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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Exceptional content, flawed delivery Sep 10, 2009
THE GOOD:
Make no mistake, this is a great book. You can't help but feel Larry's great expertise in project management. He knows what he's talking about: behind unassuming binding lies deep knowledge (maybe even Profound Knowledge, if you're a fan of Deming). Study this book carefully, apply its lessons and you're sure to see great improvement in the execution of your projects.
THE BAD:
Larry makes a mistake that is usual when people who know too much about a subject try to teach it: he crams too much knowledge into too few lines. The book sometimes gets hard to follow.
THE UGLY:
It's in great need of editing. Misspellings, bad grammar and even missing words happen often. And what looks like links at the beginning of each chapter makes one guess that this is an electronic document that was carelessly printed in order to become a paper book.
But what the heck, it's the content that counts, and this book is a winner. Great job, Larry!
2 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Review - Steven Vornea Dec 11, 2006
In project management, as in other fields that rely heavily not only on hard work, but on strategy, it is important to understand and apply the principles that underlie the success of the endeavor. Mr. Leach has written an informative primer with some very helpful strategies that I intend to integrate into my business.
Steven Harry Vornea
4 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Be a wise man (or woman) Nov 05, 2006
Larry has produced an easily affordable primer on Project Management. Much better edited than his Artech House textbook. This one is very suitable for handing out to every member of the Project Management Team for their use in understanding the road ahead. Along the way, Larry throws in the benefit of his and other's experience to help avoid making the same mistakes. As Eli Goldratt just said "the difference between a smart man and a wise man, is that the smart man learns from his mistakes, the wise man learns from the smart man's mistakes". You can be wise by buying this book.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Great little book with big content Oct 28, 2006
Larry Leach weaves his practical experience with the PMBOK, Lean, TOC and Critical Chain to present useful and useable project management methods. If you are not familiar with these, this book is a good introduction them all. The book is short, readable and cheap. Leach's strength is in synthesizing the best of each of these methods into a whole that progresses through Eight Principles. It has many examples from his experience. I recommend it to anyone interested in bringing projects in on time, cost and scope.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
TOC and Lean: The Dynamic Duo Oct 03, 2006
Lean is an excelent framework for reducing/eliminating waste ("muda", in Japanese). But where do we start? Of course both TOC and Lean offers focusing techniques, but we can compare them to a telescopic scope (Lean) and a laser sight (TOC). Thus, they complement each other very well.
Larry did a great job at bringing this insight with practical applications on Project Management. I've used TOC and Lean concepts for a while, but Larry's book brings both in synch, in a very useful way.
Practitioners of CMMI, PMBOK and ISO will also benefit very much from those 8 Principles.
If you've read "Critical Chain Project Management" (also from Larry), this book is the next step.
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