practicing project managers and engineers and graduates who aspire to become project managers will learn from the mouths of seasoned exponents at the top of their profession:

• Break into project management, cultivate leadership skills, and influence higher-ups
  
• Win assignments to manage career-advancing projects and ace deliveries
  
• Avoid pitfalls and recover from operational failures and managerial mistakes
  
• Manage the distractions and pressures of project work successfully while maintaining high morale
  
• Discover the books, courses, and development strategies they used to make it to the top

Who This Book Is For

Practicing project managers-including the half million PMI members required to pursue continuing education to maintain certification. The secondary readership is engineers, career-changers, and recent graduates who aspire to become project managers.

Bruce Harpham, PMP, is the founder of Project Management Hacks career consultancy. He is also an award-winning blogger for IT World Canada. In 2016, TimeCamp named him as one of the top 123 Top Influencers in the Project Management Industry. His articles on project management, engineering careers, IT strategy, cybersecurity, leadership, and innovation have appeared on ProjectManagement.com, Success.com, Monster.com, CIO.com, CSOonline.com, and in InfoWorld, College Recruiter, Profit Guide, and other publications.

Bruce has been interviewed by the Globe & Mail. He has appeared on several industry podcasts, including The Project Management Podcast, The People and Projects Podcast, and The Engineering Career Coach Podcast.

Bruce holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and certifications from the Canadian Securities Institute. His professional experience and projects focus on the financial services industry.

Bruce pursues his passion for education as an alumni volunteer at the University of Toronto. He is also fundraiser for various causes, including the Toronto Public Library and the United Way.

Bruce has a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in information studies from the University of Toronto. He also has a master's degree in history from the University of Western Ontario. He currently lives in Toronto.

Inhalt

Contents 6
About the Author 8
Acknowledgments 9
Introduction 11
Chapter1: Michael Lubrano 15
Chapter Summary 26
Chapter2: David Woerner 28
Chapter Summary 40
Chapter3: Tamsen Mitchell 41
Chapter Summary 51
Chapter4: Isabelle Tremblay 53
Chapter Summary 63
Chapter5: Andy Kaufman 64
Chapter Summary 75
Chapter6: Owen C. Gadeken 76
Chapter Summary 88
Chapter7: Shobha Subramonian 90
Chapter Summary 99
Chapter8: Kristen Fleming 100
Chapter Summary 110
Chapter9: Hassan Osman 111
Chapter Summary 121
Chapter10: Ilana Sprongl 122
Chapter Summary 133
Chapter11: Jason Fried 134
Chapter Summary 144
Chapter12: Tom Atkins 146
Chapter Summary 160
Chapter13: Cornelius Fichtner 161
Chapter Summary 170
Chapter14: Brennan Dunn 171
Chapter Summary 182
Chapter15: Tracy Ford 183
Chapter Summary 192
Chapter16: Annette Lyjak 194
Chapter Summary 204
Chapter17: Bob Tarne 205
Chapter Summary 216
Chapter18: Ray Grainger 217
Chapter Summary 226
Chapter19: Seth J. Gillespie 227
Chapter Summary 238
Chapter20: Frank Crescenzo 240
Chapter Summary 255
Chapter21: David Kollm 257
Chapter Summary 267
Chapter22: Hilary Wilson 268
Chapter Summary 276
Chapter23: Sarina Arcari 277
Chapter Summary 290
Chapter24: Mehmood Alam 291
Chapter Summary 299
Chapter25: Alicia Aitken 300
Chapter Summary 310
Index 311

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.8.2017
• Zusatzinfo: XVI, 316 p. 1 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Berkeley
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: associate project manager • how to get hired at Google • Influence Strategies • Interviews • leadership skills • PMI • PMO • PMO director • PMP • Program Director • program manager • project management career advice • project management consultancy • project management entrepreneur • Project Management Institute • Project Management Office • project management professional • Project management software • Project Manager • senior project manager
• ISBN-10: 1-4842-2668-2 / 1484226682
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4842-2668-1 / 9781484226681