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97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know

Posted by: Ken Sipe on 08/19/2009

The book 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know put together by Barbee Davis is out, and worth picking up... why the magical 97? Apparently 101 was way over used... or perhaps Barbee couldn't get the last 4 in before it was time to publish :)

This book has some great insights from a number of sources, which is a huge value add to any project manager or senior developer. This is the top advice from experts in the field around team building, running a software project, and generally how to herd cats.

Most books in this space are limited to the experience of the author and his/her circle of influence. The beautiful part of this book, is the fact that Barbee has captured the most interesting and important tid bits stories of success and failures of software projects from a large sample of project managers and developers each providing a view from different industry verticals.

Well done Barbee!
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About Ken Sipe

Ken Sipe

Ken Sipe is a Technology Director with Perficient, Inc. (PRFT), IBM's largest service partner, where he leads multiple teams in the development of solutions in the SOA, Web 2.0 and portal domains, on both the Java and .Net platforms.

Ken was the founder of CodeMentor, where he was the Chief Architect and Mentor, leading clients in the execution of RUP and Agile methodologies in the delivery of software solutions.
Ken has a deep need to be highly diversified. Ken often works with IT executives on high-level strategic roadmaps, currently geared around service oriented architectures (SOA). Ken also likes to keep his hands "dirty" in the code, which has him on a regular basis, pairing or otherwise producing code. Ken is regularly requested by clients that know him to "rescue" projects, either through the streamlining of processes or the rapid production of code.


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