Top 10 project management books

Project Management For Dummies (Stanley E. Portny) – In my experience the “For Dummies” books have always been a fantastic introduction to the chosen subject area. This 4 ^th edition of the book principles of successful project management and shows you how to motivate any team to gain maximum productivity, including the latest trend of using social media within your project.

5. The Mythical Man-Month (Frederick P. Brooks Jr) – The classic book of essays on the human elements of software engineering and project management, with a combination of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions.

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Book references

Here’s the details of each of the 10 books.

1. Project Management Institute (2021). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: PMBOK ^® Guide . Seventh Edition. Pennsylvania: Project Management Institute, Inc.. ISBN: 978-162825664

2. Scott Berkun (2008). Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (Theory in Practice) . Sebastopol: O’Reilly Media Inc. 410. ISBN-13: 978-0596517717

3. David Allen (2002). Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity . New York: Penguin Group. 288. ISBN-13: 978-0142000281

4. Stanley E. Portny (2013). Project Management For Dummies . 4 ^th ed. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 408. ISBN-13: 978-1118497234

5. Frederick P. Brooks Jr. (1995). The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition . 2 ^nd ed. United States of America: Addison-Wesley Professional. 336. ISBN-13: 978-0201835953

6. Eliyahu M. Goldratt (1997). Critical Chain . Massachusetts: The North River Press. 246. ISBN-13: 978-0884271536

7. Harold R. Kerzner (2013). Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling . 11 ^th ed. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1296. ISBN-13: 978-1118022276

8. Eric Verzuh (2008). The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management . 3 ^rd ed. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 480. ISBN-13: 978-0470247891

9. Peter Taylor (2010). The Lazy Project Manager: How to be twice as productive and still leave the office early . United Kingdom: Infinite Ideas. 152. ISBN-13: 978-1906821678

10. PeopleCert (2023). Managing Successful Projects With PRINCE2^®