The Art of Project Management

A Story about Work and Passion, Edition 2

Somewhat more than a year ago, the first edition of "The Art of Project Management" has been put available as a free download (see the blog of March 14, 2013). While last year, the book has been made available on my 40th birthday, today, it's my father's 65th birthday. An ideal occasion to put the second edition online with updates and new articles. And just like last year, the book is freely available on the OR-AS website. Just pay with a tweet.

What's new?

11 new articles on collaborations, products, research and education has been added to the book:

• With Walt Lipke: From emerging insert to best practice
• With College of Performance Management: Joined forces between Europe and the US
• ORASTalks: The app for and by students and professionals
• Bookstore: Written communication with a targeted audience
• Classifying Research: Stimulating future research avenues
• Towards Big Data: Empirical validation on real projects
• Project Contracting: A prescriptive analysis of inventive contracts for project management
• Constructing Schedules: Optimizing cash flows
• Blended learning: Enhancing student learning and engagement
• Teaching Abroad: A class with only students, and no teacher
• References: Quality control using a peer review mechanism

Updates

4 articles have been updated with recent news.

• With EVM Europe: The yearly conference where research meets practice
• Software in the classroom: If something is worth doing once, it's worth building a tool to do it
• Project Management case studies: A student should be an active participant, not a passive consumer
• PMI Belgium’s University Contest: Praise youth and it will prosper

YouTube Movie

A summary overview of the book can be found on YouTube.