How to Select the Right Project Manager - Softcover

Tom Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955413230 ISBN 13: 9780955413230

Publisher: dashdot Enterprises Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

How to Select The Right Project Manager is a practical publication which guides the reader through the options, processes, ancillary byways and tangential issues of PM selection. The author s experience as a judge, organiser, observer and contestant emerges on every page. Target readers will include: - client customers and their advisors seeking to appoint project managers, - prospective employers of project managers as staff, - project managers themselves as individuals and organisations. Within the texts and Appendices there are comprehensive checklists, worked examples and references. The historical black and white photographs with captions provide valid pointers. In a forest of management publications this accessible volume is unique in its title, depth and usefulness.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Taylor is a project manager with over thirty years in the front line of projects. This booklet is based on his experience of selecting project managers from all sides as an employer, advising clients and in bidding for commissions - as a judge, organiser, observer and contestant. Much of this exposure took place while a Director of Buro Four - a successful, independent, project management organisation whose support has been instrumental in putting this booklet together. Tom is a strong supporter of project, programme and portfolio management; he has been actively involved with Association for Project Management (APM), as Chairman from 2004 to 2006 and now as a Vice President. In 2007 he received the President's Medal for his contributions. He is principal of dashdot - a management consultancy.

From the Back Cover

'How to Select The Right Project Manager' is a practical publication which guides the reader through primary options, secondary choices, ancillary byways and tangential issues of PM selection.

There are existing explanations, established processes and diverse, authoritative sources for PM appointments with guidance notes and commentaries to suit selection situations. This study brings them together and explains their contents and uses. The author's experiences as a judge, organiser, observer and contestant emerge on every page.

Target readers will include:

- client customers and their advisers seeking to appoint project managers,
- prospective employers of project managers as staff,
- candidate project managers themselves as individuals and organisations.

Edition details

• Publisher: dashdot Enterprises Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0955413230
• ISBN 13: 9780955413230
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Rob Dee
• Number of pages: 124