Summer reading tip for Project Managers

Summertime and a summer leave offers professionals much-deserved time to think and grow. It's when many of you have the breathing room to reflect on your work methodes. You can now catch up with all that you've set aside for "when I have time" and it is available to you in the internet, blogs, books or other resources.

As a PM, if you start to plan your professional learning for the summer, take a look at this recommended reading list we have assembled for you. For the talented in leaning languages among you, we include book tips in English and German that cover a wide range of Project Management topics. But we have to admit, some books work just as well in winter time.

Our special summer reading tip?

• The Relocation: A demo project in Merlin Project. ProjectWizards, 2020

A casual sentence of a supervisor leads to a project that should be planned, documented, and realized in time without exceeding the budget. A difficult task, no doubt, but a clever project manager knows how to help himself. With the right tools he can make the project planning easier, reduce risks and ensure the success of the project.

This book illustrates how this all works smoothly and easily with Merlin Project.

More summer reading for PMs

• A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Project Management Institute, 2004.

• Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects. DeMarco, Tom und Timothy Lister. Dorset House, 2003.

• The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management. DeMarco, Tom. München: Dorset House, 1997.

• Project Management. A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling. Eigth Edition. Kerzner, Harold.

• Risk Management: Tricks of the Trade for Project Managers: A Course in a Book. Mulcahy, Rita. Minneapolis: RMC Pubns Inc, 2003.

• Why Does Software Cost So Much?: And Other Puzzles of the Information Age. DeMarco, Tom. Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1995.

• Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams. DeMarco, Tom und Timothy Lister. Addison-Wesley Professional: 2013.

• Überleben im Projekt. 10 Projektfallen und wie man sie umschifft. Tumuscheit, Klaus D. Zurich: Orell Fussli, 2000.

• Projektmanagement von Online-Projekten. Felix Koch. Hamburg: LA RED Edition, 2015.

• Risikomanagement in Projekten. Harrant, Horst und Angela Hemmrich. München: Hanser, 2004.