To do a job well, you need the right
tools for the job, as any skilled tradesperson will
tell you.
Project managers, however, do not have
a standard set of tools. In fact, sometimes they have
to make their own.
In Working Up to Project Management,
Dwayne Phillips describes the tools and techniques
he first encountered as a laborer at an asphalt plant,
working summers during college. These lessons guided
him as he went on to a successful career as a systems
developer, IT manager, consultant, and author.
From a unique synthesis of two work
environments -- an asphalt plant and a white-collar
office building -- Phillips helps managers develop
tools from their environments and construct a management
approach that works.
Topics include:
matching tools to environments
learning through experience
working with and through people
chance -- and risk -- at work
and much more
Insights From the Book
"In this book, I attempt to pass
along life-lessons I learned from working at the asphalt
plant. If you remember little else from this book,
I hope it will be the following chief lessons:
1. I can learn something anywhere.
2. I can learn something from anyone.
"I hope these remain true for me,
for the remainder of my life, and I hope you can apply
them as well."
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