Communications Skills for Project Managers

By G. Michael Campbell and Michael Campbell

Book Overview

This invaluable resource explains how to ensure every component of a project is understood by the people responsible for execution to drive your project to completion and success.

According to the Project Management Institute, over 80 percent of a project manager's job is communication--yet most project management books hardly discuss it. However, Communications Skills for Project Managers focuses on communication skills such as how to:

keep those on the project team--as well as upper management--involved and informed;establish a plan for communication;effectively present to stakeholders;compete with other initiatives within the organization;convey reasons for change;and more.

Even a project that is brought in on time and on budget can be considered a failure if those outside the project team weren't kept informed about progress and goals. Communications Skills for Project Managers provides practical advice and strategies for overcoming shifting organizational priorities, constantly evolving expectations, and leadership turnover through the power of clear communication to consistently produce results.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814433065
• ISBN13: 9780814433065
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Amacom
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A practical book for project managers

If you work in a large, complex organization that routinely handles expensive interdepartmental projects, this book is for you. Michael Campbell presents the basics of communications theory with techniques that can improve the interplay among project team members and their stakeholders. Unfortunately, Campbell built the book around a long, detailed case study threaded through the narrative. The hypothetical tale is a noble attempt to personalize methodical project management guidance, but as readers follow the people and job titles in the account, it tends to bog down in jargon, predictability and plodding detail. Indeed, without the case study, the book would still be useful and far more concise. getAbstract recommends this text to serious students of project management's intricate details and to novice project managers, who will learn necessary strategic lessons about communicating during a complicated, ongoing project.