The Project Manager's Guide to Making Successful Decisions

Preface

This is not another traditional book on project management. There are an adequate number of books on managing projects, and adding another one will not necessarily increase project manager skills or contribute to project success. What project managers need most is a resource that will help them become better decision makers.

In traditional project management training, project managers are taught how to plan projects according to business objectives, how to gather requirements, how to develop a management plan, how to assign resources, how to track progress, how to handle conflict, and how to maintain control. We have found, however, that project managers receive very little education or training focused on the decision-making required ...