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The Project Management Answer Book, 2nd Edition
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The Project Management Answer Book, 2nd Edition

by Jeff Furman
December 2014
Intermediate to advanced
506 pages
10h 49m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Foreword

Many years ago, I began my career working as a software developer. One momentous day I was pulled aside by the department director and asked if I wanted to make the transition to project manager. I readily accepted without any inkling that this would change the direction of my entire career.

The following Monday, I found myself in charge of my first real project. The team consisted of six developers, one business analyst, and a quality assurance manager. Our combined annual burn rate was almost $1,000,000, and as I stared at my computer monitor it slowly dawned on me that I did not have a very good idea of what I was supposed to do. Worse yet, I found that answers to my questions were not as readily available as I had hoped they would ...

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