Project Management Guru

Project management guru is a person who can look into the heart of project management to find the best answers and solutions for any PM problems and issues. The discipline of project management is learned and studied by many researchers and professionals, such as Dennis Lock, Harold Kerzner, Jeffrey Pinto, Scott Berkun, Rory Burke, Vasant Desai and other famous project management gurus.

A great variety of PM approaches and methods makes it possible for you to choose the best way for planning and managing your projects. For example, project management by Dennis Lock shows you the nature and organization of PM activities and describes the framework for project finance planning. PM by Harvey Maylor focuses on four project phases such as "Define Project," "Design Project Process," "Deliver Project" and "Lessons Learned." PM by Harold Kerzner shows you how to focus on HR, avoid team conflicts, manage HR, and determine variables for success. Or another popular example: books on PM by Field and Keller specify ways and tools to make strategic decisions, organize the project life-cycle, analyze threats, respond to risks, and make project estimations.

If you don’t know which methods and approaches to choose, you have two ways to handle this challenge. First you can attend certified PM courses and lectures to learn viewpoints of various project management gurus and professionals. For example, many US online courses teach concepts of project management by Gido and Clements as well as project management by Gary Hearkens. In the United Kingdom, ideas of project management by James Lewis and project management by Jeffrey Pinto are popular. You can become a student of certified courses and start discovering the world of PM through remote lessons and lectures to become a certified project manager. Experienced tutors and project management gurus will help you answer any questions and find effective solutions.

 The second way refers to your self-education. You can purchase books in online stores (Amazon, EBay, Barnes & Noble) and start learning project management by Jack Meredith and or any other PM guru. This way allows you to personally plan time for your lessons. But at the same time, you don’t have a tutor or a certified project manager who could help you with any questions you face when learning concepts of project management by Gray and Larson or project management by Scott Berkun.

It’s up to you to choose which way is best for you. But before making your choice, you need to consider what time and money you are ready to allocate to the learning process and whether there’s a need for obtaining a PM certificate.

Besides choosing between the two ways of learning project management by Rory Burke or other gurus, you will need to find a software solution that could help you put your ideas in practice and successfully manage your projects. You can try VIP Task Manager that allows planning, managing, tracking, and reporting projects. VIP Task Manager will help you implement concepts of project management by Prasanna Chandra and follow ideas of project management by Rita Mulcahy.

You can try this PM solution for free. It is shareware available for free use during 1 month. At this website you can find a link to download a trial copy of VIP Task Manager.