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Project Management Tutorial. In the form of a fantasy novel! The kidnapped Webster Tompkins will have to raise the economy of the small communist country of Morovia. He has endless human and financial resources at his disposal. Webster is opposed by bureaucracy, dull bosses and tight deadlines.
The tough but unrecognized IT manager Webster Tompkins first gets fired, then a random beauty shoots him, puts him to sleep with a drug and takes him to the small communist country of Morovia.
Fantastic?
No. Actually a textbook on project management. In the form of a fantasy novel.
How do you like that? Meet the review of Tom DeMarco's book Deadline. A novel about project management”!
Plot
The kidnapped Webster Tompkins will have to raise the economy of the small communist country of Morovia.
He has endless human and financial resources at his disposal. Webster is opposed by bureaucracy, dull bosses and tight deadlines.
At the end of each chapter, Webster writes down the lessons learned in his notebook. These notes are the most valuable thing in the book for a manager.
Here are just a few of the topics covered in the book:
- Staff recruitment.
- Employee motivation.
- Resolution of conflicts within the company.
- Working hours, overtime.
- Staff reductions and transfers.
- The boss is a tyrant.
How tired of textbooks
Reading this book, I caught myself thinking how tired I was of traditional textbooks. Rule - Proof - Examples - Summary. And water, water, water …
Healthy? Yes.
Boring? Oh yeah!
I swallowed the thick Deadline book in three days. Webster's adventures are addictive, although the topic of the "textbook" was not very interesting to me.
The artistic format makes any textbook more interesting and useful. Why is it so rarely used in business literature?
Summary
Grade: 8/10.
Read: yes, if you lead people.
An interesting novel about project management. Bright heroes, humor, twisting plot - everything is in place.
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What fiction books have you read about business and self-development?
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