Best Business Audiobooks For Project Managers
1. The Lean Startup
How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses (Unabridged)Unabridged, means that the audiobook contains all the original book content
Author: Eric Ries
Audio Length: 8 hours and 43 min.
Best Business Audiobooks’ Review: Everybody is now talking about the lean methodology. This method was used by Toyota to produce quality cars. By lean we mean rapid prototyping and continuous improvement. Eric Ries is one of the first to adapt this method to the startup world. Do you know that doing a repetitive task like preparing wedding invitations does not work better if you do all the steps in large batches? Eric explains why in his book. If you are an entrepreneur building a startup company, this book is a must read!
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2. The E-Myth Revisited
Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It (Unabridged)Unabridged, means that the audiobook contains all the original book content
Author: Michael E. Gerber
Audio Length: 8 hours and 5 min.
Best Business Audiobooks’ Review: In E-Myth Revisited, the author explains that the small business owners must wear 3 hats (The worker, the Entrepreneur and the Manager). He explains the importance of structuring our business like a franchise. We must work ON the business rather than only IN the business. He illustrates his point by telling the story of an owner of an apple pie bakery who stop enjoying baking pie until she decides to follow the advices of the author. This book is best suited for small business owner.
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3. Why Leadership Sucks
Fundamentals of Level 5 Leadership and Servant Leadership (Unabridged)Unabridged, means that the audiobook contains all the original book content
Author: Miles Anthony Smith
Audio Length: 4 hours and 38 min.
Best Business Audiobooks’ Review: Do you have what it takes to be a leader? Are you a true leader? Do you know what is a level 5 leader or a servant leader? Can managers be also leaders or do you need both? Find out why leadership is hard and not for everyone. Narrated by the author, this audiobook will inspire you to become a better leader.
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4. Critical Chain
Project Management and the Theory of Constraints (Unabridged)Unabridged, means that the audiobook contains all the original book content
Author: Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Audio Length: 7 hours and 27 min.
Best Business Audiobooks’ Review: This book presents the theory of the critical chain, critical path and other important theory of the project management. It is presented in a very accessible way. We learn the theory by following the story of a university professor that is trying to explain project management to a MBA Executive class. He use the work experience and problems of his students to develop a new teaching method. If you are interested in project management, you will love this book!
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5. What You Need To Know About Project Management
(Unabridged)Unabridged, means that the audiobook contains all the original book content
Author: Fergus O’Connell
Audio Length: 4 hours and 37 min.
Best Business Audiobooks’ Review: This is a very practical guide to project management. If you are assigned a new project to manage and you don’t know about project management, this will give you all the basic you need. There is great advices in this audiobook like the “one thing you need to remember” for each chapter. The audiobook start buy teaching, in a very practical way, the project management theories then explains how to manage multiple projects at the same time. Every chaper ends with good references if you want to know more about the subject covered in the chapter. If you are new to project management, you won’t regret this audiobook!
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6. The Agile Samurai
How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software (Unabridged)Unabridged, means that the audiobook contains all the original book content
Author: Jonathan Rasmusson
Audio Length: 4 hours and 54 min.
Best Business Audiobooks’ Review: This audiobook is mainly for software developers and other professional involved in managing software products like project managers. You will learn what is Agile programming. A new way of developing software products. You will learn what is a User Story, software refactoring, test driven development, continuous integration, story board, burned down and burned up charts, the importance of involving the client, the importance of testing and what is a test driven development. Most importantly you will learn that you need to involve more your customer and you need to produce regularly software that can be push to production ideally after each small sprint development cycle (1-4 weeks). This is a very good overview of Agile programming.
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7. Results Without Authority : Project Manager’s Guide
Controlling A Project When The Team Doesn’t Report To You(Unabridged)Unabridged, means that the audiobook contains all the original book content
Author: Tom Kendrick
Audio Length: 11 hours and 40 min.
Best Business Audiobooks’ Review: Very complete guide on project management. This audiobook will teach how to manage your project even if you don’t have the authority that comes with the task. You will learn all the tips to make sure your projects become succesful.
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