HBR Guide to Project Management (HBR Guide Series)

Name: HBR Guide to Project Management (HBR Guide Series)
Rating: 4.44444465637207 (18 reviews)

Harvard Business Review

Jan 2013 · Harvard Business Press

18 reviews

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MEET YOUR GOALS—ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.

How do you rein in the scope of your project when you’ve got a group of demanding stakeholders breathing down your neck? And map out a schedule everyone can stick to? And motivate team members who have competing demands on their time and attention?

Whether you’re managing your first project or just tired of improvising, this guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to define smart goals, meet them, and capture lessons learned so future projects go even more smoothly.

The HBR Guide to Project Management will help you:

Build a strong, focused team

Break major objectives into manageable tasks

Create a schedule that keeps all the moving parts under control

Monitor progress toward your goals

Manage stakeholders’ expectations

Wrap up your project and gauge its success

MEET YOUR GOALS—ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. How do you rein in the scope of your project when you’ve got a group of demanding stakeholders breathing down your neck? And map out a schedule everyone can stick to? And motivate team members who have competing demands on their time and attention? Whether y...

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18 reviews

Ibrahim Akar

September 16, 2026

Purchasing products as tools and for products to sell is what slows down a project most of the times. When companies and especially good ones are going through lengthy written planning and since the internet and computers are so interconnected, the algorithm for the sale of that product changes, people are fan of that company of course want to use that same product because they trust and appreciate that company’s decisions and also from the supply and demand point of view the prices of things go up since high demand low and low supply brings the prices up, and also single monopoly on natural resources as a raw materials to produce products with no competition which make projects to be cancelled or delayed to finish, and cost more with changes of purchase. More often then not more expensive products might be more quality however there is also budget restraints so it is more important to finish a project, for example if average price moving boxes get the job done, more expensive boxes might cancel the whole project.

Sreeram Kongeseri (Sram)

April 6, 2014

Must read for new PMs

Anil Das

November 1, 2021

AÀA BOSS NETWORK

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Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 11 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

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Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 11 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around ...

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