World's Leading Project Management Speaker and Trainer, Makes Project Management Tools, Techniques and Applications Simple and Easy to Understand.
Project Management: A CommonSense Approach is a simple and insightful treatment of a potentially complex topic. The 3rd Edition of their book is an Easy-to-Use Guide to Earned Value Management for PMPs and non-PMPs alike, and will put the true power of Project Management at the reader's fingertips. It is filled with commonsense tips to help Project Managers and Project Contributors take full advantage of Project Management's many tools and techniques—including the popular Earned Value. This best-selling book, in its first edition, debuted number one at Project World 2000 in Boston. Project Management: A CommonSense Approach, has quickly established itself as one of Project Management's most valuable references.
(PRWEB) September 12, 2006 -- Lee and Erin Lambert’s commonsense approach to Project Management is interesting and entertaining. They have created a quick read that is uncomplicatedly understandable. This book is now considered one of Project Management’s most useful references. A Project Management Journal book review stated, “Simple and direct, brief and to the point, this book takes readers right to the heart of earned value management.”
The philosophy behind this book matches a strategic definition of projects: “Projects are the means society and organizations use to create, to change and to build. Because of the importance of projects, societies and organizations must understand the process and learn to manage projects successfully, or they will be forced aside by those who do.”-- Durrill and Ellsworth, Modern Project Management.
Earned Value Management is an obscure concept for many project managers. In this brilliant little book, subtitled Using Earned Value to Balance the Triple Constraint, Lee R. Lambert, PMP, CEO and Erin Lambert MBA, PMP, provide readers a much needed breath of fresh air! It is candid and uncomplicated, succinct and concise. It takes readers right to the heart of earned value management and educates readers on how some simple calculations can divulge a project’s actual status and conquer the ambiguity and exaggerations that often occur with a more subjective approach.
The calculations are simple, but the necessary groundwork is not. Successful application of earned value relies on careful planning and controlled implementation, all based on a complete understanding of the concepts. The authors give much consideration to the essential foundation necessary before presenting the formulae needed to make it happen. In the early part of the book, they introduce the concepts and define terms in general language without the confusion of the associated formulae. This approach allows readers to really “get it” before they have to deal with the math! When the formulae do finally appear, because of all the preparation, they feel like the logical next step, not a new source of apprehension and uncertainty. Readers may question what all the fuss was about. By now, it all seems pretty simple!
According to Kenneth H. Rose, PMP, Book Review Editor for Project Management Journal, “Project Management: The Commonsense Approach, may not be the most impressive looking book on the shelf. It won’t win any prizes for weight or number of pages. It offers something more important. Its brevity and unique approach provide a degree of value matched by few others. If you are just starting earned value management start here. If you are midstream in implementation, read this book, digest its contents, and you may find some simple solutions to problems that have been blocking your way.”
“Erin and Lee have come up with solid guidance for the novice and veteran alike. Their practical approach to earned value brings it down to the layman’s level without losing the technical edge essential to its effective implementation. And that’s not an easy feat.”—Carl Pritchard, PMP
Lee and Erin’s book shows the reader how earned value works for the organization by teaching the reader to understand Earned Value’s basic structure. This reference tool offers numerous websites, an earned value management glossary, and a page of acronyms to assist the reader.
The authors are dedicated to making this sometimes dull and overanalyzed topic of earned value fun and fascinating through their books and presentations. They have combined their knowledge of Project Management with real-world insight and know-how. Lee and Erin Lambert have created an amusing, creative, and effective common-sense-based learning facilitation style that has been highly praised by over 30, 0000 students in 21 countries.
Lee R. Lambert, PMP, is the founder and CEO of Lambert Consulting Group, Inc. He is an honored and distinguished member of the project management community. Lee was the founder member of a team that prepared and put into operation the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP1) Certification Program that is now recognized as the world’s standard in the profession of Project Management. His has held numerous senior project management positions with U.S. corporations including:
- General Electric
- Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
- Batelle Memorial Institute.
His extensive client list includes:
- IBM
- Prudential Insurance
- Sprint
- Motorola
- AT&T
- CitiGroup
- Nationwide Insurance
- American Electric Power
- Global Commerce Service
- SAP Labs
- Bechtel
- National City Mortgage.
Mr. Lambert also serves on the American Management Association’s (AMA) Project Management Curriculum Development Council and is one of the senior instructors for George Washington University’s Masters Certificate in Project Management curriculum. Mr. Lambert had the exceptional honor of being the Master of Ceremonies for the Project World 2000 Conferences in Boston and he currently instructs workshops and technical presentations.
Erin Lambert, MBA, PMP, has provided consulting services for Lambert Consulting Group with many impressive clients that include:
- Air-Touch Cellular (Now Verizon)
- ECNNext, Nextel Communications
- National City Mortgage
- Bechtel Nevada
- ICG Communications.
Miss Lambert was acknowledged for her work in the area of Cause and Effect Relationships at an International Symposium in the Middle East. In recognition of her stellar efforts, she was awarded a position at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she was responsible for researching and writing proposals for multi-million dollar development projects. While at Harvard, she organized and managed the JFK School of Government’s international lecture series, featuring well-known dignitaries such as Yasser Arafat and Itzak Rabine.
This book can be purchased at www.lambertconsultinggroup.com or at Amazon.com. Search ISBN# 092639788
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