The views expressed in these introductory reviews are strictly those of Max Wideman.
The contents of the books under review are the copyright property of the respective authors.
Published here August 2013.

Introduction
Book 1 - Enterprise Project Governance
Introduction | Table of Contents | General Observations and Recommendations
Book 2 - Improving Your Project Management Skills
Introduction | Table of Contents | General Observations and Recommendations
Book 3 - Project Sustainability
Introduction | Table of Contents | General Observations and Recommendations

Book 3 - Project Sustainability: A Comprehensive Guide to Sustaining Projects, Systems and Organizations in a Competitive Marketplace by John N. Morfaw, MBA, 2011

Table of Contents

The content of this book is set out in eight chapters and several appendices as follows:

1.

Introduction

2.

Project Sustainability Management

3.

Sustainable Process Development

4.

Sustainable Organizational Structure

5.

Strategic Implementation Plan

6.

Total Quality Management Fundamentals

7.

Other Sustainable Management Concepts

8.

Sustainable Project Management Processes

Conclusion

Appendices

 

•  Glossary

 

•  Strategic Implementation Training Forms

 

•  Common Business Jargon

 

•  Common Business Acronyms

Bibliography

We found the Training Forms to be quite useful as check lists for the initial setup of a project and as a personal reference and organizer for the project manager setting up a new project. However, we were particularly captivated by the definitions in a novel glossary of Common Business Jargon and the meanings of Common Business Acronyms. In the former, we didn't know that "Baby Boomers" were those born between1945 and 1964[32] and that "Streamlining" like "Downsize" really means "cutting back on jobs and services to save money" to say nothing of "Jump on the bandwagon" that we referenced earlier.

The book has 194 pages including the Glossary that covers the terms used in the book.

Introduction  Introduction

32. Ibid, p170. Actually, the text reads "between 1945 and 2964" but we think that is an obvious typo.
 
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