Product Description

Clark A. Campbell, author of a best–selling book on project management, has written a project management guide specifically for IT professionals who want to save time and work more efficiently. The One Page Project Manager for IT Projects:Communicate and Manage Any Project With A Single Sheet of Paper presents you with a winning formula for managing your complex IT projects using minimal resources. Coverage of vital topics like working with outside consultants, ERP project management, and ISO 9000 will be of special interest to IT managers and CIOs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #194131 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From the Back Cover

Manage any IT project—on a single sheet of paper!

In The One–Page Project Manager, Clark Campbell showed managers how to reduce any project—no matter how big or complicated—to a simple, one–page document perfect for expressing essential details, communicating those details to upper management, and tracking progress. Now, this uncommonly practical guide offers the same concise thinking and practical guidance to IT project managers. Fully adaptable to virtually any project in your organization, The One–Page Project Manager for IT Projects is the ultimate tool for overworked IT managers who understand the value of simplicity.

Praise for Clark Campbell′s The One–Page Project Manager

"Clark Campbell has done it again. . . . created another OPPM (One–Page Project Manager) winner! What would it be worth to you to ensure all of your IT projects delivered the expected value? Clark describes a high–level methodology and tool to help you achieve this goal."
—from the Foreword by Dave Berg, former chief information officer, IBM, Unisys, and Sun Microsystems

"Provides a proven process for project management that significantly improves the chances that the project will be completed on time, on budget, and on target."
—Steven C. Wheelwright, PhD, Baker Foundation Professor, Senior Associate Dean, and Director of Publications Activities, Harvard Business School

"If you′ve ever needed to manage several projects at once, you know the dilemma: there has to be a better way to track the projects quickly, concisely, and reliably,but finding and learning that better way always seems too tedious, costly, or complicated. This book solves that problem."
—Frank Luby, author and Partner, Simon–Kucher & Partners

About the Author

Clark A. Campbell is Senior Vice President at O.C. Tanner, and is the award–winning author of the highly acclaimed book, The One–Page Project Manager.

Customer Reviews

Absolute gold - encased with a lot of packing material!
I've managed projects (and programmes) of IT work for many years, both as the core of my job and as one of numerous responsibilities. During that time, at various companies, I've used all sorts of formal and informal project management methodologies, including PRINCE 2 and the like. All have their good and bad points. OPPM ("One Page Project Manager") isn't really a complete methodology, nor is it a tutorial on project management per se (that requires training and/or experience... preferably both!). For that reason, I've marked it down one star. Instead, though, it's a powerful project planning and reporting tool which combines most of the essential aspects of a project in one very easy-to-read document. The most compelling thing about it is that it's easy to learn, quick to deploy, and very efficient as a project management resource, needing little maintenance once you've taken time to set up your initial plan correctly (and some careful thought is needed here, for sure). There's nothing revolutionary about the data presented or tracked within OPPM. When you see it on screen or paper, it seems rather obvious. But, everyone that looks at one of my OPPM project plans or reports (they're pretty much the same thing, depending on how you deploy the method) really likes them. So, in my view, this is a really good tool - good enough, in fact, that I consider it by far the best approach where a more long-winded, formal methodology isn't expected or required. However... while those with less project management experience may appreciate the entire book, anyone with a few projects under their belt will most likely find all they need in one or perhaps two chapters (as did I), making the rest seem like "filler". My advice: Don't look at it that way. At the time of wriing, OPPM has saved me several days of effort in my current banking IT project. I was about to say you can't put a price on that, but in fact I can do just that! I own the budget, and the saving has had a direct impact on the project financials (not to mention the timeline!). I can tell you the financial impact is approximately 300 times what I spent on this book (I kid you not)! OPPM is a fantastic tool for any project manager, and - while you may not get value from the whole book - the one or two chapters of pure gold will justify this purchase many, many times over!

Not the Holy Grail but damn useful
My experience shows that on any major project there is a need for management to have a small number of one pagers that lets them know what is going on and what needs particular focus. This OPPM is a very useful approach and is to be applauded for being flexbile, concise and actually embracing a lot more information than one would have thought possible.

I don't think it is the Holy Grail as it doesn't immediately draw attention to the critical path nor allow indication of risks / issues (ok maybe not a resonable criticism); also coming into a client with ways of working although it quickly generates enthusiasm as an approach this needs to be followed up else people revert to old ways of working.

This all being said, the exercise of creating it for any piece of work does raise questions about delivery responsibility that need answering.