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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 8, 2022

I liked that the book was shorter and to the point. I guess it was agile. It showed the current processes used in the industry. And then I’m contrast how their method was different or “upgraded”. I really liked the use cases that succeeded vs the fails. Overall really nice, but will have to read more than once if you don’t take good notes.

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K Storme

Boring and Repetitive

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 22, 2022

The title is really off putting, since agile isn’t a verb, so I started out not liking it. The book wound up reading like an overly intrusive life coach, so that made it annoying. The material itself was nothing earthshaking.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 8, 2022

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 15, 2020

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As a college business instructor, I find this book not only well-written but also a bountiful resource tool for those needing that self-esteem boost. The author sites several resources, which shows the author has done extensive research to write this book. Also at the end of the book is a glossary, which gives this book a feel of a textbook used in business classes.

The author focuses a lot on what is known as transferable skills. That method is most successful with military men and women. They come back from being deployed and wonder what civilian job they can now get. The author focuses on civilian people already doing civilian activities to show how those skills can be transferred into project management. Some examples he uses are a bit elementary to be transferred into a PM, such as “the best way to take notes during an important call”, while some are very spot on, such as “changed an old procedure to make it more efficient.”

He provides a wonderful list on the various stakeholders, and how they overlap. One of the keen things that shine about this book is when the author discusses a new topic, he always discusses the advantages and disadvantages to it. This way the reader can determine on their own the benefits. The author does a thorough job listing out the “tools”, or resources in project management. Most of them I’ve used before and how he summarizes them is quite accurate.

Overall, this is a book I’d recommend to my college students. Although, there were some statements I don’t necessarily agree with, such as, “People without self-confidence became leaders and helped not only themselves but their entire team.” (I believe you have to some self-confidence to lead, because if you don’t believe in yourself, even a tiny bit, no one else will), I do agree with many other statements such as, “A project is always unique.” As the title states “Beginner’s Guide”, this is a book that is geared towards the newbies of leadership or those curious what it takes to step into that role. It could also be a useful book for someone who was placed in leadership, but wasn’t ready for it. The ones who were promoted because they are good employees, but don’t have strong skills yet for such a role. This book could be a protective way of encouraging them to stay the course and strengthen their skills.

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Solid beginner's guide on Agile PM and Scrum

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 22, 2022

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I purchased this title in order to refresh my knowledge about agile project management. The book explains the differences between traditional waterfall and modern agile models, including presenting pros and cons and key takeaways and provides a solid understanding of the requirements of agile project management. The book has one major flaw though: Lack of real-world XP and lack of personal author examples. Therefore the book is rather theoretical and remains a true beginner's guide. For becoming an agile project manager, one will certainly need concrete XP and work with both waterfall and agile models in various projects, as well as learn from other experienced PMs and their stories, as theory and practical application in agile project management differ widely.

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Samuel David Steiner

THIS BOOK PROVIDES REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 15, 2022

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This book presented 10 project management tools that are already saving me more time for my personal life. This is a very Informative read. Recommended.

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The Dark Lord

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 30, 2021

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Specialized abilities and certificates are acceptable, however an ideal undertaking supervisor will have authority abilities. This book is instructive and accommodating on venture overseeing. It centers around Agile venture the executives strategies and instruments and shows the peruser how to actualize and use the product in a business setting.

In spite of the fact that I'm not a fledgling, I'm more up to date to explicit methodologies and this book gave me the degree of information I was searching for. Composed by experienced lithe undertaking administrator, it begins with fundamental definitions, and afterward moves into ideas.

The group of writers from "Prepared, Set, Agile" has considered every contingency in this amazing manual presenting dexterous venture the board methods and techniques.

It's useful to go over significant rubrics like Waterfall, Kanban, Lean, Six Sigma, and so on It additionally gives the upsides and downsides of each and how to figure out which approach meets the customers needs. is an elegantly composed guide for project chiefs and business pioneers.

I enjoyed the writer's not difficult to follow composing style and useful models utilized in the book. This book is ideal for all levels, from business understudies to upper administration.

From distinguishing partners, to the nine administration territories: including time, degree, and cost. This book covers the arranging, setting (gatherings), and execution of run of the mill project. Incorporates a glossary, as well.

The material is efficient and extensive; the utilization of sports analogies and terms helps the book's simple comprehensibility. I discovered Chapter 9 and its genuine instances of both fruitful and bombed projects particularly accommodating. Strongly suggested, regardless of whether you're simply beginning or looking to up your game.

Bunches of other great stuff like achievement/disappointment and instances of APM and understanding on programming to utilize. Unquestionably an asset I'll continue to re-visitation of.

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Papa PB

Worthwhile

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 6, 2021

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While I can honestly say I'm a superb project manager, I've never taken a single class or any form of formal instruction on project management. I learned by doing. I've managed the construction of skyscrapers and entire shopping centers from their initial architectural concepts through their build out and all the way
up to the actual grand opening. I've produced feature length films as well
(while simultaneously wearing the hats of casting agent, director, etc). IMO, Project Management is basically "people management" and is pretty much the same process regardless of industry. I found
this book to be enjoyable as it gave specific terms to areas of management as well as defining the various roles played throughout a project's lifespan. While I didn't learn anything new, specifically, the book categorized many aspects of management that I'd never considered categorizing. I think, for a newbie in the field, this book would prove to be an excellent resource.

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Alexander

Great Book on Project Management

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 7, 2022

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I was looking for a book on effective project management and this work did NOT disappoint. It is filled with exceptional insight and real world advice. Definitely worth a read for those who are looking to improve their project management skills.

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This is very much worth the reader's time

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 12, 2021

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Are you still looking for your dream job? Do you have what it takes to build winning teams in today's world while earning a good salary? Are you convinced that you can do it better than the present project manager? Those are the questions this book tries to answer.

Everyone has done project management at one time or another. A home renovation takes a lot of pre-planning; so does a family vacation to Disneyworld. What most people think of as "traditional" project management is called waterfall project management (Step 1 is followed by step 2 and then comes step 3 . . . ). It is good in most business situations, but one of its disadvantages is that testing and Quality Assurance is left until the end. That will not work when the subject of the team is a new type of software. Agile is another type of project management. It allows for testing of "it" (whatever it is) at all points in the process.

This is an excellent book. It is very clearly written, and is recommended for everyone, whether you are a business veteran or beginner. It is not required to be a college graduate, have years of experience or be an IT whiz to be a project manager. This book si very much worth the time.

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AdrianS

Comprehensive and helpful for beginners

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 30, 2021

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This is a really useful book to get started in agile Project management. I think it will be useful for managers and other employees alike. For people getting started it will be very comprehensive. It's probably not the only book that you would want to own on the topic but it's a great start and has plenty of information for the price.

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Michael Santino

Solid and digestible

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 22, 2021

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I thought this book was well done. The information is presented in a well-organized and succinct way and there are some good resources. I was predisposed to like it because I am a fan of Agile in general as an approach. It is marketed for beginners, and I was looking for something to serve as an introduction for someone on my staff who manages projects, is young, but approaches things from a waterfall mentality. For that purpose, it wasn't perfect, as I think it could do a better job in making the case for Agile on the front end, inclusive of anecdotes possibly and be a little more engaging in that respect. But I think that wasn't really what it was trying to do so I can't really fault it too much for that.

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