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.
閱讀25篇深入且坦誠的訪談，對象為知名的專案經理。了解專案經理的工作方式、他們的職責、如何適應與做出決策、如何激勵與鼓舞他人、他們可以分享的職業教訓與建議，以及他們如何因為作為專案經理的成功而獲得目前的職位，無論是專案經理還是更高層的職位。本書中大多數的專案經理——以及一些擁有專案管理背景和責任的程式經理、高管、企業家和CEO——主要在科技領域工作，但也有許多人在其他行業工作，包括銀行與金融服務、諮詢、航空航天、能源和運輸。
Bruce Harpham，PMP——一位專案管理職業顧問和記者——選擇了來自不同公司規模和成熟度、以及個人職業階段的受訪者——從曾任專案經理的CEO（如Mavenlink的Ray Grainger）；到專案管理諮詢公司的創辦人（如Tramore的Tom Atkins）；再到世界領先科技巨頭的專案經理（如IBM的Bob Tarne、Google的Michael Lubrano、Apple的Seth J. Gillespie和Cisco的Hassan Osman），以及太空產業的專案經理（如NASA的David Woerner、加拿大太空局的Isabelle Tremblay和EUMETSAT的Hilary Wilson），在金融服務領域的專案經理（如TD Bank的Ilana Sprongl和安大略省市政員工退休系統的Annette Lyjak），以及運輸公司的專案經理（如Amtrak的Sarina Arcari）。
你將學到的內容
現職專案經理和工程師，以及希望成為專案經理的畢業生，將從這些行業頂尖專家的口中學習：
- 進入專案管理領域，培養領導能力，並影響上級
- 獲得管理職業晉升專案的任務並成功交付
- 避免陷阱，從操作失敗和管理錯誤中恢復
- 成功管理專案工作的干擾和壓力，同時保持高昂的士氣
- 發現他們用來達到頂尖的書籍、課程和發展策略
本書的讀者對象
現職專案經理——包括需要持續教育以維持認證的50萬名PMI會員。次要讀者為希望成為專案經理的工程師、職業轉換者和應屆畢業生。
