Forget the PMBOK: Project Management That Actually Works: A Complete Lifecycle System - From Business Case to Closure - With Every Template You Need

By Mike Pritula

Projects don't fail because managers skip the PMBOK. They fail because they read it.

The industry sold you a certification framework and called it a skill. Memorize forty-nine processes, pass anexam, add three letters to your name - then walk into a real project, where the sponsor moves the deadline inweek three and two people quit, and discover that none of it tells you what to do on Monday morning. Theprocess was never the problem. It was never the point.

What works is brutally simpler: know what you're building and why, break it down, name your risks, managethe people who don't report to you, and close cleanly enough that the organization learns. That is the projectlifecycle - run honestly, in order, with the exact template to fill in at every step.

I've taught this system to more than 150,000 students through Mike Pritula Academy, after twenty yearsrunning real projects inside companies.

The PMBOK Guide costs around sixty dollars and has sold millions of copies - and not one of them tells youwhat to do when the plan meets reality.

If you've felt that studying project management isn't the same as running one, you're right. This is the bookthat closes the gap.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6X86M2N
• ISBN13: 9798184810607
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"