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Project Management (PM) Toolkit Essentials Series

There are now four books in the PM Toolkit series. For a limited time, the tool templates that accompany these books are available for free download:

The first, 'Project Management Toolkit' provides a general overview and step-by-step tools that guide those new (or intermittent users of PM skills) to project management via the key lifecycle stages of a project.
The second, 'Real Project Planning' is a more in depth look at an often overlooked element of a project - the planning, a concept far broader than simply money and time.
The third, 'Project Benefits Management' explores the link between the project and the business into which it must fit, and how the benefits of the project should be managed, from concept through to realisation.
The fourth, 'Managing Project Delivery' focuses on being in control and managing change, using tracking mechanisms and feedback to manage risk and forecast outcomes.

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You can purchase the Project Management Toolkit Essentials series on-line - just click on the amazon button below:


Project Management Toolkit: The Basics for Project Success			ISBN: 978 0 7506 8440 8
Real Project Planning: Developing a Project Delivery Strategy			ISBN: 978 0 75068472 9
Managing Project Delivery: Maintaining Control and Achieving Success			ISBN: 978 0 7506 8515 3
Project Benefits Management: Linking Projects to the Business			ISBN: 978 0 75068477 4

PM Toolkit Essentials Series Reviews

Project Management Toolkit

PMFORUM uses the internet to provide an impartial arena for the promotion and exchange of project management information and knowledge worldwide. The following is an excerpt from their review of the first edition of the PM Toolkit:

"Trish Melton describes the aim of the book as 'to develop a practical, usable resource which can be picked up and used on day 1'. She has clearly done that. She has also provided some critical tools, such as the 'Why Checklist', that many experienced project managers do not use well. The templates alone are worth the purchase price!"

For the full review visit www.pmforum.org.

"Dr. Melton covers the basics of project management well. One senses her years of experience in this efficient distillation. Most practitioners, as well as occasional dabblers in project management, would find her book to be a useful reference and compass. Theory is minimal. Practical applications of proven principles, tools and techniques abound.

The core chapters....reflect Dr. Melton's pragmatic rendering of the project lifecycle. These chapters have consistent structure, and the reader can follow them easily. Those in the project management field who feel short changed on the concept and application of benefits management and realization will be edified."

For the full review visit www.che.com (please note you must subscribe to Chemical Engineering magazine in order to access this review) or click here. Extract and full review reprinted by special permission from CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (Mar 15, 2008) Copyright (c2008), by Access Intelligence, New York, NY10038.

“To the point, brief and entirely practical, `PM Toolkit' is a route map for project success. The real power in this (series) comes from using it as a reference too. Have it readily to hand as you manage a project…powerful tools for business change processes”

Bill Wilson (Programme Manager, Projects Group, AstraZeneca)

"Having been a project manager for 20 years plus I can claim that experience is the best teacher (unfortunately normally bad experiences). However the value of this book is that it sets most of the perceived wisdom in one place and links it all together in a format that you can reproduce, project after project. If you are setting out on the adventure called Project Management I'd recommend you read this book first."

Arnold Black (Network Director, The Resource Efficiency Knowledge Transfer Network)

"The Project Management Toolkit is a great teaching resource which provides practical straightforward mechanisms for the rationalisation, control and audit of projects"

Denis Ring (CEng, MIChemE, University College, Cork, Ireland)

Real Project Planning

"The old adage of 'Failure to Plan means Planning to Fail' is very true. This book will help inexperienced Project Managers or even those moving into a new field of expertise like myself develop a strategy to ensure things get done to budget and on time."

Arnold Black (Network Director, The Resource Efficiency Knowledge Transfer Network)

Project Benefits Management

"Delivering technology is increasingly about delivering benefit to the business. This book provides a useful frame of reference to make you think about the benefits piece and specifically how you can establish, link and track those benefits."

Confidential Client

"As a Project Manager how many times have you delivered the 'perfect project' only to discover that the business wanted something else? All Project Managers claim to be supreme communicators but this book illustrates we have long way to go sometimes. If you are struggling to make your business case read this book and try again."

Arnold Black (Network Director, The Resource Efficiency Knowledge Transfer Network)

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