January 2023
Beginner to intermediate
592 pages
9h 38m
English
book
Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control, Sixth Edition: The Ultimate Hands-On Guide to Bringing Projects in On Time and On Budget, 6th Edition
by James P. Lewis
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PREFACE
Sometime in 1991 a student in one of my project management seminars asked, “Have you ever thought about writing a book on this topic?” I had, but since 1981 I had been traveling around the world teaching the subject and related topics such as leadership skills, and writing a book just hadn’t been on my radar.
The idea did appeal to me, however, so I wrote short letters to three publishers that I found in Writer’s Digest and waited. In less than a week I received a call from Pamela van Geissen, who was an acquisitions editor at Probus Publishing in Chicago. She was interested in the book and wondered if I ever made it to Chicago.
If you believe in synchronicity—and perhaps if you don’t—this will rock your boat. “I’ll be up there next ...
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