Project Management Maturity Model Book

This is fantastic book! If you manage technical projects, you really should read this. It's full of great advice and great practices. I've directly applied many of the ideas to the projects that I am responsible for and they have really made a difference. As an example, scheduling has always been an issue at the company for which I work due to the need for a lot of developer time spent doing support tasks. Also, the previous project manager was really in love with MS Project and huge long Gantt charts. So most of the projects ended up going long and no one seemed to know why. I was able to apply the concepts of time-boxing and inch pebbles to scheduling. Now, we know when things are not on track and what that is. We also make better estimates because we are estimating smaller amounts of work with shorter windows. This is just one example of the many, many ideas and tips to be found throughout this book.

I can't recommend this book enough.