Book Review: Deadline

“It's not what you don't know that kills you,...it's what you know that isn't so.”

-Webster Tompkins in Deadline: A novel about project management

Looking at the quote, don't come to conclusion that this is a book on philosophy. In fact, to be frank, it's not even a great piece of fiction. But when it comes to explaining project management concepts, in a clear concise fashion, I don't think you could find a better book. The story is set in a fictional country called Morovia and the characters in this book range from an ex-Morovian General, a beautiful (half Irish) Morovian spy, to a Bill Gate-ish tyrant. OK, so the scene is all set for Software Project Management disaster and it is up to Project Manager extraordinaire, Tompkins and his team to save the day. And during the process, he gives you insights and tips into executing software projects successfully. Great primer to project management, I would say.

If you're an IT Project Manager and have not read this one yet, you may not want to wait too long, just buy the book from Amazon.

By the way, if you're really interested in putting some of Webster Tompkins' principles into action in your next software project, there is no better tool to help you with it than Digite Enterprise. As a complete project and process management solution it would certainly make your life as a project manager a lot easier.

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